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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I doubt they have any of that equipment. This sub is made of home depot pipes for ballast and the guy bragged about using parts from RV world for things inside and they used a Logitech controller for piloting it. They don't even have a decent form of communication to the surface ship or a tether. Directions to the Titanic are relayed to them as a series of text messages from the rusty leased oilrig service boat they launch from.
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Ugh (not at you), but I went and read up on the submersible, yeah it does sound like a mad scientist home kit. Surprising there's no certification requirement for private submersibles.
But they designed it to be more like an elevator then a true submersible.
If they designed the ballast system out of basically home depot pipes, and they failed, that sub is never coming up.
I was reading on other submersibles where the vehicle is buoyancy positive, which means its slightly buoyant, then they can make it neutral or slightly negative with high pressure air to tanks. But they also have a really heavy weight attached, so when they surface they release the weight.
The designer claims that Nasa and other heavy hitters helped design it. But I have my doubts that any of them would go, yeah, sign off this is totally safe.