An 18 year old high school student invented a one-seater submarine for half a year and about 200,000 yen

The submarine capable of dive to 9 meters deep, moving at 2.4 km / h, and capable of submersible for 2 hours, was completed at about 200,000 yen using water pipes and discarded electric appliancesJustin BeckermanMr. The submarine has already made three diving successes, and photos and movies that actually divide are released.

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You can see how you actually get on a submarine from the following movie.

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This is the submarine "Nautilus". To keep the diving conditionBallast tankAnd it has emergency facilities such as ventilation port for feeding oxygen from the water surface, auxiliary battery, alarm device, strobe light, breathing device, pump, etc. The cost is 2000 dollars (about 200,000 yen) Many of his works use things that family and friends have disposed of or electric appliances collected from recycling facilities. Regulators and pressure gauges used for Nautilus find parts used in the drink bar of the restaurant at the back of the shopping center and use it. The two main batteries were assembled from children's vehicles and the PA speaker was assembled from the old car stereo.


Beckerman said he completed the submarine in six months.


The wiring diagram looks something like this.


Use a motor boat to move the submarine.


I will actually get on the submarine.


The design in the water is designed to be seen from the capsule shaped window.


A state of a submarine sinking quietly in the water.


The diving is possible up to about 9 meters in depth, moving underwater at 2.4 km / h. It is said that you can diving for up to two hours. Nautilus is not the first submarine of Beckerman, he said he has made three submarines before. But the former one is made of plasticDuct tapeBecause it was using, it lacked ruggedness, only about 1.5 m did not dive. "I had the idea of ​​how I would like to sit on a submarine.I knew that I could make a submarine more efficient by lying down, so it would be better to use a drain pipe It seemed like it was there. " In this submarine, the air tank is too expensive to use, but instead of using a ballast tank, there is a compromise point and if you can learn the welding method, it seems that you would like to make it with metal.


Also, Beckerman says that there is nothing besides the budget problem and the obligation to study the school, etc. on the question that "Is there a unique problem of young inventors?" He wants to make a submarine further if there is time and budget, "I would like to make something useful to pick up claws and baskets on the front of a submarine and pick up trash at the bottom of the submarine and make it beautiful."

Mr. Beckerman likes to make things from around 2 years old, and when I was 12 years old, I created a remote control type vacuum cleaner. We are making ship, airplane, robot etc, the work isBeckerman's websiteYou can see from.