FAUX FISH HUMAN POWERED SWIMMING SUBMARINE UNDERWATER AT THE INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE RACE

THIS VIDEO SHOWS A NUMBER OF RUNS OF FAUX FISH, A HUMAN POWERED SWIMMING SUBMARINE. IF YOU WATCH THE MOTION OF THE TAIL IN DIFFERENT RUNS YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF MOVEMENT IN THE TAIL. THIS IS BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING DIFFERENT PRESSURES IN THE TAIL PNEUMATIC SPRINGS. THIS TAIL FIN ITSELF PROVED TO BE A LITTLE TOO FLEXIBLE ALSO. ANYWAY, THE OBJECT OF THE PROJECT WAS TO MIMIC THE SWIMMING MOTION OF A FISH AND I THINK THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. SOMEDAY ILL GET BACK TO FINE TUNING THE TAIL TO SEE WHAT I CAN REALLY DO.

THIS VIDEO COMPILATION WAS PUT TOGETHER FROM A VIDEO PRODUCED BY THE NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND NAVSEA AT THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE RACE IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND, JUNE 2005.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• HUMAN POWERED SUBMARINE
• SWIMMING SUBMARINE
• ROBOTIC SUBMARINE
• FLAPPING TAIL PROPULSION
• UNDERWATER PROPULSION

[heathinv]

A good way to get eaten by something.

A truly horrible fate D:

[DerVampyrEngel]

That would work better I think with a jet boat pump but might have to make the craft bigger for that , still wish I could do that , brilliant

[tabarich1]

the tail its not moving correctly , you have to puch water whit the flata en , and you are puchin whit de last union .

[SavageArms357]

They went to all the effort to build that....And yet some guy with a couple of cheap fins can do the same thing xD

[volikoto]

very impractical.... they should have use a propeller instead of a wiggling tail....

[u12kno]

We are going too need a bigger tackle box.

[u12kno]

We are going too need a bigger tackle box.

[Rai2be]

A nice & fantastic idea for spoiled kids (men) who have some money to burn.

But not a real innovation since the mechanic is using to much of human power(ered) air from the driver's breathing tanks...

[srofficial06]

made to undulate electrically . pressurized

[srofficial06]

made to undulate electrically