Argonaut Jr 2010 -Mike and the Exploding Ballast Tank - Part 1 of 2

Diving a recreation of Simon Lake's 1894 wooden proof of concept submarine; the Argonaut Jr.

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Education

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• Argonaut Jr
• Simon Lake
• Ballast Tank
• Wooden Submarine
• SubmarineBoat

[Ukrazianation]

how large are your ballast tanks?

[submarineboat]

@Ukrazianation 60870 sq inches. Details are on the web site, under "Ballast"

[Ukrazianation]

how far can you dive?

[submarineboat]

We only went to 25 feet. A number of problems with the anchors made deeper dives too dangerous. However as an ambient sub we keep adding air so that the air pressure inside the sub is the same as the water pressure outside. So the hull never knows the difference. However that's just like scuba diving and you are limited to the dive tables that keep you from absorbing too much nitrogen by limiting you time based on how deep you dive. At 25 feet that is never a concern.

[submarineboat]

@Ukrazianation Argonaut Jr is an ambient sub so the dive depth is the limited by the same limits as scuba divers. But you better get the anchor winches working better. We only went to about 25 ft.

[MrDMTVProductionz]

This is mind blowing !!!!! I wish I could do something like this'...my granddad was. A submariner