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Subject: Honey, Look what I bought! A real Diesel Electric Sub! Cool, Huh?
RockyMTNClimber    1/29/2008 4:20:17 PM
If only I had an extra $248,000.00 (and lived near the coast)
 
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RockyMTNClimber    The Ultimate Guy Toy!    1/29/2008 4:21:33 PM
"KRAKA"
Diesel-Electric Submersible
Sea-going, diesel-electric submersible originally launched April 12th 2005.   She is capable of charging her own batteries and compressed air tank, hence only dependent on supply of diesel oil.   A 2-3 man crew can sleep on-board in turns.   With the sail hatch closed and air intake through the snorkel it is possible to navigate in quite rough weather.   She is equipped with a button hatch for deploying and retrieving divers while submerged.   She is also equipped with a GPS chart plotter, a gyro compass, and echo sounder. She also has a photo optical mast ( periscope ) with four cameras, each covering a 90 degree view, and providing 360 degrees of visibility outside the sub.

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Kraka is a small, manned submersible, capable of taking up to three persons down to a depth of 20 meters. She was first launched on April 12, 2005. She was designed and built by Claus Nørregaard and Peter Madsen.

Kraka has diesel-electric propulsion, thus being capable of travelling long distances by her own means. When running on diesel on the surface, two generators take care of charging the batteries. The 17 SHP diesel engine is also fitted with two air compressors. Thus the vessel is independent of shore supply for battery recharging and topping-up of pressurized air. Kraka has a surface displacement of approximately 6.5 metric tonnes and an overall length of approximately 12.6 meters. The largest diameter of the pressure hull is 1.0 meter, but the fact that most of the piping in Kraka is located in the free-flooding casing, instead of inside the pressure hull, makes her more spacious. Kraka is equipped with a bottom hatch for deploying and retrieving divers while submerged. The instrumentation comprises GPS chart plotter, gyro compass, sonar and video-periscope with four cameras.

Kraka gets you in very close contact with the elements. On the surface, her lead keel and slim hull shape gives her very nice properties - even in bad weather. Surface speed on her diesel power is about 6 knots. Once you reach your dive location, you can submerge watching the water covering her upper ten viewports and then engage the electric motor. The electric motor has two power settings for a maximum submerged speed of about 4 knots. Depth is controlled with the ballast and trim tanks, or with the servo operated diveplanes. She is very responsive and can make very drastic maneuvers. We have often experienced dive and surfacing angles of more than 30-45 degrees (fun for the experienced submariner only). When going slow and silent the feeling is much like a balloon or airship in flight.

Kraka has a total of 18 view ports, two of which provide a dramatic view from the "torpedo tunnel" in the very front of the ship. Here an observer can lie on their stomach and be as close as a foot from the outside water world. Kraka also keeps you warm and gives you air, and protects you from all the pressure related problems experienced in normal diving.

Operating expenses for Kraka are small. She uses about one gallon of diesel fuel per hour at flank speed. All air used on Kraka is made by her own two compressors. Only the emergency breathing high pressure air must be filled at a scuba diving center. Emergency air is not used normally so in fact the only operating expenses is t

 
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flamingknives       1/29/2008 5:32:35 PM
Kraka is a small, manned submersible, capable of taking up to three persons down to a depth of 20 meters.

And back up again, one would hope.
 
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VelocityVector       1/29/2008 5:39:51 PM
These puppies will take you below 1k ft for more than 1 week:

h**p://www.ussubs.com/submarines/phoenix_1000.php3

I've visited ~<200 ft in cheaper craft like the Atlantis tourist subs near the islands.  Gets dark quick and you really value the floodlights.

Paul Allen, adopt me please ;>)

v^2

 
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