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Swiss Car Lets Motorists Drive Underwater (OF COURSE there's video :-))
Fox News / AP ^
| February 14, 2008
Posted on 02/14/2008 12:58:20 PM PST by Stoat
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The concept car developer Rinspeed calls its "sQuba" the first real submersible car
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Rinspeed says its car can provide a stable "flight" at a depth of 30 feet.
"For three decades I have tried to imagine how it might be possible to build a car that can fly underwater," says Frank Rinderknecht, Rinspeed's 52-year-old CEO and a professed James Bond fan. "Now we have made this dream come true."
The car will be unveiled at next month's Geneva Auto Show.
Rinderknecht says it is difficult to make a car watertight and pressure-resistant enough to be maneuverable underwater.
"The real challenge, however, was to create a submersible car that moves like a fish in water," he added.
Working with engineering specialists, Rinspeed removed the combustion engine from a sports car and replaced it with several electrical motors.
Three are located in the rear, with one providing propulsion on land and the other driving the screw for underwater motoring.
Passengers will be able to keep breathing underwater through an integrated tank of compressed air similar to what is used in scuba diving.
But they will get wet.
"For safety reasons, we have built the vehicle as an open car so that the occupants can get out quickly in an emergency," Rinderknecht said.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: automotive; car; rinspeed; submarine; tech; underwater; underwatercar; underwatermotoring; underwatermotorist
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To: Stoat
It's been done before.
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posted on
02/14/2008 1:33:10 PM PST
by
stevio
((NRA))
To: sully777
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posted on
02/14/2008 1:34:46 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today
And, like Mary Jo Kopechne, it's only 99 and 44/100 percent pure. So it won't stay afloat forever. Just long enough. Poor Teddy. If he'd been smart enough to buy a Volkswagen, he never would have gotten into hot water.
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posted on
02/14/2008 1:39:45 PM PST
by
Hunton Peck
(An underwater convertible. What a concept.)
To: All
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posted on
02/14/2008 1:40:58 PM PST
by
Bailee
To: Stoat
If it were James Bond’s car, wouldn’t it be left hand drive.
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posted on
02/14/2008 1:41:56 PM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Chelsea is a liar)
To: Hunton Peck
Poor Teddy. If he'd been smart enough to buy a Volkswagen, he never would have gotten into hot water. His adoring Socialist pals in the media made sure that the water never got too terribly hot for him.
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posted on
02/14/2008 1:45:38 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: squidly
Bond’s car was more fun - it had missles.
To: Stoat
Yeah. The picture and text in my post are from an ad parody that appeared in National Lampoon, probably in 1973 (when Splash would’ve been president).
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posted on
02/14/2008 1:50:28 PM PST
by
Hunton Peck
(The real tragedy of Chappaquiddick is that the wrong person got out.)
To: rednesss
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posted on
02/14/2008 1:54:54 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
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posted on
02/14/2008 2:08:54 PM PST
by
Hyzenthlay
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: Hyzenthlay
Oooh, I want one!I have no doubt that there will be an "underwater machinegun and missile launcher accessory kit" available for it soon :-)
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posted on
02/14/2008 2:31:55 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
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posted on
02/14/2008 3:49:08 PM PST
by
Swiss
To: Professional Engineer; alfa6; snippy_about_it
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posted on
02/14/2008 3:55:56 PM PST
by
Samwise
(“If Hillary gets elected at least we’ll get the silverware back!”)
To: Stoat
I bought one of those about a year ago. My foursome hasn’t lost a golfball since.
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posted on
02/14/2008 4:11:21 PM PST
by
groanup
(Don't let the bastards get you down.)
To: Stoat
Those Swiss are great at everything!!!
(I’m Swiss by the way, ha ha!)
To: Samwise
They need one with a top so my clothes don’t get wet...and my purse, hair, shoes....
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posted on
02/15/2008 2:49:48 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(The FReeper Foxhole. America's history, America's soul.)
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