Random Shit Thread

Lambeau · Jun 20, 2023

MG0h3 said:
Great opportunity for the company selling the tours.

Now you can deep dive to see the Titanic AND the previous submersible that sank.

Boom!

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^That's funny.

Bullitt1448 said:
Ex submariner here, if anything happens at 12,000 feet, your done, and usually pretty damn quickly too

Please excuse my ignorance, but was it tethered?
The Titanic is less than 3 miles deep.

wizbangdoodle · Jun 20, 2023

Lambeau said:
^That's funny.

Please excuse my ignorance, but was it tethered?
The Titanic is less than 3 miles deep.

As I understand it, it was a submersible and not a submarine. I guess that means it can't maneuver? I would assume it has to be tethered. Of course, if it was tethered, they'd just pull it up, right?

Bullitt1448 · Jun 20, 2023

03cobra#694 said:
Can a modern day war sub go that deep? Pressure has to be crazy stupid.

Not even close and generally there is no need to go anywhere near that

Bullitt1448 · Jun 20, 2023

wizbangdoodle said:
As I understand it, it was a submersible and not a submarine. I guess that means it can't maneuver? I would assume it has to be tethered. Of course, if it was tethered, they'd just pull it up, right?

Not tethered, it’s operated by an onboard pilot, independent of the surface.

DSG2003Mach1 · Jun 20, 2023

Yikes

mysticsvt · Jun 21, 2023

Had it been tethered it would have had a system to drop weights to return to the surface like our MNV did on our ships at power loss. Def not tethered and tethering for power at that depth would have been a nightmare to accomplish.