[PSUBS-MAILIST] anyone heard this story?

[JimToddPsub at aol.com]

Scott,
We had a thread on it a couple of months or so ago.  When I first read  
about it, it scared the heck out of me.  Then I read that the float  that 
supports his snorkel has enough buoyancy (on purpose) that his sub  can't pull it 
under and thereby limits his depth. Since his air supply is from  the 
surface instead of being on board, I would assume the fan-driven ventilation  
loop therefore exhausts his exhaled air.  Frankly it still seems a bit  scary, 
just not as much as at first.  One of the articles make a passing  reference 
to it having several safety systems, and I think his dad is an  engineer, 
so hopefully none of the future articles will be in the obit  section.
Jim
 
 
In a message dated 10/11/2013 3:39:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
swaters at waters-ks.com writes:

Has anyone heard this story on CNN? Looks like a death trap to me.
 
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/29/tech/innovation/teenager-justin-beckerman-buil
ds-working-submarine/index.html
 
Thanks,
Scott  Waters


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