And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I suspect the shape was loosely copied from Jaque Cousteau's two man mini-sub. I wonder if the first one, that was lost during depth testing, is still floating off the bottom on a tether? They were water jet nozzle powered, with those nozzles on the outboard tip of the wings.
I thought his sub had those vertical tails, but no. Probably would have slowed down being able to rotate in place, by reversing one of the nozzles to spin.
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ReplyDeleteKowalski and Chief!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent catch!
DeleteI used to have a model of the sub.
ReplyDeleteAnyone under 50 will be scratching their head.
ReplyDeleteThe series didn't have Barbara Eden.
ReplyDeleteShake it baby!
Loved that flying mini-sub. Making the engineering work would be a bitch, but a fun project!
ReplyDeleteI refuse to watch any "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" that does NOT have the Flying Sub. One of the coolest designs ever!
ReplyDeleteLoved the Flying Sub, which was both aerodynamically and hydro-dynamically impossible!
ReplyDeleteI suspect the shape was loosely copied from Jaque Cousteau's two man mini-sub. I wonder if the first one, that was lost during depth testing, is still floating off the bottom on a tether? They were water jet nozzle powered, with those nozzles on the outboard tip of the wings.
DeleteI thought his sub had those vertical tails, but no. Probably would have slowed down being able to rotate in place, by reversing one of the nozzles to spin.