Hi Toy! Easy-to-pilot personal submarine set for launch; Hi Deep Flight.

Hi Toy! Easy-to-pilot personal submarine set for launch; Hi Deep Flight.

The inventor of a new personal submarine set to launch next week is hoping to create a new niche MARKET for would-be adventurers who have no professional training in underwater navigation.

Hi Deep Flight

The new Deep Flight Dragon craft is an evolution of the company's Super Falcon vehicle (above).

Deep Flight, the company founded by personal submarine pioneer Graham Hawkes , plans to launch its new two-person Dragon model next week at the Monaco YACHT Show.

The all-electric craft was designed to be easily used from a yacht or the shore by anyone who has undergone minimal instruction. 

It features power and on board monitoring and MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, uses vertical thrust instead of a ballast and drop-weight system to dive, and automatically floats to the surface when its propulsion system is disengaged.

The Dragon is an evolution of Deep Flight’s earlier “Super Falcon” craft (see video), itself a development of the vehicle Hawke built to enable the late Steve Fossett to travel to the deepest point in the ocean, the Mariana Trench.

L x H x W: 4.8 m x 1.5 m x 2.1 m (15.7 ft x 4.9 ft x 6.8 ft) 

Operating Depth: 120 m (400 feet) 

Crew: 2 

Payload: 230 kg (507 lbs) 

Air WEIGHT: 1800 kg (3968 lbs) 

FLIGHT Capabilities: Flight and Hover 

Safety Features: Positive Buoyancy 

Inflatable launch platform enabling easy entry and egress 

Emergency inflatable gas bag system

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