When American teenagers build submarines named after nuclear subs, maybe North Korea will be afraid of invasion?
More seriously, eighteen-year-old Justin Beckerman has created a remote controlled cleaning machine, an airsoft car, and a helmet home theater. Now this teenager has built a submarine that can dive as deep as thirty feet.
This teenager who builds submarines explains his motivation:
“I wanted to see what I could build and figure out how I could build it…. It’s just going to be cool to be underwater.”
Justin Beckerman spent six months building the submarine in his parents’ basement for an estimated cost of $2,000. This teenager’s custom built submarine is named the Nautilus after the USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine.
But Kim Jong-Un need not overly worry. The body of the submarine is made from a giant drainage pipe, the motor from a small fishing oat, and the dome is a sky light. Ballast tanks allow this teenager’s submarine to dive and rise. An audio and video based communications system and ultra-bright lights allow Justin Beckerman to explore the depths of his local lake. Then again, that sounds about as advanced as some of the photoshopped pictures from North Korea .
Justin Beckerman’s parents were obviously concerned about safety since the original submarines tended to sink rather than swim. Although this teenager built his submarine essentially out of spare parts, he’s not very concerned:
“There are a lot of safety features. There are pumps. There’s also a breathing hose so that if it does flood, you could breathe for about 20 minutes or so off of a tank of air.”
What do you think of this teenager building his own submarine called the Nautilus?
