DeepFlight Merlin is a personal submarine by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, part of the DeepFlight line of submersibles. The positively buoyant[1] submersible was designed by Graham Hawkes.[2] The Merlin was the first winged open-cockpit submarine (a wet sub) available on the market,[2][3] and first three-man submarine in the "aero submarine" class,[4] representing a major advance in scuba diving technology.[5]
It travels up to 5 knots,[2] has an operating time of one hour,[2] and an open cockpit,[2] requiring the use of scuba gear by occupants,[2] and giving them 360-degree views of the space around them.[1] The sub carries three, two passengers and one pilot.[6] The occupants have "windshields" to protect them from the water stream.[7] It is capable of hydrobatic maneuvers[clarification needed] and 360-degree turns.[8] It weighs 750 kg, is 4.6 m long, 3.0 m wide, 1.2 m tall, and runs off battery power.[9] It is available as either a single-seater or two-seater.[9] The design work on the sub started in July 2009.[10]
^ abDesign World, "DeepFlight Merlin 3-person Aero Submarine", 18 February 2010 (retrieved 31 July 2010)
^ abcdefABC News, "Richard Branson's 'Underwater Plane' Is 1st of Its Kind", Ki Mae Heussner, 4 February 2010 (retrieved 31 July 2010)
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^Forbes, "Submarines For The Super-Rich", Joumana Saad, 11 May 2010 (retrieved 2 August 2010)
^Deep Flight, Merlin Archived 22 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine press release, 1 February 2010 (retrieved 31 July 2010)
^Cite error: The named reference PopMech-2010-03-11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^SmartPlanet, "Richard Branson reveals $662K fighter jet-inspired submarine" Archived 11 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Andrew Nusca, 1 February 2010 (retrieved 31 July 2010)
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