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TeMPOraL · 2020-12-30 22:20:24+00:00

It'll be orders of magnitude cheaper to just make it waterproof and sink it in a lake.

gambiting | karma 29451 | avg karma 3.2 · | 2014-06-17 09:30:07+00:00

I do wonder what the realistic cost of moving it somewhere would be. Assuming, that you would like to take it out of water and put on a property somewhere. Would it be in hundreds of thousands of dollars? Or more like millions?

rgmerk | karma 1549 | avg karma 3.28 · | 2023-12-04 13:53:53

Colour me skeptical. Floating a boat on water is a lot more expensive than sticking a steel frame into the ground.

Newtonip | karma 150 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2024-06-12 14:37:51

How about transporting it under water?

Semiapies | karma 5867 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2011-03-30 17:10:54+00:00

I wonder how much it costs to build one of those semi-submersibles. I presume they're at least using the hull of a manufactured boat, judging by the pictures.

perihelions | karma 28273 | avg karma 8.36 · | 2023-11-26 20:40:49

Why? It's already floating and displacing its own weight in water.

developer2 | karma 2010 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2017-03-15 23:19:41

I love your way of thinking. Assuming proper waterproofing, hiding it underwater would be the most unexpected thing you could do. I'm a smart guy and that thought hadn't occurred to me, even if I only dedicated 3 minutes of my time to the process. The majority of people would naturally assume it's on land; to place it in the water automatically ruins the consensus assumption.

voidmain | karma 1582 | avg karma 4.88 · | 2017-07-13 20:49:24+00:00

So what would it cost to tow it somewhere with a need for fresh water?

powera | karma 2278 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2016-06-22 23:40:55+00:00

I like the idea, but it seems completely impractical. How is this possibly cheaper than boats?

Also, building a floating tube in the water seems a lot harder than an elevated tube on land, because you can't possibly reach the ocean floor for supports.

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gaius | karma 35963 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2009-01-01 11:07:49

They'll have to float it first.

arbitrage | karma 1306 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2019-03-20 13:34:17+00:00

I'm not a fan of cars, because they don't perform well in lakes. I'm hoping we're moving toward a world where we use different tools for different tasks. Something engineered to float would be much better, in my opinion.

dsr_ | karma 24250 | avg karma 4.96 · | 2022-11-16 05:27:28

If you can do it on the water, you can do it cheaper on dry land.

ncmncm | karma 13951 | avg karma 1.02 · | 2022-06-30 15:04:34

Sink it, even.

Or build another one on the other side. He can afford it.

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gattilorenz | karma 2577 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2019-09-02 12:46:06

Yep. Or, perhaps cheaper, a Vostok Amphibia, but the quality control went down over the years, so it might not be as amphibious as the name suggest (I've got a very rusty Amphibia, now).

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2017-08-13 03:27:51

If you want to sink it.

mvid | karma 1306 | avg karma 3.2 · | 2019-09-06 06:28:46+00:00

Well if it goes into the water, tethered or untethered, it likely won’t be usable anymore

Klwohu | karma 79 | avg karma 0.55 · | 2021-04-06 14:13:40+00:00

Looks pretty impractical, plus there's gonna be a LOT of garbage that winds up in the water.

esaym | karma 2663 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2023-12-01 11:58:10

Yea I don't see how this will work. Just a little bit of sand or water in there and it is a goner.

isaacb | karma 241 | avg karma 4.55 · | 2013-06-05 08:27:29+00:00

Or even easier, just submerge it without a person inside and see how deep it can go.

nealabq | karma 2528 | avg karma 4.06 · | 2014-04-22 15:06:57+00:00

For launches over land, how about landing in a lake instead of the ocean? It'd be easier to find, and salt water is corrosive.