A submersible speedboat that can dive to twelve hundred feet. If there’s a market for this, at a few million a pop, I’ll bet that XCOR will be able so sell a few Lynx’s to private owners.
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There’s a fair amount of skepticism (deservedly so) for a boat with big square windows diving to 1200 feet.
But, the concept is Bond-like in coolness.
There’s a fair amount of skepticism (deservedly so) for a boat with big square windows diving to 1200 feet.
I share it. But even if it could do a couple hundred it would be pretty cool.
Lynx probably won’t have the same draw from the smuggler’s market though …
The windows aren’t square though. They’re cylindrical. Doesn’t mean it can handle 35-40 atmospheres of pressure, but it’s the sort of shape you’d expect a window under a lot of pressure to be.
If there isn’t a market for this, at a few million a pop, I’ll bet that XCOR won’t be able to sell a few Lynx’s to private owners.
This is so old hat, Johnny Quest had one like this 40 years ago.
The real problem is that a large percentage of the “crazy rich buyers” market is non-US – so ITAR pretty much kills that market. It’s enough to make you consider alternate citizenship – Isreal and others have a much more reasonable stance.