Amazing ship that flips from horizontal to vertical
Ron's eel.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:01,
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There's a longer clip somewhere that shows the insides
all the furniture's on hinges and just swings 90 degrees.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:26,
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The bathroom would do your head in
especially after a few pints...
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:45,
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all very technologically impressive I'm sure,
... but why?
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catweasle neither a cat nor a weasle, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:25,
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Its to measure waves and currents etc
When the boat is in a vertical position its really stable as it goes really deep. If you used a normal boat it would be affected by the movements of the sea and so you wouldn't get accurate measurements.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:30,
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Allowing scientists to make extremely precise measurements at sea.
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redazril I LIKE DRUGS!, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:31,
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This clip explains it a bit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxQfQU_hsk&feature=related
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:32,
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Cheers ears!
it's a lot more impressive now, but I'm still a tad nonplussed as to how measuring waves etc is so important to us as to devise and build this obv impressive and presumably expensive 'ship'... (although I've been at the vodka this evening with my pal so I think I should probably revisit this vid tomorra to fully appreciate it x).
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catweasle neither a cat nor a weasle, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:03,
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This is where I originally saw it
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00y5jhx/The_Secret_Life_of_Waves/
The bloke in it will explain everything, its beautifully shot too.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:10,
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