Traditionally reserved for the navy and scientific research, underwater exploration has never been more accessible than it is today thanks to U-Boat Worx newest sub the sleek and elegant NEMO submarine. Retrieved 13 November 2013.Underwater adventure has come a very long way since Turtle, the world's first submersible, which took its maiden voyage in 1776. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
^ "James Bond's 'Spy Who Loved me' submarine car sold in London".Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. ^ "History Overview of Perry Baromedical".Musk stated that he plans to use Tesla Motors' electric drive train in making his conversion a reality. Elon Musk bought the vehicle, and as of 2013, planned to convert it into the functional car-submarine from the film. In September 2013, the submarine sold at auction for £550,000, at RM Auctions in Battersea, south west London. It was put up for auction as a Bond car in 2013. The then owner, also owner of a tool rental shop, had the exterior restored. The buyers did not know the contents when they bought it, and from 1989 to 2013 occasionally exhibited the submarine. The buyer paid less than $100 for the unit. The storage unit was prepaid for 10 years at the end of the lease, no one claimed the contents, so the contents of the storage locker were placed on auction. Afterwards, it was shipped to Long Island, New York, and placed in storage. Upon completion of filming, the submarine went on a promotional tour. When an additional road car was needed for the chase sequences the producers borrowed Lotus chairman Colin Chapman's personal vehicle. Two unpowered dummy cars fitted with wheels were used to show the Esprit entering and emerging from the sea the first was designed to be fired from an air cannon off the end of the pier, the second was towed by a rope buried under the beach with a sweeping brush fitted to the underside to cover the rope up as the car was tugged out. Three of the Esprits were just empty bodyshells which were used to show each phase of the car-to-submarine transformation. In filming, six Esprits were used (tagged "PPW 306R"), though only one submarine. The fictional history of the car in the film was that it was developed by Q-Branch of MI6, and its blueprints were stolen by KGB agent Anya Amasova (after Bond asked Amasova "How did you know about that?" Amasova replied, "I stole the blueprints of this car two years ago"). Filming ĭuring filming of The Spy Who Loved Me, the submarine was piloted by ex- U.S. The interior bears no resemblance to that of a car, being just a platform for the scuba divers, and the equipment used to operate, drive, and power the sub. It has four electric motors that allowed forward motion only. The sub requires a crew of two to operate.
This undesirable force was compensated for by fins placed where the wheels would be in a conventional Esprit. The wedge shape of the Esprit is designed to provide downforce, which would cause the submarine to dive. It was built by Perry Oceanographic, Inc., of Riviera Beach, Florida, United States, specifically for the film, using a Lotus Esprit S1 bodyshell, for about $100,000 at the time. The submarine does not maintain a dry interior, and thus is a " wet sub" that requires occupants to don scuba gear.
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