All-electric personal submarine

The all-electric Deepflight Dragon is the world’s most compact personal submarine, it can take passengers to depths of up to 400 feet and can also fit neatly onboard many yachts.

Two-person Deepflight Dragon is only 16.4 feet long and 6.2 feet wide and has been designed for easy launching and piloting. Onboard Dive Manager software monitors the critical functions of the sub and sets the depth limit for the dive, leaving even an inexperienced pilot free to enjoy the underwater scenery.

DeepFlight Super Falcon is a buoyant craft, you’ll realize that you’re flying an aircraft, just in a different medium, water. The controls and everything about the Dragon has been designed for ease-of-use. It is so intuitively easy to use for the uninitiated.

Dagon is a zero emissions vehicle, running on an underwater lithium battery pack. For those prone to range anxiety, the battery’s six-hour life should be a comfort. But, should the craft’s engines stop working, the submarine, which is naturally buoyant, will float to the surface.

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The interior is all carbon fiber and it’s absolutely gorgeous. The early owners have been pretty happy with their new toys. The first owner is Tom Perkins (one of the founders of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers).

The all-electric DeepFlight Dragon is designed specifically for easy use from yacht or shore to explore the twilight zone down to 400 ft (120 m). At 3,968 lb (1,800 kg) and under 5 ft (1.5 m) in height, the Dragon is less than half the weight of competing submarines and readily fits into existing yacht garages or deck areas. Like all DeepFlight personal submarines, the Dragon is positively buoyant, meaning the craft automatically floats to the surface. And the Dragon is the first DeepFlight craft to use vertical thrust, thus enabling a hover capability.

The two-person Dragon is the only personal submarine which has enough power to rely solely on vertical thrust to dive, eliminating the complexity of the ballast and drop weight systems that all competing submersibles use to get heavy and sink to depth. This newest DeepFlight craft also uniquely offers the DeepFlight Dive Manager, a proprietary technology that monitors and manages critical functions, therefore eliminating the need for a professional pilot in a third seat.

http://www.deepflight.com/dragon/