Dry Sport Submersible Flies Underwater: "Falcon"

"Super Falcon" to be precise. Designed with wing surfaces for super-maneuverability underwater, and powered to go against the flow.

The craft is powered by batteries and the turbines that drive the ship were made with special care to be incredibly quiet. The maneuverability also lets it navigate in strong currents that stifle other underwater craft, the creators said.

A submarine driver wouldn't recognize the cockpit of the Super Falcon. "There are no valves, there are no gauges," Hawkes said. "You just power up the thrusters, start your take-off run, put the joystick forward, then the nose goes down. The wings literally pull it down." That's very different from conventional submarines, which basically dive by changing the ballast of the ship to make it sink. "It's not just that they look like airplanes, they actually are," Hawkes said. "The machines we build underwater should look like airplanes, not submarines. Airplanes don't look like balloons." _Technovelgy

Although dry subs require more care in design and construction, I prefer the option of diving in water that is extremely cold -- without a special wet suit or dry suit.

For diving in good visibility, the fast and sporty approach taken by the Super Falcon's designers is just about perfect. For murky water dives, you will probably need more instruments for safety.