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Title: A Teenager Built His Own Working Submarine
Post by: Geo on May 29, 2013, 04:04:30 pm

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Justin Beckerman, an 18-year-old high school student from New Jersey, built and wired a fully-functional, one-man submarine. The underwater vehicle is mostly made of the lightweight, yet strong, grooved plastic typically used in piping.

The construction feat is less than surprising to those familiar with Beckerman's talent — he's been engineering products out of various building materials since he was two years old, the teenager told Business Insider.

Beckerman salvages every old or broken device he can find, along with donations from friends and neighbors, and occasional trips to electronics recycling facilities with his dad.

He's built remote-controlled vacuums, miniature model jet engines, and headsets that can play DVDs. The submarine is by far the teen's biggest project to date.

Justin's father, Ken Beckerman, says he learned early on to give his son space, support, and freedom to tinker with things: "[Justin] will tell me something is going to work, and to me it doesn't make any sense or its not possible. Instead of telling him that it can't happen or it's not real, I just let it sit ... I'm supportive in letting him do his thing, and letting him dream."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/high-schooler-justin-beckerman-homemade-submarine-2013-5?op=1#ixzz2Uh5htSs8 (http://www.businessinsider.com/high-schooler-justin-beckerman-homemade-submarine-2013-5?op=1#ixzz2Uh5htSs8)

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Title: Re: A Teenager Built His Own Working Submarine
Post by: Buster's Uncle on May 29, 2013, 04:24:26 pm

I remember when I would have thought this was the coolest thing ever.

(http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/519cd5f76bb3f7864f000006-650/justins-sub-submerging-1.jpg)

(http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51964f5569bedd1f22000021-900/justin-has-been-building-things-since-he-was-a-young-child-his-submarine-drew-on-the-knowledge-hes-acquired-over-the-years-apart-from-the-mechanical-and-electrical-know-how-justin-worked-in-some-of-his-interest-in-aeronautics-he-modeled-some-of-the-components-in-the-sub-off-things-found-on-airplanes.jpg)

(http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51964f46eab8eaa443000000-900/aside-from-looking-up-the-underwater-pressure-at-his-target-depth-of-30-feet-beckerman-says-he-did-not-do-much-research-online.jpg)

Title: Re: A Teenager Built His Own Working Submarine
Post by: gwillybj on May 29, 2013, 06:36:36 pm

And I was happy when I built a working crane with my Erector Set...

Title: Re: A Teenager Built His Own Working Submarine
Post by: Green1 on May 29, 2013, 06:56:32 pm

I am old enough to remember ads in Marvel comics about "working" submarines for like 30 USD (60 USD nowadays bucks).

However, I read somewhere all it was is a box, a battery with an LED, and holes cut for portholes. I would have been pissed.

Now THIS is what my imagination expected.

Title: Re: A Teenager Built His Own Working Submarine
Post by: Unorthodox on May 30, 2013, 04:30:07 am

Getting claustrophobic just looking at that. 

I was busy learning theatrical makeup at that age.