The pressurized sphere is in the maritime museum in Virginia, pretty cool

where on the map is that 7th picture with underwater ruins?

ajlawson0626, that's it's real name "DSV-3 Turtle", Alvin was DSV-2. There is a picture of the real thing at the end of the screenshots above, or look up 'DSV-3 Turtle'. Turtle, Alvin, and Sea Cliff were all 'sisters', infact Turtle ended up getting Alvin's old pressure sphere. Hope that helps!

i like how insted of naming this Alvin you named it Turtle lol

squeaker0704, yup should be good since the day after they fixed the issues with composite CoM.

has the bug been fixed

squeaker0704, since Friday's update there is a bug with composites where they weight more then they are supposed to. Hopefully we see a fix soon, and if need be I will fix this. Sorry for the inconvenience.

she is stern heavy

rare to see subs that are so advanced, also im the one who asked if you are gonna make an a6 intruder

cooked rat, you left the hatch open, didn't you? ;) I'll see what I can do.

can you add a secrete bilge system

cooked rat, no there is not. Like the real thing any openings are kept to a minimum to avoid weakening the integrity of the sphere. If possible I suggest entering the DSV while still aboard ship, again like the real thing. Hope that helps!

is there a bilge pump for the sphere.

cooked rat, glad you got everything figured out! Have fun!

theoceanchannel2, how less advanced? Alvin in some ways was more complex then Turtle, especially depending on which version of Alvin we are talking about.

make a less advanced alvin sub

nvm i found out

how do you recharge it

UPDATE 01 OCT 2021:
- Upgraded and simplified the Ballast Control system
- Submersible is now capable of being reused by pressing the "Replace Ballast Weight Assembly" button located under the submersible.
* Reference the screenshot for it's location
- Sphere Hatch now locks due to the pressure difference once submerged

ENJOY!

if i get enough people want it il ask if i can upload it

the only thing i changed was a gave it rope anchors and made the wights there own creation

could you post the reusable model assuming that you get permission to.

i have made it reusable

[ISBU] bagels725, DSV's aren't known for their speed I'm afraid. Infact, it is already faster then it would be in real life. If you would like you can modify the 'DSV TURTLE CNTL 8' composite block. Just change the 'STERN PROP' output to something above '0.30' and below '-0.30' but be careful this could affect stability of Turtle and consume the battery quicker. Hope that helps.

How do I make the submarine faster? I cannot approach a speed in the water that's not the speed of an old lady walking.

UPDATE 19 JUN 2020:
- Upgraded hatch to ones received in v0.10.26 update
- Changed hull shape slightly with new sloped block segments.

UPDATE 01 NOV 2019:
- Updated to 0.9.8 Behaves much, MUCH better now!
Due to the update Turtle now can dive faster, and surface faster; around 4 ft/sec. Turtle is now darn near completely neutrally buoyant after dropping the descent weight. So depth keeping is also much easier. THANK YOU DEVELOPERS!

UPDATE 06 OCT 2019:
- Added a working radio which can be tuned between 0-100 radio frequencies.

Back2FutureFan6, close anyway, Alvin was Turtle's sister along with Sea Cliff. Yes your right Robert Ballard discovered the Titanic wreck in Alvin.

i saw this and instantly thinked; ALVIN

alvin was the one that found the titanic i think

UPDATE 20 AUG 2019:
- Updated the seats and added two observer seats as well, so you can bring your friends along without them affecting the buoyancy! They are in an awkward position but its the best I can do for now.
ENJOY!

YoJo715, yup, I got alot of things to update, we'll get there.

Update with new seats plz

jshmccanna, read my comment from the 5th of August.

yeah.

jshmccanna, so you are trying to submerge it at the dock?

yeah even when all ballast are flooded she dosent wanna sink

jshmccanna, I bet I know what you were trying to do. Were you trying to submerge it at the pier/dock? Because this sub is near neutrally buoyant and how the game handles physics it has some difficultly figureing out if it want s to float or sink when at or near 5M from the surface. Haul it out to deeper water and try again. ENJOY!

seems to not work. dosent dive. and the proppelers arnet working

it is a grate sub

wnewman, thanks for the comment! Alvin gets all the press, but this girls just as cool!

grat work good to see you didn't let her be forgotin

Thanks ! I love your work !
I'll give it a test to see if it works again.

Mr Maniac, so I gave it alittle test run and had no issues everything functioned as intended. Just incase I reuploaded the DSV anyway. I hope that helps, let me know if you have further troubles.

Mr Maniac, I will take a look at it ASAP. Thanks for the heads up!

Broken now :(

you need to release all the weights to stay with no vetical speed , and it decend at like 2 f/s

when all weight are released , it's not leveled anymore.

oh sorry

The link is at the bottom of the description, the FX Marine. ENJOY

what boat u use snapshots

kvikk123, yes the TV screens in the Radio Room will be replaced, and thank you for the nice comment!