Does anybody remember the East Canyon "monster" many years ago? It was a submarine, based on a metal sphere similar to this one, and detailed to look like a large ichthyosaur. The builder had to fill the sphere with a considerable amount of concrete to achieve neutral bouyancy, but he was successful- for a while. On the sub's maiden voyage, it began to take-on water and had to be abandoned. It sank to the bottom, the designer swimming to safety, fortunately. For years afterward, when the water level in the reservoir reached very low levels, reports of a "Loch Ness" type monster were received by Fish & Game and the Sherrif's office. It was just the remains of that old dinosaur-shaped submarine. Local TV stations even featured the story at one time. No, I was not the designer/builder, but he was a classmate of mine by the name of Vincent Kuhn. Somebody with time to kill might try looking up the story in newspaper archives. This was decades ago, so it might not be an easy search. Now, if it were me, I'd want to drop that sucker from an airplane. Make a "skip bomb" or something. On Jan 28, 2008 5:09 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:

Those wanting to build their own spacecraft (or possibly bathysphere) will want to check out Lot #3 at this surplus sale:

http://www.washington.edu/admin/surplus/feb2008catalog.html

Surely Chuck will have some use for it... :)