Talon Jr is currently being constructed! Ian M is heading the Hull Chair- He has the molds in the shop & is ready to go the only thing hold him back is the Vac Pump not working with him. To my understanding he had some test samples set up and the pump could not handle […]
We worked late into the night and we had a functional steering system. We got to base early and had the boats in the water in a quick fashion. By 10:00 AM we were set up for our first run with the FAU-Boat II piloted by Andrew Spence with Chris Nunes in the back of […]
Human Powered Submarine Enthusiasts, Today was a dark day for submarine kind. After our code guru (aka Mike Neal) pulling an all nighter to work out the kinks we had a functioning system in the morning. After a quick breakfast and some much needed coffee we were off to the base. It was not long […]
Today was an historious day. Not long after we arrived on base we had the U-boat II completely assembled and ready for the team picture and dry inspection. While half of the team was assembling the U-boat II the other half had Talon1 back in the queue and racing. The first run of the morning […]
I apologize for the late posting. As you can imagine, Tuesday was yet another busy day of racing and getting the two-man ready to go in the water, and the whole team went to bed soon after eating dinner. Talon 1 got 4 runs in total, with two good runs by our pilot, Omar. On […]
This morning the team was up and ready to race early. Not long after arriving at base Talon 1 passed the required inspections and was entered into the race queue. The first run of the day was by Omar Ramos, a new HPS member, this was his first run in the submarine. Omar took this […]
The International Submarine Races has begun! It has been a long few days for the crew. Members have been working to get ready for the races around the clock for the past week. After one final all night session we hit the road towards Bethesda 8 A.M. Saturday morning. We experienced some serious weather systems […]
With 19 Days until we leave…. Meet some of our hardworking Submariners!! …Andrew is working on all 3 Hatches… ~~~Adrian and Omar working on the lathe~~~ —–Adrian and Joe discussing a design modification—– ***And TALON 1 is being cleaned up for the competition!*** Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you guys are putting […]
We are glad to announce our new sponsor, JWR Construction Services! This sponsorship puts us one step closer to racing at the International Submarine Races 12 this June. For more information on JWR you can visit: http://jwrconstruction.cc/ For more information on the ISR: http://isrsubrace.org/ .
With only 75 more days to go until the International Submarine Races in Bethesda, Maryland: TALON 1 has taken a trip to the Seafood Festival in Abacoa! TALON 1 is currently the spotlight of our tent and our members are showing off ALL of our teams hard-work! The FAU Dive Club is also here with us […]
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