Research submarine "Euronaut" - Best of

"Euronaut" is a private project of a research and diver support submarine around Carsten Standfuss - a German naval architect. It has been designed between 1988 and 2000. Then it took another 12 years to build it on holidays, weekends and after work. Most systems on board are second hand and homebuilt.
The sub has overall length of 16 m (52 ft), surface displacement of 57 tons and is capable of diving up to 250 m (820 ft).
Transit speed is up to 6 knots with a 190 hp diesel engine. Electric drive measures 40 kW.
The life support system provides air for the crew of six persons for a week. The diving chamber allows saturation dives to the depths similar to the operational depth of the submarine.
/ euronaut.org
www.euronaut.org
Music:
Lisa Miskovsky and Solar Fields - Still alive, Instrumental
(Mirror's Edge Game OST)

[@jacklash6900]

there are no words to say how amazing this is. everyone is under the impression only navies have this and for a team to build something soo good is a monumental achievement. these guys should be honored by their country. for generations to come

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

oh, oh my that sentance hasn't aged well.

[@jackcavendish8900]

@@themanformerlyknownascomme777why?

[@Vtec24]

that probably feels so good, just sitting on that thing and thinking "I built this"

[@nichellesallie2817]

that woulf be so cool

[@dehsnekysnek5530]

Connor yes

[@fixt100]

look into "journeyman boilermaker" if you want to build pressure vessels.

[@CHEVYSORCROWNS]

Thats what she said.

[@aspopulvera9130]

The feel of accomplishment indeed

[@andytaylor1588]

I've followed this project on a different site when Carsten was just getting going. It's quite amazing to see it in action.

[@richr909]

I would hardly call that an amateur build ha

[@Wrackzeichner]

+rich r, actually you are right. These are professionals in related fields, but noone earns his money with submarine building. Some parts like pressure hull are professionaly made. On other hand the rest is homebuilt, low-tech or second hand. Noone got money for it. What is it then, when not amateur?

[@Spinnie1]

+Deep Blue Sea This is just a home build project.

[@richr909]

Haha (home build project) like it could be built in your backyard or garage? If that's the home build then I would really want to see the pro built version.

[@Wrackzeichner]

You won't believe. :) After steel work was done, the sub actually DID stand in the owner's backyard. Since the house stood right next to Weser river. All the interior and exterior job have been done there during 10 years prior to the launch.

[@richr909]

My neighbors would absolutely kill me if I had something like that at my house. He is lucky

[@vladen14]

A 16 m long vessle, capable of diving up to 250 m is NOt what I would call an amateur project :DD

[@327h7]

Hier könnte Ihre Werbung stehen There is nothing amateur about it . The difference with others is that it was made with privet money and effort with love , to add icing to the cake nothing German made is amateur period.

[@kcasc_hd]

Well, it is german so what did. you expect? My first guess was 80 ish meters

[@brickleyyard4966]

So what sort of legalities and permits must someone require an ascertained for item like this and what limits are there are to stop people from doing things that they shouldn't do do because it seems to me then that if if a group of enthusiasts with private money and access to the White Facilities can you build this then surely we have enough money they could build something slightly bigger they wanted to 4 for various purposes

[@phornthip1991]

The Art of German Engineering was never lost.

[@terrorfire8505]

@@brickleyyard4966 you sound like a fun person

[@dustinhaynes2617]

this is the closest thing to what I imagine I'd have if I had my own submarine.

[@RevdTv123]

germans are some of the best engineers

[@Cristieagle]

Possibly THE best engineers. While the Italians have got some sexy super cars.

[@nztphotography5758]

Scotland has some of the best Liners

[@incognito6337]

They invented guided missiles

[@derektrotter4287]

NZT Photography and square sausage

[@derektrotter4287]

Who’s invented the best world changing inventions and medical sciences Germany or Britain???

[@FreshlySnipes]

That's so sick! I want one. The porthole in the bottom reminds me of the Nautilus and 1000 leagues under the sea!

[@drsamuelk]

Its a beauty, you guys. I'm awestruck by the professional finesse and the size of the behemoth. Kudos to friendship, kudos to workmanship, science of accumulating knowledge, sweat, hard labour and perseverance. You guys must've started out prior to the internet revolution. I never miss a submarine movie, seen them all, though I've never been in one. I'm from India, I've never even seen one for real. Good one, I'm touched.

[@TuffBurnOutTeam]

i. give. this. man. every. credit. ? much. respect. to. your. work. old. mate. well. done.

[@KowboyUSA]

"Amateur" doesn't seem at accurate at all. 'Private' would have better described this venture.

[@RobinCernyMitSuffix]

The only thing they didn't made them selfs, was the hull/hull welding, because it's the most critical thing, so they let professionals do that and also x-ray the welds. All this information can also be found on their website ;)

[@michaeltaylors2456]

That boot is amazing .

[@kyuubiand9]

That is absolutely epic. I would kill to be part of a project like that.

[@walterkiel552]

It's wonderful !! Congratulations !!

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

This video came out on my birthday so it’s awesome to see something like this :)

[@hurleyinnh]

Yeah seriously that is not amateur work. wooooow is that beautiful, I can only dream. Would love to dive from a sub!!

[@heru-deshet359]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@xploriatv890]

Very great work!

[@poppetrurazvan3900]

Please mount some conical array of stainles stell ultrasonic cavitators, just in case. What you are doing is pure and simpla wonderfull!

[@SenthilKumar-sn8ps]

No ordinary person can build that kind of submarine 👍,

[@Kashi-K]

didnt expect to hear the Mirrors Edge theme in a research sub video

[@omerk8403]

Simply amazing!

[@dinarcodomingos9049]

well done!!!! love it.

[@Tredoras]

Ein geniales Projekt und meinen ganz großen Respekt vor der Arbeit! Wie tief habt ihr euch schon getraut damit?

[@sawmill123456]

Really neat!!! Quite an accomplishment.

[@k.m.virginia7523]

Hey, where is the torpedoes? I think you guys missed something...haha! Very cool!

[@DreadfulMeep]

That is so fucking awesome... Holy shit that's so well made.

[@briankimmell7960]

Things like this make me proud to be human

[@simontemplar1]

Now THAT is a damn cool man cave

[@glennroberts3069]

Brilliant!

[@johnbiggins4864]

A bit of excitement at the local boat ramp

[@Miguel-wc8hu]

No hay lugar a duda que la ciencia y la ingeniería bien empleada, tienen otro resultado y no las armas de destrucción como los submarinos de uso militar, para cuidar mares de enemigos que no existen. Felicidades

[@willparker3170]

The awesome thing is that destroyer knew they were there 20 miles away

[@kevinpatriquin822]

Thats so awesome 👌 👏

[@DarkRendition]

Beer in the cup holder @ 4:10 lol

[@jay.wright4920]

that's amazing !! 👍👍

[@KMorozou]

Great video!

[@ModellbautechnikSalzkammergut]

Amazing

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

it was for sale a few years back.. we tried to buy it.. i think someone in australia finally bought it

[@Wrackzeichner]

I think you speak of a wrong submarine. It is in the same hands for last 17 years and still deployed in Germany. I never heart of someone trying to buy it.

[@pjvenner]

Must have been a massive sense of achievement when you completed the project - Very well done. Do you know the total cost both in man hours & money?

[@Wrackzeichner]

+pjvenner The cost are kept secret.

[@Wrackzeichner]

+BornToRunBarefoot. Where do I say I want people to pay?! "Support" means bublicity and acknowledgment for what have been achieved. The project is non-commercial.

[@joydeepghosh1781]

Bremen University had their own satellite from the 1980s, came out in India newspapers also!

[@shadowstalker9972]

I wish we were friends. or atleast have friends who wants to build something like that

[@samuraifugitivo]

U boat commander, pinnacle of a germans life.

[@MrMa1981]

Amazing... and pretty scary!! I never understand how actually works: for diving ok, take in water and spill out the air... but the opposite how do you do that? You can't create air from nothing. And so?

[@Wrackzeichner]

Pressurized air in cilinder tanks. That's how every submarine does it.

[@MrMa1981]

And that's why I still don't understand. Why that pressurized air, stocked somewhere, don't brings the submarine up? Is only the amount of water inside the tanks that do the job? And the pressurized air needs to spill out the water, and so, less water = bring the submarine up? Sorry for my basic language mode.

[@Wrackzeichner]

Because it's the volume of air that displaces the water from main ballast tanks and not the weight of this air. If you have 1000 litres of air in the atmosphere and if you pressurize it to 250 bar (which means 250 times) you can put all this air in a tank with only 4 litres of capacity. If you depressurize it again in a depth of say 10 m means you have to fight against 2 bar of ambient pressure (twice as much, as on surface). Therefore with this 4 litres from the cylinder you can displace 500 litres of water in 10 m depth. Or 333 litres in 20 m depth, or 250 litres in 30 m depth and so on. That's how you empty the ballast tanks. Pressure No1 x Volume Nr 1 = Pressure No2 x Volume Nr 2... This is the simpliest way I can explain the basic laws of thermodynamics from the school physics lessons...

[@MrMa1981]

This simply way seems to have worked pretty well professor. Thanks. Westfalenstadiom... I love it.

[@msmgaragegame2218]

I like this video 👍

[@karlheerwagen2972]

Just wow!

[@raghavsood6156]

Can you sail with a submarine like a boat from Australia to France without diving it? Like all the way?

[@edferd100]

So where are the rod holders? 🎣

[@keytopic4578]

Impressive .. The pics show so much sea grung growing on the hull - seems the owner builder did not bother to do basic marine maintenance - thus had rust issues after short year3 yrs.. too bad

[@noahzoibi7730]

germans sure love their submarines

[@tonybaines3332]

he only needs a deserted pacific island and a death ray now

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

Lol i would've submerged when I spotted the navy ship

[@incognito6337]

Lazarus Magellan Would have scared the shit out of the navy

[@mariosebastiani3214]

Best way to get sank... it's like quickly putting your hands where one can't see them when you get halted by a police officer.

[@daleval2182]

Lol agree, I found that odd, and a rather risky maneuver, I'm on the deck of a Navy gun boat, and I see a sub dive, my first thought likely isn't, oh, probably just some amateurs out for a cruise?

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

@@daleval2182 but that's why it would've been funny. The tech on that ship is more than enough to track the sub.

[@Wrackzeichner]

Both sequences are not from the same trip. It's rather stupid to provide a diving manouevre in front of the newest German Navy corvette.

[@nationalcitysycho]

HOW IN DA FUCK IS IT MADE BY AMATEURS....THE COLUMBIAN CARTELS ARE AMATEURS..THIS IS STRAIGHT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING

[@francescodellamorte9788]

How much you estimate the cost of the little toy?

[@Wrackzeichner]

This infos are not available to broad audience. :-)

[@bradscott3165]

It's cute. Needs to be yellow.

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

All that work and you didn't use antifouling paint? Why?

[@ZebraActual]

It's supposed to be all yellow..

[@johnrobles1572]

They should paint this submarine YELLOW !!!

[@--__--__--__--__--__--]

3:20 why is the water not going inside through the opening.. they are fully submerged in the water

[@Wrackzeichner]

Because it works like a diving bell. The pressures inside and outside are equal.

[@黃炯烈]

pre-WW1 U.S. built the same size sub with 2 torpedo tubes.

[@richardchase4019]

Looks like the sea life on the hull is a pain in the ass and the drag must eat up a lot of fuel

[@johnbecay6887]

Euronaut to enthusiasts--"Clean my hull..."

[@d-flix3803]

WOW!

[@hispanicuscorpus]

Freaking German, always making good equipment

[@veedub447]

How many torpedoes does it carry?

[@Wrackzeichner]

+veedub447 None. But the diving chamber hatch fits well for mines.

[@JiriMiketaRINGS]

WOW !!!

[@nourtaher86]

Meanwhile I cant get my kitchen faucet to stop leaking

[@nationalcitysycho]

nourtaher86 yeah..really i cant finish my golf cart

[@jbdallara]

Rest of the world: "In my spare time, I like to watch movies and have a walk with my dog" German people: "In my spare time I build 16m long submarine"

[@mbukukanyau]

Not "German people" its a German dude...

[@jbdallara]

@@mbukukanyau I'm making fun of Germans. All the people with the German nationality don't know how to have fun if it's not by working. You know, the good ol' joke about them. Like, it's a pretty comon thing for Germans to build a submarine. Using "German people", is a kind of emphasis : The people of Germany as one entity, share a common hobby, building submarines in theyr spare time. I'm not a native english speaker, after all. So maybe, what I tryed to say in my joke, have better way to express it, and my kind of emphasis is not working as I intended.

[@pieterveenders9793]

@@jbdallara Don't even bother explaining a joke to a German, because unlike with high-precision engineering they don't do well with jokes....

[@jaridkeen123]

**Breaking News** The USA destroyer Blew up a small EruoSub today

[@JuergenW.]

Or the other way round... :D

[@cquilty1]

@Kai Forrest There she is - the dumb *TROLL* using a different account talking to herself with a sock account blabbing the same crap. Sad really...

[@cquilty1]

@Ezra Valentin Nice job talking to yourself....

[@thekraken1173]

@@cquilty1 probably bots, not even a real person.

[@cquilty1]

@@thekraken1173 Think you're right.

[@kuiper921]

I wonder if you have scared any navies thinking it was an enemy sub!

[@Wrackzeichner]

No idea. I don't think they mentioned us a lot since we don't have identical operation areas.

[@kuiper921]

+Deep Blue Sea ahh ok, thats good! Do you have any ways of making sure it doesnt happen?

[@Wrackzeichner]

Nothing. I Don't think that's a problem

[@kuiper921]

Deep Blue Sea oh ok. Keep doing what you are! Greetings from America!

[@Wrackzeichner]

Thanks!

[@rbodell]

That is bloody amazing.

[@randywinner111]

Awesome build fellas, my hats off to you all for creativity and innovation and meticulous attention to detail. Could not help but notice that any of these that are being "Sea Trailed",,,seem to be shadowed by Naval ships. Interesting. Saying good job does not come close!

[@thatdutchguy2882]

Randy Winner It's busy in those waters and it border's The Kingdom of the Netherlands to the West and The Kingdom of Denmark to North of The Republic of Germany. To the North-West sits The Kingdom of Norway, the North-East sits The Kingdom of Sweden, all have their Royal Navy's going up and down the Scandinavian Sea to the Wadden-Sea into the North-Sea. Not to mention all kinds of ships going trough there from the Republic of Poland and of course from the Russian Federation. Try and float a dingy there and it will attract the attention of a plethora of different Navy's,....not to mention operating a submarine there commercial or otherwise.

[@WhiteUnicorn82]

"Amateur built.." , na, I'd say that, in order to put this together with such quality, they are certainly not "amateurs".

[@aleksandersuur9475]

If you don't get paid to do it, you are an amateur. It's not a reflection on quality of work, just a simple matter of where the funding is coming from.

[@taiming71]

Germans can build any thing given enough time.

[@santatigerclaus]

+taiming71 (except high MPG, clean diesels)

[@FreakSX93]

+kevin mcmillen *badumtss*

[@KoolBreeze420]

+taiming71 With that kinda logic even I could do anything given enough time!

[@Wrackzeichner]

+romthewarrior What do the extermination camps have to do with a team consisting of Germans, Dutch and Ukrainians?

[@romthewarrior]

+Deep Blue Sea They have to do with the previous comment. But it's a joke dude. Hat off to the the team btw

[@malcolmcarter5541]

Looks like they don`t know about antifouling !

[@michaelfoulis7438]

I was thinking that as well.

[@michaelfoulis7438]

@Channel LuckySpock - Left 4 Dead 2 Antifouling prevents that from building up

[@robbiekipping1124]

They use a copper based paint to discourage the growth of plant life, they need to take lessons from the sailing paints available. Of course they will have to pull her out in dry dock. Dr k

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

Even with anti-fouling paint, being in water a long time will cause a build up.

[@bernyshomstein4191]

The best privately owned sub I've ever seen.

[@rogergomes967]

It is also the best private submarine ever seen

[@Nordlicht05]

Roger Gomes and this Nautilus?

[@arty_gangster]

@@Nordlicht05 Well the Nautilus was sure Astonishing it was still Designed withsomething Completely else in Mind

[@irespectthepolice42]

give Germans a minute,they're good. give Germans an hour, they're better. give Germans 24 years? they're unstoppable. lol

[@jooot_6850]

Give the Germans an extra snowy winter, and all that unstoppable-ness starts to go away! Buy now, for only ₽0.00!

[@thebravegallade731]

remember that the nazis got where they got within exactly 21 years, and thats with the reperations and total economic collapse post WW1.

[@queefmicester1189]

Genaro Ambrosio ...look into the Bolshevik revolutions if you wanna see evil.

[@queefmicester1189]

Genaro Ambrosio ....you're just a wierdo troll

[@thomasdifferent5298]

didnt said im not one said i dont care if u call me one how stupid are u? Why u so triggerd got u grandpa gased or something xD

[@robertmaddox8352]

I am impressed that they actually had an airlock that a diver could use to go into the water and then return to the submarine without compromising the submarine.

[@Reamare]

How can you make a submarine and not make it yellow...

[@peterking2561]

Hiddeous if you are the military

[@AlterraCorp]

To not hear that song ever again?

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

Because fuck you that's how. ~Alucard~

[@RiggingDoctor]

Imagine the changes in technology from when they started building it to when they finally launched it!

[@MrCinimod93]

just like svseeker

[@davy1458]

What the world needs is a military size submarine with windows and scientific instruments that has enough room for scientists to live on fairly comfortable for months at at time so they can study the ocean and the great depths for long periods at a time.

[@getredytagetredy]

Virtuosi Genius ...Bravo... The Germans were always the best U-Boat builders... Unbelievable skill and craftwork...Sail On Sail On.

[@DeagleGamesTV]

I wouldnt say best, America has consistently outpaces every nation in the world when it comes to submarine warfare.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Wow, I can't even fathom the engineering minds that went into building this. Great job

[@blackbirdphotography]

wait, how in the world has this only got 288 likes? This thing is absolutely amazing! My Grandfather was a tin-smith and moonshine still maker in the applachian mountains. I remember one night he woke me up (drunk on moonshine) and told me that he was building me my personal submarine.... I was like 5 years old. I waited for years without daring pester him about the progress he was making.... Eventually I realized grandpa was a big drunk and probably forgot by the next morning hahaha.... Definitely makes my day to see people who actually got their sub, even if they built it themselves :-)

[@Xajsjs]

+Photography Photography haha nice man

[@TheAGCteam]

I don't even wanna know how much it ended up costing.. Still a fraction of a military sub I bet but even then..

[@scrappy673]

so about 2.8 million dollars for a navy sub

[@krashd]

Yeah, that would be a small diesel as operated by most navies, a nuclear powered sub or god forbid a ballistic could set you back around 1.4 billion dollars.

[@merzto]

german sub typ 212 around 600 million €. diesel or hydro-electric

[@arendmookhoek4314]

anakin grima 2.8 million? What are you smoking, that's a little low you know.

[@arendmookhoek4314]

Johnfuse you dont have to tell me ;)

[@jessicaread4880]

this is an awesome machine. it it can go underwater it can also go into space like the Nazi's did with their modified U-boats. This would be great for observing underwater life, and if it's depth was sufficient it could also look for lost ship wreckage and maybe help with finding lost aircraft survivors etc. certainly help with distressed subs et al. The fact it is not military makes this a kind of Linux project where everyone could help with designing a better one. I am interested in the fact it is German. Yet again they appear to be historically the most mechanically able to produce such machines.

[@cmnieman1]

Absolutely amazing!!! One of the coolest projects I've ever seen. A great example of ingenuity and the human spirit.

[@exile9024]

Vault tech post nuclear sub?

[@Wrackzeichner]

+Same „loui“ lewis No, Swedish cost guard sub.

[@exile9024]

right but it looks like Vault tech colors from fallout 4.

[@Wrackzeichner]

+Same „loui“ lewis, Never played that one.

[@kamikazeyamamoto4545]

DAS BOOT! Awesome cool! The cartels in Latin America would pay you guys big money to build a fleet of these for them. Amazing build. Makes me very proud of my German heritage. Think about it... In Germany a couple of amateur enthusiasts design and build a fully functional submarine over a period of 24 years and is better than any submarine in the North Korean fleet. Congratulations!

[@TruNordics14]

Really amazing accomplishment!. lol at naval vessels keeping an eye on them

[@Mthammere2010]

well, those naval vessels have to justify their income somehow. Furthermore, god forbid if ever accord a shooting war, the navy needs to be able to distinguish a friendly/natural submarine from an enemy one.

[@DeagleGamesTV]

@@Mthammere2010 Were already capable of identifying any and all surface or submerged contacts using nothing more than passive sonar.

[@thegloriousquran1208]

@@DeagleGamesTV but this thing is only one and built recently they wouldn't be able to identify it submerged and 30 km away they would be confused of the new prop sound unless they see it on the surface which they already did

[@jayskinner4828]

These guys know what their doing, nice job.

[@jamesrogers4674]

Would be awesome to build. But I bet the tooling equipment would cost more than the product. Could only imagine what it would take just to roll the steel for the hull.

[@Starworshipper]

Aw sweet, Mirrors Edge.

[@Shrike200]

+June ‹Neoka28› Had this urge to go running after watching this video....

[@sitkratiripsneila.6483]

I thought the same...

[@sanguinesaffy]

So much admiration for dedicated engineers ,what a project ,I think your fantastic ,well done !

[@koxwobi6431]

This vessel looks like a real sub built by a navy! This is an incredible achievement for a private team! I salute you!

[@irespectthepolice42]

Deep Blue Sea, you guys are an inspiration to millions. Hope you know that. Big fan of German ingenuity. Kudos from the United States

[@TheGuyInTheLoo]

The inside looks so professional and serious compared to the Explorer

[@johnk1639]

A question from your friends in Columbia. How many wrapped kilogram bundles will this hold?

[@ciklope0]

how many packages do you consume since you are very interested

[@gaius_enceladus]

Awesome! What an amazing feeling it would be, seeing your own submarine diving for the first time! Huge kudos to the builders.

[@ju.h_man]

Unbeschreiblich...ich habe noch NIE in meinem ganzen leben so etwas professionelles gesehen, was von "Laien" (nehmt's mir nicht übel:-)) gebaut wurde und 250m Tauchtiefe...RESPEKT!!!!!