[ScienceFilter]: I want to drive a nuclear powered car. If nuclear power is good enough for submarines, why can't the technology be scaled down? Looking for big picture such as limitations, environment, storage, infrastructure and adaptations required.
posted by Funmonkey1 on Nov 23, 2009 - 25 answers

Help me find that World War II u-boat newsreels [more inside]
posted by ouke on May 15, 2009 - 2 answers

What design features, if any, allow nuclear reactors on submarines to survive being inverted? [more inside]
posted by sindark on Apr 20, 2009 - 16 answers

There is a movie about a Russian sub that shows up in a small town in maybe Canada? One of the Russians has a problem with spontaneous combustion and has a fire extinguisher with him, and there's a priest from the small town that's handing the situation. What is the name of this movie!? These are all the details I remember, but I know it exists. IMDB/google has been fruitless so far. Thanks mefi!
posted by excitementMD on Mar 15, 2009 - 6 answers

RC Submarine for underwater photography? [more inside]
posted by damn dirty ape on Jun 6, 2008 - 3 answers

I want to design a boat. A big boat. Help me learn the basics of interior boat structures. [more inside]
posted by gc on Feb 21, 2008 - 7 answers

[childhood memory filter] When I was in elementary school, there was a game I played at the day care I was enrolled in over the summer. You were in control of a yellow Submarine navigating through labyrinthine levels (?) and your only defense was ink pellets that stunned. [more inside]
posted by phritosan on Apr 12, 2007 - 9 answers

Are there any decent submarine games for PC or Xbox? Looking for something relatively modern.
posted by gfroese on Jul 11, 2006 - 5 answers

What are your favorite books about submarines? [more inside]
posted by defreckled on Dec 16, 2005 - 19 answers