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The Oshawa Times, 16 Aug 1961, p. 16

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6 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, August 16, 1961 3 BUILDS BACKYARD SUBMARINE Neighbor s Think He's A Crackpot VANCOUVER (CP) Frank heavier than water by filling Nestel, 30, knows what happens|the ballast tanks with water. when you build your own sub-|That is why it will go down. marine in your backyard. "I've got a 600-pound section Your neighbors think you are|on the bottom that is detachable a crackpot. The police say it|like a diver's weight belt. If I will be your coffin. get stuck in the mud I push a But Nestel, a demolition crew button and the weight falls off laborer, has faith in the 25-foot,|and I bob up to the surface." 2-ton submarine he welded to Two one-horsepower electric gether from old water mains|motors drive the propellers. The and scrap boiler plate. He thinks| sub steers on the same principle It will operate efficiently and|as an airplane, Two stabilizers safely in depths of up to 1.0001 are attached to a stick in the feet. cockpit. A German immigrant whose engineering training is limited Notably missing are pressure fo three years as an apprentice equalization mechanism, escape electriciaft, Nestel spent $2,000 and five months of spare time building his contraption. SUB WILL FLOAT hatch, periscope and air storage tanks. "I'N surface like a fish," Nestel says. "Fish don't need periscopes. Besides, I am not He held a preliminary test declaring war." and discovered his submarine He says the air trapped in- will float. Now he is seeking|gide should do for the first half Bermistion from the depart-'hoyr, The rest of the three ent of transport to take it un-|nours down he'll use a diver's der water. Edgar Jones, region- oxygen tank. al chief inspector of steamships, Says he's never run into such a contraption before and is going need advice from headquar- rs in Ottawa. ROCKET PASSES TEST AZUSA, Calif. (AP)--Aerojet general corporation says it has He gave Nestel permission to|achieved the first successful un- lower it into the water by cable |derwater launching of a liquid fo make sure it won't burst|fueled Aerobee was shot from a water- from the pressure. rocket, a 15-foot-long * "I told him that was okay but|filled test basin Thursday and couldn't operate it with|flew 30 feet into the air. The geopte in it without our per-|company said the engine was ission," said Mr. Jones. * Nestel built the submarine without reference to technical data of any sort. ignited while under water, prov- ing the feasibility of launching giant rockets directly from the ocean. . "You've got to figure out everything out for yourself," be. says. "A book says some- JET SETS MARK LONDON (Reuters)--A Pan- ng but it doesn't work like| American 707 jet airliner, pi- fhe book says. You never get|loted by Capt. Nick Carter of pny ideas from books." WATER-FILLED T Newtown, Conn., set a record of nine hours seven minutes Thursday for the 5,125 - mile 'ANKS . Nestel figured it out this|flight from Seattle to London. The old record was nine hours y: + "I make my submarine'and 10 minutes. The Year's Greatest Show Value JOHN WATE / RICHARD WIDMARK / LAURENCE HARVEY TS a a i i Sak Bd Why Pay More? Reg. 350--8AVE Bo 33: Reg. $1.09---SAVE 10s pkg of 120 i Q Reg. 2 btls 350--8SAVE 20 333 SPECIAL! FRENCH'S MASHED POTATOES NECTAR ' As«P TEA BAGS ANN PAGE KETCHUP INTERLAKE WHITE CROSS TOILET TISSUE --4-49: CHICKEN, LIVER OR BEEF (3 OFF DEAL) Reg. 2 tins 310--SAVE 2 PEP DOG FOOD 2-29 IONA STANDARD Reg. tin 25c--SAVE 3 PEACHES 2.47. * Monarch CHICKEN BEEF or TURKEY SWANSON T.V. 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