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Błotniak (Polish for "Harrier") is a one-man wet cabin underwater craft designed in Poland in 1978. It was based in the torpedo research centre in Gdynia (commonly called Formoza).
Technical data
Specification
- propulsion:
- two batteries of compressed air accumulators in the tubes on the sides of the craft
- one set of ducted contra-rotating propellers
- one electrical motor as a source of power for the propeller
- equipment:
- two spotlights
- 2 sonars (passive and active)
- depth-levelling system
- maximum speed: 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
- range: 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi)
- load capacity: 200 kg (440 lb)
See also
Media related to Błotniak at Wikimedia Commons
References
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