His YouTube channel features detailed tours of several subs he’s built and shows some of them in action. Through the internet, he’s been able to connect with other builders for technical support. I just researched the hell out of everything.” “Once the internet came along, then I could really build submarines, because then the world is your oyster. He said he started building subs when he was quite young. ![]() So I don’t know if I dropped out or I got kicked out or whatever. “Actually, the school decided I should stop coming. In fact, he didn’t finish high school, although he doesn’t like to say he dropped out. Pronk, who owns a house-moving business, has no formal training in shipbuilding or engineering. “The remaining part of the submarine is now hundreds of pounds lighter and it just rockets to the surface.” If they get tangled, I can release the whole chassis and I get untangled. But all my motors and my mechanical arm are mounted on a chassis. “Let’s say one of my propellers gets caught in an old abandoned anchor line,” Pronk said. A Facebook listing for Hank Pronk’s home-built submarine shows it in action. Pronk built it to overcome the scariest of all scenarios - getting tangled in something on the bottom of a lake. “You can see all around.”Īside from the golf cart batteries for propulsion, it has a separate battery for lights and a CO2 scrubber in the tank. “Because it has an acrylic cylinder for a conning tower, the visibility is fantastic,” he said. “If you’re just sitting on the bottom watching the fish and eating your lunch, you could be out there all day,” said Pronk, who added that the design allows for great viewing. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]()
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