Tao is not the first person to build a homemade submarine, but that did not make his achievement any less impressive. Especially since he did it by using oil barrels and tools purchased from second-hand market.
After two years of hard work and testing, on 3 September, the young Tao Xiangli presented his findings to the world and take it for a test dive in a lake outside Beijing. His homemade submarine has a periscope, electric motors, manometer, two propellers, tanks depth-control and only cost $ 4,385 to make.
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