The SubRacing Series Hybrid
Electric
Powered
Racing Submarine Class The ‘Hybrid-Electric powered Submarines’ Racing Class has been created to cover small, two-seater racing submarines, where most of the propulsive effort comes from the pilot, assisted by an electric motor.

Speed, Agility and Control

These machines are all ‘prototypes’, built by teams of enthusiasts of marine science, engineering and technology, to help them gain practical experience alongside theoretical studies of machines which operate in sea water.

They can take between twenty and forty thousand man-hours to design, build, test and adjust. When the hybrid-electric powered submarine is ready for the sea,  it can then achieve speeds of 12-16 knots underwater – or faster than a sprinting dolphin!

The propulsion system will come from a combination of the two pilots pedalling together and an electric assist motor which activates as they provide initial power.

Main Characteristics

  • Operated by two pilots

  • Overall length may not exceed 5.5m

  • Maximum width, excluding appendages, may not exceed 2.5m

  • The maximum depth for racing is 10m, and race times may not exceed 40 minutes

  • These are ‘wet’ submarines, so the pilot uses recreational open-circuit SCUBA equipment when in the boat.

  • The propulsion of the submarine comes entirely from the pilots – with assistance from an electric motor