Hawkes Ocean Technologies makes underwater airplanes with Inventor software

Graham Hawkes, founder and chief engineer at Hawkes Ocean Technologies, used Autodesk Digital Prototyping software to design Deep Flight Super Falcon, a 4th generation, 2-man winged submersible. Other stats:

Winges deployed: 3.0 m

Wings folded: 1.4 m

Height: 1.6 m

Length: 6.7 m

Cruise Speed: 2-6 knots

Max. thrust: 508 lbs/2331 kg

Max. descent rate: 200 ft/min

Max ascent rate: 400 ft/min

Operating depth: 1,000 fsw (feet of salt water)

Autodesk, Inc.

www.autodesk.com

Hawkes Ocean Technologies

www.deepflight.com