Zhang Wuyi, a local farmer who is interested in scientific inventions, has successfully tested his self-made miniature submarine Shuguang Hao.
A 3.6 m (12 feet) long, 1.8 m (6 feet) high, and with a maximum diving depth of 20 m (65 feet), Wuyi’s submarine can travel at a speed of 20 km per hour for 10 hours underwater and is shaped as a dolphin.
I hope to sell my submarine as a civil product at the price of about 100,000 yuan ($15,670) after safety tests, and a merchant has decided to order one in this month, he told Reuters on Monday.
Wuyi is not the only invention-enthusiast in China. Many Chinese have even made their own helicopter, cannon, robot and more, using recycled materials.
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Zhang Wuyi, a local farmer who is interested in scientific inventions, waves from his self-made miniature submarine "Shuguang Hao" (Top) after a safety test at Moshui Lake in Wuhan August 29, 2011 (Down).REUTERS/Jason LeeThe killing of six people with an axe by a deranged farmer indicates the rising problem of mental disorder among Chinese adults. REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseTao Xiangli stands beside his homemade submarine in a courtyard in Beijing July 10, 2008. The amateur inventor says his submarine is made from old oil barrels but fully functional with a periscope, depth control tanks, electric motors and two propellers.REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseA child rides a specially constructed "ice-chair" on the frozen Houhai Lake in Beijing January 15, 2008. REUTERS/Claro CortesA woman rides an unicycle at a park in Shanghai February 28, 2004. The unicycle was designed several years ago by Chinese inventor Li Yongli who called it "the number one vehicle in the world". REUTERSChinese farmer Yang Youde fires his homemade cannon near his farmland on the outskirts of Wuhan, Hubei province June 6, 2010. Yang's cannon, which is made out of a wheelbarrow, pipes and firing rockets, is used to defend his fields against property developers who wants his land. REUTERSGao Hanjie installs the rotor blades on his homemade helicopter in Shenyang, Liaoning province June 9, 2010. REUTERS/Sheng LiChinese farmer Yang Youde pushes his homemade cannon near his farmland on the outskirts of Wuhan, Hubei province June 6, 2010. Yang's cannon, which is made out of a wheelbarrow, pipes and firing rockets, is used to defend his fields against property developers who wants his land. REUTERSFarmer Wu Yulu, 48, rides in a cart pulled by his walking robot near his home in a village at the outskirts of Beijing April 14, 2010. Hobby inventor Wu, who started to build robots in 1986, has invented 47 robots with different functions like jump, paint, drink, pull cart, massage, and help cooking. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicDing Shilu, an automobile mechanic, carries out a test-flight for his self-made aircraft at a frozen reservoir in Shenyang, Liaoning province February 25, 2011. The aircraft which weights about 130 kg (287 lbs) and made of recycled materials including three motorbike engines and plastic cloth, cost about 2600 yuan ($395)REUTERS/Sheng Li
