>>It may be neat to look at electrolysis to generate hydrogen on demand and
use
>>it to control the submarine depth.  Or drop some NiCad cells in the tank
for
>>emergency surfacing.  Add a spark plug for extra thrust!

>  A spark plug??? are you trying to emulate the Korsk?

Use palladium for the cathode in the electrolysis to make a minature P&F
nuclear reactor.  Use the helium ash to fill the ballast tanks. Flush the
neutrons into a copper tube for magnetohydrodynamic propulsion.  Presto, a
model atomic powered submarine.  No moving parts. Run silent, run deep.

But then a simpler approach would be to use Alkaseltzer tablets in
compartments that could be flooded.

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