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The FLIP ship: horizontal to vertical while at sea watch!

metacafe.com — The FLIP is a 355 ft open ocean research vessel designed to partially flood and pitch backward 90 degrees, resulting in only the front 55 feet of the vessel pointing up out of the water, with bulkheads becoming floors.

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  • p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 06/23/2008, -3/+11Oldie but still magnificent
    • tomboy501, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4Isn't it? I always picture the Scripps scientists having a blast designing the interior of the ship to transform sideways.

      ...btw, nice avatar, P9. About time you got one again ;)
      • gbarberi, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1I can't see it; in fact, I haven't been able to see anyone's avatar as of late. Something screwy with the image loading on digg.
  • svensksvamp, on 06/23/2008, -3/+8Old but gold.
  • AaronSTL, on 06/23/2008, -4/+26Older than John McCain.*

    *Joke somehow also older than John McCain.
    • Icetype, on 06/23/2008, -0/+5That's a paradox if I ever saw one.
    • kalleanka, on 06/23/2008, -1/+2Well maybe you are older than McCain too because its the first time I see this video.

      Dugg.
  • bobbknight, on 06/23/2008, -8/+1Blog spam and this thing is almost as old as me wtf?
  • cyborgmexican, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3I like how the inside of the bow looks like an MC Esher painting.
  • bwjacket, on 06/23/2008, -4/+18I dugg this in '95, right after the 3d dancing baby.
  • julianrod, on 06/23/2008, -2/+3Why does it stay vertical? I didn't quite get that.
    • Duositex, on 06/23/2008, -2/+7That's what she said?
    • Grimdotdotdot, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1Better stability.
    • pentalive, on 06/23/2008, -0/+0The end that sinks is pumped full of water, so it ... sinks.
    • FLarsen, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Fill some water into a bottle, and drop the bottle in a bucket of water. The reason the bottle stays vertical is the same reason this ship stays vertical. One end floats, while the other sinks.
  • bcardarella, on 06/23/2008, -2/+8Worf!
  • fruscianteisgod, on 06/23/2008, -2/+3is that one of the new transformers?
  • EdmontonEh, on 06/23/2008, -0/+6Dugg for the people that have not seen it... jeez
  • Sashwan, on 06/23/2008, -1/+3One things for sure, I don't want to be sitting on the toilet seat when that thing flips :P
  • MattFid, on 06/23/2008, -1/+5[Beginning of video] "Wow, that's pretty cool"

    [45 seconds into video] "Um, okay, now what happens?"
  • horscategorie, on 06/23/2008, -0/+5By FAR the coolest part is that they don't have to take the coffee pot off the warmer.
  • xutopia, on 06/23/2008, -0/+7Usually when someone says it's old I saw it at least a few dozen times. This I have never seen before! Glad I have!
  • BikerDude69, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1I saw this on Ernies House of Whoopass over a year ago, but still pretty cool. Dugg for San Diego!
  • bosephus, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3Was this the boat the crew of Bill Murray's boat stole all that gear from in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou?
    • espek, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3"Hey intern, get me a Campari"
    • espek, on 06/23/2008, -4/+1"Hey intern, get me a Campari"
    • bwjacket, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3Everybody gets a glock.
    • loveforkarma, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3Is that my espresso maker?
      • cyrix, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Well... uh... we *****' stole it, man.
    • kevinsboy, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1*****! They wired it! Klaus, go downstairs and get me cable snippers.
  • InTheBurbs, on 06/23/2008, -1/+6The only possible way this could be useful would be to play a very elaborate prank on the coast guard
  • Nauru, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1A boat that flips viewpoints while in motion?
    Sounds like they should name it after John McCain.
  • boycottsony123, on 06/23/2008, -3/+0BOOOOIIINNNGGGG!!!
  • jvnn, on 06/23/2008, -1/+0Hell, I read an article on this in National Geographic 30 or 40 years ago.
  • Biks, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3OK, so this thing isn't sitting on the bottom like an oil rig, it's still floating. I was wondering "what are the chances of finding a spot that's at the same exact depth as your ship?"
  • LoudMusic, on 06/23/2008, -2/+3Yeah, this is rather old. But is that Michael Dorn (Warf) narrating? It sounds an awful lot like him.
  • cjacks9, on 06/23/2008, -2/+1I think that is Worf narrating.
  • cjacks9, on 06/23/2008, -2/+1I think that is Worf narrating.
  • zeeneo, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1How do they bring it back up?
    • hofuken, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Release the water from the ballast tanks maybe.
  • dweasel, on 06/23/2008, -2/+0That thing resembles a penis dont you think?
  • tb0n3r, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Is it still a "ship" if it doesn't have it's own propulsion method? Seems more like a barge, to me. But I guess the FLIP Barge doesn't have the same ring to it.
  • hiphopjon, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1seeeeen it, its near shelter island in the san deigo when i go sailing. haven't seen it flip though
  • c0deblue, on 06/23/2008, -1/+2i really don't get how digg works. front page with this one and mine from some time ago never moved. also i admit i was way not the first to submit that story either.

    http://digg.com/educational/Research_vessel_that_f ...
  • mariusz182, on 06/23/2008, -1/+0The library of video - Wheels & Wings
    http://myspake.eu/search.php?search=Wheels+Wings
  • Zoshchenko, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Pretty amazing. Made me think of the Titanic.
  • toastbot, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4Found it!

    http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&hl=en ...
    • c0deblue, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1dude, that's just awesome. what made you look for it? looks different from that angle then i imagined.
  • sammydeath, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Failboat has flipped
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