It consists of a manned steel ball and a buoy. The manned steel ball has a diameter of 2. 13m and a wall thickness of 9cm. The buoy looks like a special submarine, with a length of 15. 1 m, a width of 3.5 m and a maximum speed of 4 knots. It can accommodate 2 ~ 3 scientific explorers. In the design of Bicart, according to the steel and technical level at that time, the maximum working depth is expected to be 6000m m. Because it was produced in Trieste, Italy, it was named Trieste.
Cautious Bicart and his son did not rush to the deep sea, but kept increasing the depth to do experiments in the shallow sea area to test various technical indicators. They drive by themselves, and dozens of test data show that this brand-new submersible has reliable performance.
1958, Bicart and his son once again performed for navies and oceanographers of various countries aboard the "Trieste". An American asked Bicart: How deep can it dive? He answered quickly without thinking: "No matter how deep, you can go down to the bottom of the sea!" " This resounding answer surprised everyone present. The next day, the newspaper published a message: Bicart and his son challenged the ocean abyss on behalf of mankind.
After the first trial of Trieste, the US Navy planned to buy it at a high price. At first, the old Bicart didn't agree, but because their personal funds had dried up and they couldn't maintain this expensive deep diving experiment, the old Bicart had to reluctantly give up what one favours and transfer the patent right to the US Navy. At this point, the old Bicart is old, and the burden of experiment falls on the shoulders of young Bicart.
Jay Bicart was born in 1922. He inherited the family tradition of scientists from an early age and decided to devote himself to deep-sea exploration. In the 1940s, he became his father's right-hand man. In the 1950s, he helped his father design a submersible and served as the driver of the submersible, gradually becoming famous in the field of deep-sea exploration. Therefore, he went to the United States with the "Trieste" to complete his father's unfinished business.
Led by Jay Bicart, 1958, Trieste dived to a depth of 5600 meters, and the next year it dived to a depth of 73 15 meters. After winning the champion of deep diving, Trieste made many deep diving surveys and made outstanding contributions to deep-sea exploration. /kloc-retired in 0/964 and displayed in the National Museum of the United States. The names and achievements of Bicart and his son are admired by all mankind.