[PSUBS-MAILIST] Manipulator Arm

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Alan,
I'm not sure how useful a TV periscope would be, especially when considering the weight and complexity of something you don't use very much. Besides that, light weight, in my experience, means one of two things at sea: bent or broken. As for the camera boom idea, I've seen a bunch of fine film made from a small camera piggy-backed right onto a manipulator. It saves you the need for a pan and tilt unit, can be stowed out of the way, and tells no lies about what you are trying to filch off the bottom. Operating subs without surface support is inviting trouble. They are your collision avoidance. Even in poor viz, you stop a few feet underwater and release an air bubble from the MBTs for them to locate you. We did that even with the most sophisticated tracking, just for visual confirmation.
Vance



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From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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Sent: Wed, Jun 4, 2014 6:11 pm
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Thanks Vance.
I was thinking of having a long lightweight manipulator with camera
that doubles as a camera mount for filming & periscope for collision avoidance
on surfacing. So a rotator as an add on might make the unit too top heavy.
If I decided on the rotator I would need to beef the whole unit up.
Is the periscope a dumb idea?
Regards Alan


  
 
 
 
   From: Vance Bradley via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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It is nice to have, but you can always add rotation later.
Vance

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On Jun 4, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:




Vance,
how important / unimportant, is it to have a rotating gripper on a 
non working submarine.
Most small rovs don't.
On a lightweight manipulator it would save a bit of mucking about in the build, 
& weight at the end of the manipulator .
Thanks,
Alan



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