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Mark The amount of cable and the structure of a cave make this impossible. The tether would get tangled the ROV would kick up of silt. In this case a diver can do many times the amount of work than an ROV. The next problem would be the cost of the insurance for the ROV being used in a cave. Regards Alex At 02:39 PM 1/2/97 -0500, Mark Welzel wrote: >George, if you guys are so interested in DOING IT RIGHT and >SAFETY can you tell me why you risk your lives when ROV's >could do a better safer job exploring those nasty caves. Hell, >you would probably be done by now and could get on to some >other worthwhile project with your "team". > >But, of course YOU wouldn't have the end of the line, your >robot's would. It would be the BEST way, though. And you are >a stickler for BEST, regardless of cost. Or are there areas >where even you will weigh cost vs. risk? > >You are not the be all, end all. But you do make interesting >reading. > >Mark > >George Irvine wrote: >> >> Mike, you are engaging in a battle of wits with an unamrmed opponent - the >> "Boat Monkee". Like I told this guy the first time he ever posted on here, >> "Stick to what you know : making sandwiches and cleaning up puke". If you need >> any advice on that, talk to Weezel, otherwise you are only going to get more >> abject boat monkee stupidity, like what we see from the other dock wizzards and >> pontificating walking brain dead that populate the New England waterfront. >> >> As Tom Clancy pointed out in Red Storm Rising", " The Andria Doria is just >> shallow enough for amateurs to try it", and we seee proof of this every time one >> of these bus drivers opens his mouth. >> >> If it were not for the fact that stupidity kills (and these assholes have the >> hash marks to prove it), I would ignore them, but in my opinion, they are >> problem in this sport (wreck diving) and need to be sterilized by those of us >> who have a modicum of common sense. >> >> On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, <Tennantm@ao*.co*> wrote: >> >Mark wrote: >> > >> >>By the same token, you should then expect a hose >> >>that is 2 and a half times longer to fail 2 and >> >>a half times more often. >> > >> >Hey Joel, could you or one of the other downstate guys take Mark to the clue >> >bar? He needs a few. >> > >> >Mike >> >-- >> >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> > >> > >> >> George M. Irvine III >> DIR WKPP >> Woodville Karst Plain Project >> 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 >> 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 >> Email gmiiii@in*.co* >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > Regards Alex Varouxis Associated Design Alexandria VA (V) 703-549-5999 (F) 703-548-0919
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