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Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:37:49 -0500
To: emdx@ac*.ne*, techdiver@terra.net
From: Alex Varouxis <alexv@er*.co*>
Subject: Re: Doing it Right (or I wanna be a hero)
Cc: techdiver@terra.net

At 08:06 PM 1/2/97 -5, Marc Dufour wrote:

>How could a ROV perform accurate surveys? By carrying an inertial=20
>navigation platform? How accurate are those anyways?

Very

>Aren't there ROVs who carry the spool of cable, unrolling it behind
>them (=E0 la cable-laying ship), instead of dragging it all over the
>place and risk catching it somewhere, or worse, causing a cave-in?
>
>How big the cable need be? You only need two big power cables, and=20
>two or three fiber optics for the data/video/control.

10,000 feet of cable will drag in a cave, no way around it even with the use
of reels.

Thanks for the info on Paris, my daughter leaves the 1st week of March and
is looking forward to several of the places you told her about.

Regards ALex

Alex Varouxis
Associated Design
Alexandria VA
(V) 703-549-5999
800-837-8257
(F) 703-548-0919

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