Practical method of expanding usefulness of existing surface ships with no increase in manpower; in typical application, surface ship employs surface vehicles of high speed HUNTER hulls; vehicles incorporate constant dead-rise configuration for directional stability and seakeeping ability; integrated radio control and depth measuring system allows for 1 mi spacing abeam of mother ship while internally recording bathymetric data on magnetic tape; echo sounding data may be monitored by mother ship for periodic equipment adjustment by remote control; records are played back for data analysis. (15446)
Drone surface vehicles for remote controlled surveys
Mar Sci Instrum
Proceedings of the 4th National Instrument Society of American Marine Sciences Instrumentation Symposium ; 1968 ; United States , Cocoa Beach, FL Bathymetry
Marine Sciences Instrumentation ; 4 ; p 508-517
1968
10 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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