A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
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A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
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Re: A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
#2Hmm
Makes me think like why would they design a hovering rocket crane to lower a Rover autonomously on another planet. There is a reason/it worked, and with this ship hmm, like is that the only solution?
You could have floating bouys that have either neumatic or electromagnetic suspension stabilized... But then again the scale/weight of this thing... I guess the design makes sense as far as being able to operate in shallow waters then go out and do it's thing.
Re: A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
#3Why can't they just use a probe of some kind? Or a small submarine released from the ship?
Re: A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
#4Why can't they just use a probe of some kind? Or a small submarine released from the ship?
A small submarine wouldn't fit as many scientists or experiments or sensors, and a probe from a traditional ship wouldn't be stable.
Re: A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
#5Hmm Makes me think like why would they design a hovering rocket crane to lower a Rover autonomously on another planet. There is a reason/it worked, and with this ship hmm, like is that the only solution? You could have floating bouys that have either neumatic or electromagnetic suspension stabilized... But then again the scale/weight of this thing... I guess the design makes sense as far as being able to operate in s…
They say this thing is stable in 30 foot seas. 300 feet of the ship is underwater. I don't think you could match that with buoys.
Re: A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
#6>As research budgets shrink, and fewer people go into oceanographic research, it’s hard to say what is on the horizon for FLIP.
Why is it that budgets everywhere from businesses public/private to government to scientific research are always shrinking?
It's like it's the invariant of our age: well you know, budgets are shrinking...
Re: A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
#7The stresses on that hull when it is at the 45 degree point during a flip must be immense.
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#8Every once in a while you see footage of technology that really amazes you, this is one of them.
Re: A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
#9I would have designed the crew quarters on a kind of gimbal so that they are always upright. Make better use of the space and no need to put everything away (thinking of the soap dispenser on the basin) when changing orientation.
Re: A ship that flips 90 degrees for precise scientific measurements
#10Hmm Makes me think like why would they design a hovering rocket crane to lower a Rover autonomously on another planet. There is a reason/it worked, and with this ship hmm, like is that the only solution? You could have floating bouys that have either neumatic or electromagnetic suspension stabilized... But then again the scale/weight of this thing... I guess the design makes sense as far as being able to operate in s…
They say this thing is stable in 30 foot seas. 300 feet of the ship is underwater. I don't think you could match that with buoys.
In the vertical configuration it is described as a buoy: