[TheForge] metallurgy question

[Jeff Wilson]

I think a neutrally ballasted ROV would make that a none issue.  The weight 
of the umbilical can be more significant at the lengths you indicated. 
Although a good cable design can be neutral too.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] metallurgy question


> hello peter;
>
> the total weight of the rov dictates the size of the cable required to
> lower it and raise it. 10 kilometers of cable gets rather expensive to
> replace. the current cable has three power circuits and three fibre
> optic channels. the design of the cable is an art.
>