[TheForge] metallurgy question

[peter fels]

Agree with Jeff.
10K of cable has enormous mass and weight. 
The ROV itself is presumably designed to be near neutral buoyancy.
Doubt the couple of OZ difference between Al and  something stiffer would be difficult to compensate for.

On May 27, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 
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> 
>> 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.
>> 
> 
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