[TheForge] metallurgy question

[peter fels]

The weight of the ROV only counts in the air.
Once it's submerged, neutral buoyancy shouldn't be hard to achieve.


On May 27, 2011, at 3:42 PM, terry l. ridder wrote:

> 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.
> 
> On Fri, 27 May 2011, peter fels wrote:
> 
>> Terry;
>> I don't see much advantage to using a light weight alloy, much less in
>> such a critical application.
>> Why not just go for a nice strong stainless alloy? It's not that large
>> a part.
>> 
> 
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> terry l. ridder ><>
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