Filming with Remotely Operated Vehicles

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Now available for rental on Vancouver Island : the Seaeye Falcon ~ a Professional Inshore survey Class ROV.

Wreck searches and video surveys
Marine life filming
Documentaries
Diver Support
Salvage
Environmental studies


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This ROV has been used extensively in U.K. and France for historical wreck documentaries on programmes such as the 'Wreck Detectives'.

The innovation for the Seaeye Falcon was the development of a Magnetically Coupled brushless DC Thruster unit (MCT1) capable of resisting higher torque loads than competing units. Seaeye Falcon is powered by 5 Seaeye Magnetically Coupled Thruster units (MCT1) each capable of achieving 13 kgf thrust at 320W or a combined forward thrust (bollard pull) of 50 kgf. For an ROV weighing only 50 kilos this represents an impressive 1:1 power to weight ratio.

With a forward speed of 3.2 Knots, 5 brushless, magnetically coupled, velocity loop feedback thrusters, (4 vectored) the vehicle has a depth rating of 1000', a payload of 16 kilos dry, an onboard 24 volt power supply for additional equipment, a single function 3 jaw manipulator, a Tritech Sea Prince Sector scanning Sonar with a 150 metre range, 2 umbilical tethers of 350 & 300 metres respectively, a full spares package and a High resolution 480 TVL, 0.2 LUX (F1.4) wide angle fixed focus, colour camera.

The vehicle requires a 5 kva petrol/diesel generator and draws around 2.5 kva. The vehicle has a payload of 16 kilos for clients additional equipment with a dedicated 24 volt onboard power supply with birns connector.

The day rate for this vehicle with the Pilot starts at circa $1,500 Canadian.

See the web site for a video of the vehicle in flight & PDF brochure : http://www.suboceanic.net

Enquiries to : admin@suboceanic.net
 
$1500 per day? Yuk. All these mid-sized ROV's always cost a bleeding fortune to operate. Alvin usually runs us over $10,000 per day, and our ancient Class III research ship $4,000/day. It's getting harder and harder to secure funding to do oceanographic research, 'cuz everything costs so stinking much.

I like the little sonar on this model. Nice simple design too. Wonder what the production costs are...
 
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