I have to agree with you on that I have spent many hours behind
a computer screen looking at the images from the High def cameras on the ROV
and you can never see enough it’s just not the same I can’t wait to
be there in PRV2 and see it firsthand I am envious of your time spent below and
the things you have seen firsthand, on another note I remember a conversation a
while back and you had mentioned having some info on a K1000 that you where
helping design with Captain Kittredge would it be possible to see it? I am
looking to build one personally and that would be a great one I believe what a
great world we live in a sub at work to get paid to play with and one at home,
My Girlfriend said to me you build a sub and I am out of here! I never
knew it was going to be that easy, glad she can’t see my email LOL
Regards
Brian V. Ryder
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If
I wanted to look through a camera, I'd build an ROV.
Vance
My opinion of the optical technology is that is has far greater
value in eliminating the need for expensive acrylic windows or spheres. I
sometimes wonder why people spend so much time trying to figure out how to
install portholes when it's WAY easier and you get way more information from a
standalone external camera system. Everything from FLIR, optical, radar,
etc. can be viewed. Not to mention increased visibility in dark or obscured
waters.
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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:45 AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The last dance by David Bartsch
The last dance by
David Bartsch
There are turning points in submarine history that effect a
large numbers of people. One case in point was the shift to nuclear power. Gone
was an era of U.S. diesel supremacy. The lessons learned from years of war
seemed lost to the search for an unlimited power source.
We Americans could now project our presence to any corner of
the globe with ease but...
One fact remains and is undisputable...impossible is it to
detect a diesel submarine that is submerged while running on its batteries. All
a third world country needs to do to become a serious local threat would be to
acquire a simple diesel electric submarine and patrol it in its own territorial
waters.
In researching periscope history and future developments I
see yet another turning point. The newest periscope technology relies heavily
on camera advances such that a periscope thru hull is no longer required or
desired. "Dancing with the grey lady" may soon become a thing of the
past. I saw Cuba while looking thru such an optical periscope. This terminology
referred to the use of a periscope for surface contact observations.
With the advent of camera technology, the need for optical
visual observations will soon become a thing of the past. Cameras can
zoom in closer and make use of various filters to enhance ones viewing ability
beyond that of regular visual optics.
Without the need for periscope thru hulls, the requirment is
no more to have the control or attack center in the upper area of the sub.
This attack center can now be on the middle level where space is more abundant
making more room for additional plotting and fire control equipments. Training
the viewable scope is now joy stick and computer controlled.
Although in its infancy as only a few more advanced
submarines are so equipped, I see the end of an era approaching...
I wish only that I could dance with this grey lady
just more time...
David Bartsch
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