http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/12/harbor-wing-ausv-autonomous-ship/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/12/harbor-wing-ausv-autonomous-ship/#comment-98141 Luca Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:11:43 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4125#comment-98141 It seems a bit contradictory to develop a ship for "long-range" surveillance activities, which is not able to adequately face sea conditions >4. Although 30-40 knots are not frequent everywhere, they are not so rare too, even in quiet sea areas (let alone higher latitudes). This seems to be a nice experiment, but a lot of work still remains to be done to face real weather conditions out there. It seems a bit contradictory to develop a ship for “long-range” surveillance activities, which is not able to adequately face sea conditions >4. Although 30-40 knots are not frequent everywhere, they are not so rare too, even in quiet sea areas (let alone higher latitudes).
This seems to be a nice experiment, but a lot of work still remains to be done to face real weather conditions out there.

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