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Portland Expedition
 

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Exploring the Steamship Portland with NURC and the Science Channel.

 

CyVect won the bid to reconfigure NURC's Phantom III for carrying an HDTV camera to explore the lost ship.

 

The finished Vehicle

 

CyVect Provided:

 

Termination pressure housing (6.5" OD X  24"  plus endcaps) for a PC104 control hardware architecture upgrade.

Integrated pitch, roll, heading, yaw rate gyro and depth sensors into new configuration.

Provided a ROS PT-25 Pan and Tilt, control PCB and software to handle the HDTV camera.

Provided and integrated fiber optic transceivers to allow two continuous video and four data channels.

Modified topside control software.

Added 2 custom subsea control PCBs.

Made surface console power modifications.

Added fiber optic audio circuits.

Re-tuned software coefficients.

Provide an isolated 120 AC subsea.

Modified lights power circuits.

Provided one week of on-site support over the Portland wreck for the filming of the documentary.

 

CyVect subcontracted DOER Marine to provide the frame, float, and some mechanical integrations based upon NURC's Chief Pilot Craig Bussel's drawings (see left). Additionally, DOER provided several pressure housings for the new, open-frame configuration. NURC was generous to supply the majority of flotation for the subcontract. Rey Aquino, Katie Togneri (also assisted with wiring) and Danny Ogle did a outstanding job and were fantastic people to work with.

Click on a thumbnail below for a closer view.

See video of the sinking simulation from the Science Channel

Read the story from the NURC website

For More Information Contact:

The CyVect Corporation
1997 Burroughs Ave, San Leandro, CA 94577
Tel: (510) 357-1386
FAX: (510) 483-4053
Internet: info@cyvect.com