Day 6
03/30/08 1:15 am by Ocean Debris - Posted In : Daily Log
Fog. We woke up this morning in light fog and were allowed a quick peak of a sunrise before the fog settled to the water for most the day. Debris sightings continued but were often limited to 100 meters or less on each side of the ship. The last of the CTD readings will be taken shortly as we are approaching 34 30" N. At that point, the ship will be turned back to the southeast in hopes of being back out of the fog by morning. We crossed into cooler waters last night which caused the fog. UAS operations are on hold until we get a bit more visibility and ceiling. Hopefully, tomorrow will be our first UAS flights.
We (UAS team) saw our first net this morning! Curt was boss of the day again and let us go outside for a break. Despite the fog, we were still able to spot a net fragment floating by the ship. If we could have gotten to a boat hook quick enough, we would have recovered our first debris piece. That would have made good copy for the Resolution UAS. A picture will be posted this evening.
Curt contacted a friend of his via the internet that does 3D modeling for computer graphics. Curt sent him a .pdf of the Oscar E. Sette deck plans and within hours, was given back a 3D model of the ship we are on. The 3D model will be imported into our flight simulating software where we will then be able to see a real-time simulated view of the UAS flying off the ship and over the water. Too bad we can't post the graphics real-time on the web, you will have to trust us that it is pretty cool. Curt has nice connections!
Mike and I continued to prepare both airframes for their initial flight. Malolo 1 is ready to go for the first flight of the morning. It is the tried and proven aircraft that we have flown numerous times before and the one we did sea trials with last Dec. Malolo 2 is the second generation Resolution class airframe. We hope to do a maiden flight with that aircraft in the afternoon if weather cooperates.
The sunset tonight was uneventful. We think it took place because it started getting dark but fog was obscuring the sky. We did learn that standing on the bow when the ship is in fog is a good place to burst your eardrums (or something more embarrassing). The very loud fog horn goes off every two minutes. We decided the bow was not a good place to watch the foggy sunset.
We (UAS team) saw our first net this morning! Curt was boss of the day again and let us go outside for a break. Despite the fog, we were still able to spot a net fragment floating by the ship. If we could have gotten to a boat hook quick enough, we would have recovered our first debris piece. That would have made good copy for the Resolution UAS. A picture will be posted this evening.
Curt contacted a friend of his via the internet that does 3D modeling for computer graphics. Curt sent him a .pdf of the Oscar E. Sette deck plans and within hours, was given back a 3D model of the ship we are on. The 3D model will be imported into our flight simulating software where we will then be able to see a real-time simulated view of the UAS flying off the ship and over the water. Too bad we can't post the graphics real-time on the web, you will have to trust us that it is pretty cool. Curt has nice connections!
Mike and I continued to prepare both airframes for their initial flight. Malolo 1 is ready to go for the first flight of the morning. It is the tried and proven aircraft that we have flown numerous times before and the one we did sea trials with last Dec. Malolo 2 is the second generation Resolution class airframe. We hope to do a maiden flight with that aircraft in the afternoon if weather cooperates.
The sunset tonight was uneventful. We think it took place because it started getting dark but fog was obscuring the sky. We did learn that standing on the bow when the ship is in fog is a good place to burst your eardrums (or something more embarrassing). The very loud fog horn goes off every two minutes. We decided the bow was not a good place to watch the foggy sunset.
08/18/08 9:03 pm
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