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C-Surveyor III configuration

Platform: Hugin 4500
Manufacturer: Kongsberg Maritime
Commercial Operator: C & C Technologies

Summary

C-Surveyor III

Depth Rating: 4,500 meters (14,763 feet)

Length: 6.4 meters (20.99 feet)

Power: Aluminum Oxygen Fuel Cell

Side Scan Sonar: Chirp Dynamically Focused (230khz) or Std 410kHz (Resolution: ~.7m out to 225m for DF)

Subbottom Profiler: EdgeTech Full Spectrum Chirp Subbottom Profiler – 1 – 6 kHz with 8-element receiver array

Each of our AUVs also has the following installed: 

• C-Surveyor proprietary camera system
• Kongsberg Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam Bathymetry System – 111 beams
• Seabird Electronics SBE 49 FastCAT CTD with Digiquartz Depth Sensor
• Payload – UltraSparc 650 mHz cPCI with 1 gigabyte ram
• RDI Navigator DVL – WHN300 – 300 kHz
• Kongsberg Simrad HiPAP Ultra Short Base Line (USBL) Acoustic Positioning System
• Link Quest Acoustic Data Modem
• IMU90 Motion Reference Unit

Physical Specs

  • Platform: Hugin 4500
  • Body Type: Torpedo
  • Size (LxWxH): 6.40m x 1.00m x 1.00m
  • Body Size (LxWxH): 5.30m x 1.00m x 1.00m
  • Hull Material: Titanium
  • Weight: 1,500.00kg
  • Maximum Depth: 4,500.00 m
  • Dynamic Buoyancy: No
  • Self-Righting: Yes
  • Obstacle Avoidance: Yes
  • Endurance (nominal load): 50 hours
  • Manufacturer Website: Link

Primary Missions

  • Oil and Gas Survey
  • Pipeline Route Survey

Propulsion System

  • Method: Thrusters
  • DOF: 3
  • Hovering:
  • Nominal Speed: 1.54
  • Maximum Forward Speed: 2.05

Power System

  • Total Capacity: 0 Wh

Launch and Recovery

  • Crane
  • Ramp