job

We're almost finished with the job using the Nemo tools..
once this is done we're going back to drill support.. meaning checking bullseyes every 24h.. leaving plenty of time to do other things, like reading the newspaper, watching the news, taking 2h breaks before and after lunch... ;)

Seriously, we received a new joystick that I can't wait to install!!! The pan/tilt for the camera is much smoother than the crap we have now and the vertical control slider is included on it, instead of an independent slider on the panel.

The way it is set up now, you need 3 hands to work the rov... one for the "bear paw" that controls the manipulator, one for the joystick that controls the rov's cameras and lateral/forward/back thrusters and one for the slider that controls the rov's vertical thrusters that make it go up and down.

The new joystick has the vertical thrusters and cameras side by side on it... which is so much more logical and efficient!!!
you realize the importance of this when you have to go back and forth from moving the manipulator to the vertical slider, as the rov bobs up and down like a drunk bumble bee, when you try hooking a stupid float on a shackle that also bobs like mad because of the heave above... $%#@%&!!