Alpha Technical Specifications

• Pressure vessel material: Hard anodised aluminium alloy
• Dome Material: Acrylic
• Thruster layout: eight 3D vectored
• Manoeuvrability: 6 Degrees of Freedom
• Fault-tollerant design allows for continued operation even with a failed thruster
• Depth rating: 300m
• Operating temperature: -10˚C to +45˚C

• Two cameras, including 4K main camera and rear nav cameras
• Main Camera: Sony 4K uncompressed (16-47mm equiv. f/1.8 lens, 1″ sensor)
• Reverse navigation camera: FHD, 1080 lines, 30 fps, 180-degree horizontal view

• Forward: 2 x 5,000 lumen, high CRI, dimmable
• Adjustable arms and ball mounts for excellent lighting in all orientations
• Additional forward lighting options available
• Reverse lights

• Dive time up to 12 hours (depending on conditions)
• Lithium polymer batteries
• Battery capacity: 600Wh
• Battery recharge time: 5 hrs standard or 45 min fast charge AC/DC field optional

• 17” 4K primary monitor for real-time surface monitoring with telemetry
• High quality, physical controls for all primary functions
• Built in mount and power for Ninja external video recorder

• Extremely durable, lightweight fibre optic dia. diameter 2.7mm standard, optional high strength 3.5mm/4.3mm
• Tether standard length 100m and optional as required up to 3,000+m
• Tether strength 113 kgf standard, optional high strength 560 kgf
• Neutrally buoyant in fresh water
• Manual hand reel

• Fine control for precise movements
• Full auto stabilisation of the drone
• Piloting assists:
  •    Depth hold,
  •    Dynamic Stabilisation,
  •    Thruster RPM Feedback
  •    Optional Altitude Hold,
  •    Optional Position Hold,
• Automatic Return To Surface (RTS)

• Depth sensor
• IMU
• Internal pressure
• Temperature and humidity monitoring
• Battery voltages
• Leak detection

• Five Boxfish free standard ports
• Boxfish patented tether connector
• Network: RS232, RS422, RS485 and Ethernet
• Power: 12V @ 50W and 24V @ 50W

Navigation

• Seatrac USBL (about underwater navigation)
• WaterLinked A50 DVL (about DVL)
• Oculus Imaging sonar (about multibeam sonar)
• Pipe Profiling sonar

Tools

• Laser scalers
• Grabber (about grabber)
• Samplers
• Power brush (about power brush)

Environmental Sensors

• miniCTD
• pH sensor
• turbidity
• chlorophyll
• fluorometer
• hydrophone

• ROV dimensions (l/w/h): 714mm / 435mm / 351mm
• Weight (salt water ballast installed): 23kg