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[Jeff Victor Hayden]

watch this video and at 13:37:01;04 pause it

is it a open hatch or sum kind of flap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yjeyOTFWX0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Richie, is this another part of the ROV video? I don't recall seeing bits of this before. Is there more?

Jeff

[richie conroy]

me neither jeff i noticed it on tighar youtube channel

the quality off video is a bonus 

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

Here's Richies wheel outlined. Notice how the wheel is quite circular and, has wheel hub circle as well, clever coral. I will post some stills 2moro re: surroundings which are more important or, as important.

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

And here inverted

[Tim Collins]

i have attached a better image of wheel object cud deffo be a wheel 

Just how big do you think that rope is? In proportion to it, your "wheel" can't be more than a foot in diameter.  Kinda small for the Electra if you ask me.

[Andreas Badertscher]

I believe it's the tailwheel what they mean... And then the size would fit!
This thread is very interesting! Keep it up!

[Tim Collins]

I believe it's the tailwheel what they mean... And then the size would fit!

Maybe, I'm still skeptical though. See reply 100 - and there's even a rope in the picture.

[Dan Swift]

If it were a wheel, I would think it would be only the wheel itself.  The rubber tire would be gone...correct?  Therefore, a main gear wheel could even be possible??? 

[Andreas Badertscher]

  you'right! It really looks like it!!!

[John Ousterhout]

Rubber tires don't deteriorate or dissolve in sea water.  They may outlast the metal parts  - rims, suspension, brakes, etc.

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

Can anyone see the unusual object in this still?

[richie conroy]

i think its a cover hatch or sumthink 

[richie conroy]

have been stitching together stills from the video to get a idea of the reef round the poss wheel will post wen am done 

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

Ritchie posted a still with the caption 'hatch'. When I looked at it it did resemble a door shape, covered in coral of course but, still maintaining a door shape. Enhanced a still from the ROV video at this point and...
The red lines point to something that would be useful on a door, a latching assembly? take a careful look...


I suspect it's the remains of a door, besides the 'latch' there's the familiar alloy strip with parallel holes going around the edge of the door shaped coral.

[Harry Howe, Jr.]

Looks to me like part of a horizontal Stabilizer with a control surface (elevator) or a vertical stabilizer with a control surface (rudder) hinged to it.