Still from ROV video

Jeff Victor Hayden · January 19, 2012, 05:30:35 PM

Quote from: richie conroy on January 19, 2012, 09:36:06 AM
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 · January 19, 2012, 07:03:01 PM

me neither jeff i noticed it on tighar youtube channel

the quality off video is a bonus :)

Jeff Victor Hayden · January 19, 2012, 08:20:43 PM

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 · January 19, 2012, 08:27:59 PM

And here inverted

Tim Collins · January 20, 2012, 06:54:24 AM

Quote from: richie conroy on January 19, 2012, 03:21:21 PM
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 · January 20, 2012, 07:49:23 AM

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 · January 20, 2012, 08:18:45 AM

Quote from: Andreas Badertscher on January 20, 2012, 07:49:23 AM
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 · January 20, 2012, 10:22:10 AM

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 · January 20, 2012, 10:27:30 AM

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

John Ousterhout · January 20, 2012, 10:54:18 AM

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

Jeff Victor Hayden · January 20, 2012, 12:10:54 PM

Can anyone see the unusual object in this still?

richie conroy · January 20, 2012, 12:14:35 PM

i think its a cover hatch or sumthink :)

richie conroy · January 20, 2012, 12:17:48 PM

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 · January 20, 2012, 12:19:09 PM

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. · January 20, 2012, 12:34:56 PM

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.