Dunno. You may be over complicating the issues. Japanese garbage is making it all the way across the Pacific with no power or guidance or even basic seaworthiness.
Of course when you TRY to make something happen. . . Philip S. McConnell USSV Gryphon Tayana 52 #35 Alameda, CA [email protected] On 6/27/2012 4:36 PM, Ben Okopnik wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:12:50PM +0000, Hugh Barrass (hbarrass) wrote: >> The POCV is a Proof Of Concept Vehicle. It's just a toy that is designed for >> cruising a lake for ~2 hours. >> >> He's still in the early planning stage for the one that >> might/could/potentially/maybe cross the Atlantic. The idea is that a small >> computer could contain a simple algorithm that will self-navigate (with GPS >> etc.) a tremendously long distance (not a huge stretch); a simple solar >> collector and drive train could power a vehicle for as long as the life of >> the hardware (a proven concept); and, of course, a lot of patience. > A phrase often seen for cases like this in the RISKS Digest - a list of > people highly experienced in engineering/aviation/computer risks and > failures - is "WHAT COULD *POSSIBLY* GO WRONG?" :) > > Equipment failures > Salt encrustation on camera lenses (looks like an obstruction!) > Seagulls crapping on the solar panel > Bad weather > *REALLY* bad weather > Ships trying to "help" the poor lost boat > Fishermen, etc. who'd love a nice camera/GPS/computer/solar panel > Floating trash fouling the boat > A marlin that sees a nice little snack moving on the surface > > [add 10000+ more non-predictable obstacles...] > > > Ben _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
