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2023-08-17 at 08:37
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I’d agree with all of your suggestions, Kristoffer!
I would also add –
- Consider designing a boat as a sensor platform for multiple applications, so that it is easier to fit and power multiple sensors (a pickup truck rather than a taxi)
- Develop an option to collect water samples
- Develop a winch to allow lake monitoring
- A waterproof RC controller would be good!
- Supply boats with a trolley
- Consider offering integrated heading GPS – a boat hull provides for a much longer baseline than say a V102 or similar, and avoids the awkward top-heaviness
- Develop an effective propulsion system that is unaffected by weed
- Offer long range comms options (that are easy to set up and reliable!)
- Add a sensor to detect surface flow speed (a challenge on a moving boat, but I guess bottom tracking or GPS could solve for boat speed
- LOWER COST (I have not been able to buy any boats since moving to UKCEH as we have not had the budget to do so!)