Solution # 2
Solution two has a flat bottom made of Plexiglas. The camera will be suspended from the top of the vessel looking down onto the glass bottom. The camera will move on two different systems to film through the Plexiglas.
The main structure that will attach the camera and mechanisms to the vessel will be made of wood, much like the vessel. The mechanism that will move the camera will be made of metal. The wood can be found in the Systems lab, but the mechanical pieces will be more specialty items that will have to be ordered online, along with the camera.
The camera will be operated on two systems; a rotating motor and a servo that will pivot the camera 180 degrees. The camera, the camera's radio transmitter, and the part the servo will connect to and controll will be attached to the rotating motor. Both systems will be radio controlled from the shore. The camera will transmit the film to a TV, computer, or camcorder wirelessly.
If the bottom of the vessel is flat and made of Plexiglas it would be less fragile than the dome and easier to replace or fix than the dome as well. Because the systems will allow the camera to spin 360 degrees in the z plane and pivot 180 degrees in the x-y plane the camera will be able to view the entire bottom of the vessel.
Having two systems will make operating the camera less user friendly, but should not be too difficult. The camera will not be able to film anything other than what is below the camera, unlike in solution two. This will limit the view of the camera.
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| Fig. 1: Front view |
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| Fig. 2: Side view |
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| Fig. 3: Top View *All dashed lines are hidden lines | |
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