vehicle type | QUEST 7, electrical "workclass" ROV (Schilling Robotics LLC) |
working depth | up to 6000 m |
dimensions | length 3.5 m, width 1.9 m, height 2.4 m (including toolskid) |
weight | in air: ca. 3500 kg (incl. toolskid); in water: neutral |
speed | 3.0 kn ahead/astern (1.5 m/s); 2.0 kn lateral and vertical (1 m/s) |
thrust | 530 kgf ahead/astern; 340 kgf lateral; 300/380 kgf vertical |
propulsion system | 7 electric motors SPE-380 with 600 VDC @ 10 kW each (sub-Atlantic Inc.) |
auto heading | ± 2° |
station keep (DP) | ± 0.3 m |
electric power | 3800 - 4160 VAC/460 Hz; 60 kW on the vehicle |
deep-sea cable | 6500 m @ 19 mm; 1.3 t/km in air = 8.45 t; 1 t/km in water = 6.2 t in max. water depth; 3 copper wires with 4 mm2 diameter;[clarification needed] 3 fibre optic cable (LWL) SM |
deep-sea winch | 2 electric motors @ 80 kW each; weight incl. cable: ca. 30 t |
digital telemetry | 4 nodes with 16 ports each (serial, video and Ethernet); multiplexer for data transfer in the Gbit range (including HDTV and high- resolution multibeam depth sounder) |
scientific payload | up to 100 kg on toolskid with 2 hydraulically driven drawers |
hydraulic pump | 15 kW with 39 lpm @ 207 bar; supplies power for the manipulators and drawers; other hydraulically driven tools can be added via valvepacks |
transport of the entire system | five 20' ISO containers (two of which are high cube containers) |
system weight | 65 t |
certification | Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg |