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MiniBAT FC60

The OSIL FC60 MiniBAT is an extremely lightweight, remotely controlled towed instrumentation platform designed for use with a wide variety of data collection instruments. It provides an extremely flexible profiling system for use in estuaries, lakes, rivers, and coastal areas. MiniBAT is easily deployed by 1 person from virtually any size of vessel and performs at a user set depth below the surface, above the seabed or in an undulating pattern between 2 depths down to 60m. Suggested towing speeds are in the range of 1 - 10 Kts, typical speeds are 4 - 6Kts for the average field survey.

• Flexible mounting of existing instrumentation
• Easy towing with a 5 to 10 meter power boat
• Power -12VDC battery or 120/240V line
• Operational depth -surface to 60 meters
• GPS data recorded (Optional)
• Remote undulation control by computer
• Profiling speeds of up to 10 knots
• Direct depth measurement
• Auto bottom following and avoidance
• Basic depth stability: < 1 meter graphical display of flight path