Gulf Oil Spill ( LIVE FEED )

Narj · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:24

Do the operators have a 3d headset, ie: are there dual cameras on the robots? If not, why don't they use a laser to give an idea of where the blade will hit...? It must be insanely difficult to judge from a 2d image!

MrRoper · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:27

the other rov is going mental!!

BloodyL · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:27

All I'm getting on the ABC feed is a video capture of someones Apple computer displaying the same feed I'm watching direct from the BP link.

Am I missing something? (apart from the rest of the Apple desktop)

meghatronic · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:29

MrRoper said:
the other rov is going mental!!

That is scary as hell if you're only half paying attention and a lil' drunk.

spirits247 · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:29

ROVWARS

Round 1. FIGHT!!!!!!

Fourstar · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:42

spirits247 said:
ROVWARS

Round 1. FIGHT!!!!!!

spirits247 · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:48

LOL Fourstar!

Looks like a nice clean cut. Deciding what to do next.

Dogoid · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:54

spirits247 · 1 Jun 2010 at 21:59

Time until it comes off completely. I say 11.05

matthewhotdude · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:01

wow oil flooding out now

spirits247 · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:03

Aliens from Abyss have come to check out ROV 1 by the look of those lights.

Narj · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:05

Pilot has some serious skills!

physichull · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:12

Nearly cut it!

ThriceNightly · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:13

guess the oil helps abit more with the cutting blade then just sea water.

keep up good work titan 4 :cool:

Fourstar · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:13

I don't entirely get what is happening.

Maybe the hydraulic shear they have isn't powerful enough. I started watching when it released a section of pipe. Now the RVs are cutting the 4 smaller pipes surrounding the main riser.

I wonder if the shear will be back to finish the job.

Darg · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:14

Snap! There goes one of the pipes.

Mik3 · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:15

Its hard to see what the hell their trying to do :/ are there any images of all the equipment down there so I can understand what their trying to achieve?

matthewhotdude · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:17

are they just trying to cut the pipe away now? even the big one?

leaskovski · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:19

They just had a video on the Beeb explaining what they are trying next. Basically goibg to remove all the pipe from the rising section to the kink and then replace where the kink was with a dome and pipe all the way to the surface to a ship to collect.

wesley · 1 Jun 2010 at 22:19

i think the shear cutter is not big enough to cut everything in 1 go so they are cutting off smaller pipes with blade saw