New Recovery Pole

I put together a recovery pole for Odyssey IV out of some spare steel tubing, some hose clamps, a carabiner, and a length of 3/4" EMT conduit.


The carabiner will be attached to the ship's crane, and will slip out of the pole once it has been clipped to the vehicle's lifting bail. We will find out how well it works next week!

Thruster Arm Progress

The thruster arm's end is nearly complete.

Plan B: A New Thruster

Since we have had no luck finding our lost thruster, we are moving ahead with "Plan B", machining a new thruster arm to hold our spare thruster. We will continue the search for the original, but at least now we can plan to be back in the water and testing by a specific date.

Since this is fairly simple fabrication, it is far faster and cheaper for us to do the machining ourselves at a local shop.