From the ice & snow to the beach...

Someone · Rookie Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 13

Buksida,

ok, maybe I'll try both. Checking the Bkk market, and look aroung here.
Thanks for your thoughts, it's good to have someone acting as the Devil's Lawyer too.

prcscct · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject:

STEVE G · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject:

Someone, if you just need people to assemble, rather than develop ROV’s and are looking at a small scale operation I don’t see why Hua Hin wouldn’t be able to provide that. I would be interested in seeing how you get on.
The most fun I had at Subsea was in the reliability testing of new models; we would crane the thing into an enormous tank of water and see how it could go wrong. It’s not often you get told to try and break something that expensive!
Good luck to you.

Someone · Rookie Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 13

Steve G.,
thanks.

I can imagine the helicopter autopilot you used back in the early nineties...
Do you know that you'll get a nice 3D MRU today for approx. 500$ ? And it's about half the size of a matchbox? Or a fluxgate compass for 40$ ?
The world is advancing in some fields, and electronics is definetely one of them.

Yes, assembling is what I need help for. The development is already done. It's all in my head, but I have to hurry to get it down on paper before it's washed out by beer.

I'll keep you updated! And maybe you want to join in? Given a unit profit of 50.000$ and 1000 units/year, there might be room for two farang salaries...

Mack111 · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:31 am Post subject:

someone

If i can be off any help please send me details of your ROV and i can run it bye our sub sea department.

I work on the top-sides detailed design so dont knwo much about ROV's either but i can put you in touch with a few sub sea guys

cheers

STEVE G · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject:

Someone, you’re right about electronic developments, I think those autopilots would have been over 50,000 dollars in the nineties, I’ve seen some of the stuff being used in UAV’s now and they get the whole thing on a board weighing 24 grams.
I’m a bit tied up in the aviation world at the moment, but I spend a lot of time in Hua Hin, and I would be interested in seeing how you get along, I would be happy to give any advice that can be of assistance.
Having worked for some years in Asia, I think the biggest challenge for you will be operating a company in the region, and not constructing a product.
I’m sure you’ve worked out you will end up with a work permit that says you are a Technical Advisor or Instructor, and then spend all night building the things by yourself!
As a Technical Advisor in the airline industry, I used to sometimes feel that I was going to have to sprint down the runway with the airplane on my back to get it into the air.

2dandan · Specialist Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 127

Someone,

You've probably got a good idea, but I hope you've got all the patents in place, because good ideas tend to be blagged the second you turn your back ......or post on a bulletin board.

Good luck.