SUBMERSIBLE SEARCH VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: underwater search operations. SUBSTANCE: submersible search vehicle has hull made in form of spheroid where horizontal and vertical motion propellers are mounted; hull is also provided with TV camera. Optical axis of TV camera lies in CL of vehicle and together with larger axis of ellipsoid it forms angle equal to half angle of view. Line of metacentric height forms with larger axis angle equal to angle of view of TV camera, Axes of horizontal motion propellers are located in plane passing through center of masses of vehicle and are parallel to larger axis of ellipsoid. Axes of vertical motion propellers are located in plane passing through center of buoyancy of vehicle and are perpendicular to larger axis of ellipsoid. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 3 dwg