EchoBoat-160
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Two-person-portable 1.7 m survey ASV from Seafloor Systems for inland and nearshore hydrography.
The EchoBoat-160 is a small autonomous survey boat from California's Seafloor Systems, light enough for two people to carry to a riverbank, lake or harbour. Its plastic hull carries professional sonars, from a simple depth sounder to a multibeam, along with current profilers and magnetometers, and it can follow pre-programmed survey lines for up to eight hours. It is one of the most widely used small hydrographic ASVs, sold through dealers worldwide.
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About 1.7 m long and up to 77.5 kg depending on payload, with an HDPE hull on an aluminium frame. Battery life is up to 8 hours at survey speed and remote-control range up to 2 km; listings quote 2 or 3 kn survey speed. It accepts singlebeam, multibeam and side-scan sonars, ADCPs, sub-bottom profilers and magnetometers and works with Hypack, PDS, EIVA and QINSy. The larger EchoBoat-240 belongs to the same family.
