Phantom HD Parts Wanted

Bloody hell , I thought they went out with the Ark 😆
Which parts we talkin aboot ?
PDA boards ?
Bearings
Motors ? 180 V 220 V
Tether/umbilical
Send me a PM

The only thing, and I will repeat that, the only thing that should be done with a Phantom is:-

a) if you are offshore – put it through the thrusters

or

b) if you are onshore – crush it with a steam roller

It was designed by an idiot having a bad day….

Nuf said

Actually reterm, I am a very experianced ROV supervisor, 18 years in the game.

Thankfully only one job with a Phantom and we quickly put the poor wee thing out of it’s misery by putting it through the props, biggest mistake we made was not throwing the topside in after it….. The office brought a new sub 🙁

Recomended to another company NOT to buy a Phantom, they didn’t listen and it cost them not only the 6 month contract but around US$25,000 is spares to try and get it working before they were run off.

I refused to work on the system from day one. I asked why they hired me as their Senior ROV Super if they weren’t going to listen when I advised them. Their excuse was ‘but it was sooooooo cheap’ Maybe there was a reason it was sooooo cheap 😯

The Phantom might once have been a thing of beauty but only if you were looking through rose tinted glasses……

Who but an idiot would design a ROV with, I can’t quite remember, but I’m sure you will own up, 23 odd seals which will allow water to flood the ENTIRE system, except for the camera, but that won’t be of much use as the power supply will be busy blowing it’s brains out being covered in water.

If I remember correctly it was designed to be balanced by moving the motors back and forth in the tubes that include the electronics, by moving the motors you increase the shaft length, slightest bend in the shaft and it flogs out the plastic bearing bit at the back alowing the system to flood etc etc etc It was nice though that you could buy new props down at the local model aeroplane shop 😀

Top side, two joysticks, nothing wrong with two joysticks Scorpios have them and they work real well……. Except the Phantom’s ones stick out from the console instead of up from the desk top. I.E. the designer never flew one for more then 10 minutes. First mod you had to make was removing them from the console and stick them in a small box so you had a decent hand controller.

Top side electronics that blow the power transisters if the driver card is removed from the system without allowing, what does the manual say again, 15 minutes was it, for the caps to bleed off. Fn great when you have the cient breathing down your neck asking when will it be back in the water again and why are you all sitting around with your finger up your nose having a cuppa instead of fixing the heap of crap….

If you want to be disapointed and, most probably, be run off a contract keep rebuilding your baby.

And as for looking like a fool in front of other board members lets see how many agree or disagree with me. US$100 says more agree with me than disagree!!!!!!!! 😀

Phantoms wouldnt be my first choose, but I have operated them for years with Oceaneering and we were able to make them would.. I would say that if you can get a job done with a phantom the you could do just about anything.