UHD or XLX?

[mind-when-this-was-fields]

Currently working on XLX @ 450m+. Been in for days with no major probs.
Had a few jobs with no major issues……..time will tell!!
Yes the control vans need a look at but i heard other companies were using 10ft wide containers which makes them non standard for transport i think????
You just have to be careful and use the pressure tested gear for the subsea side:-)) cwdms etc .
Been there when a topside unit was used by mistake and lost comms to the tms below 35m.:-)))))))

[Savante]

over in davis at the moment doing the UHD training courses (literally finished yesterday evening) – very heavy on the old human-machine interfaces. But they seem to have some good features in terms of quick disconnects, sensor integration and flagging up alarms to particular nodes. Just about everything has a water detect circuit and ground fault detection. Also lighting circuits are relay isolated, which is quite a good idea.

Don’t like the sub atlantic 420’s though – the water detect function seems to be a bit of a design flaw (potential for water to get trapped behind apparently).

Still, give me a couple of trips before I’d make any reccomendations on one or t’other. I am very keen to try the stationkeep stuff !!

The hydraulics seem quite simplified though in the latest version.

[Savante]

oh yeah; they’re getting rid of the hockey pucks – got a good joystick not and rate controller!!

[Savante]

Skinnyme – where did you go out in Davis; it’s very very quiet !

[Jason Garic]

Still in Davis?

Apologies if not. Didn’t stay long, so I’ll keep it short:

We stayed in the hotel across from the theatre. The restraunt at the hotel was decent. Good wine everywhere. Down that street, past the Starbucks, there’s a restraunt with a large outdoor seating area. Enjoyed that one also.

Best I can say is walk the street when the sun goes down. If you’ve had too much wine, and find yourself in trouble, you should be able to out run those electric police cars 😆

Otherwise, drive to Sacramento.

[Savante]

davis is very chilled – Strange thing though; had to carry a passport to get a pint of beer out of the local pizza place; they make you wear a fluorescent green armband to show you’re "of an age". But then a crazy girl walks in with a white rat, a black felt fedora and a 4" knife and starts taking pizza off peoples tables.

She had mad crazy eyes that darted from table to table.

I let her have my pizza. 😆

[Andy Shiers]

Did you also take her back to the hotel to comfort her in her stress 8)

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