#floating instrument platform

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RP FLIP

“55 feet remain visible after the crew of the Floating Instrument Platform, or FLIP, partially flood the ballast tanks causing the vessel to turn stern first into the ocean. The 355-foot research vessel, owned by the Office of Naval Research and operated by the Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, conducts investigations in a number of fields, including acoustics, oceanography, meteorology and marine mammal observation.” - via Wikimedia Commons

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‘Polar Pod,’ a 100 m high “vertical boat”

Between climatic issues and the study of oceanic fauna, the doctor-explorer Jean-Louis Étienne, 74, should leave at the end of 2023 to explore the Southern Ocean aboard the Polar Pod, a “vertical” boat capable of withstanding the extremely rough seas of “Fiftieth Howling” near Antarctica. 

The motor will be the circumpolar current that goes around Antarctica and the South Pole, and have six wind turbines. Polar Pod's "flipping" action is achieved by filling seawater ballast tanks, and is inspired by the Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP). 

[biangthe37th]

floating instrument platform my beloved

[oblivion118]

I’ve been watching Soma being play lately by a bunch of youtubers, and I’ve noticed that they’re all confused by the structure of the Curie when they reach it. Now I only know this because I saw it on the Discovery Channel a few years back, but I thought it would be nice to share to let others know what type of ship the Curie is and how it operates. 

[nelc]

RV Flip, the FLoating Instrument Platform.

[nelc]

RV Flip, the FLoating Instrument Platform.

[nelc]

RV Flip, the FLoating Instrument Platform.

[beingxcessive]

50 aniversario de FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform)

Flipante cuanto menos. Un barco de casi 110 metros de longitud, con una serie de tanques que se llenan de agua del mar y consiguen poner en vertical al barco. 91 metros de casco quedan por debajo del agua frente a 17 que quedan por encima. Además en esta posición puede soportar olas de hasta 24 metros:  una ola de 10 metros sólo hace que se desplace unos 92 centímetros en vertical, además de lo silencioso que es, cosa que lo hace especialmente eficiente para investigar diferentes aspectos submarinos.

¡Y cumple 50 años!

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