Gizmo Quiz #77

The Saturday Alternative to G.D.A.

[ScottM]

Welcome and I hope this will be an easy one:

Here it is [invoman.com]

What is it and what is it used for.

[mivox]

It's a metal thing that bolts onto something. :) Do I win? hehehehe

[Duckula]

Is it an optical device?

[ScottM]

Metal? Probably. Bolts onto something. Yep.

Win? ahhh...sorry. Good guess, though!:>)

[oilman]

looks like some kind of pipe coupler sorta thing for large pipes like oil piplines.

[ScottM]

This gizmo is not optical in nature, in the truest sense, but optical is related.

sorry for being cryptic, but I think you'll understand when it is discovered.

[Liane]

Is it the new and improved "red light" for the "Reeperbahn" in Hamburg? :)

[ScottM]

no oil, man, oilman:>)

[defanjos]

Is it some sort of damper?

[ScottM]

no red light.

Disclaimer:
The lower right of the photo was blurred to hide text. It does not distort the actual view.

[ScottM]

no damper.

I'm surprised. I thought this was going to be an easy one!

[coconutz]

military application?

[oilman]

a port hole for a ship

[Duckula]

Is it a button?

[defanjos]

Approx. how big is it?

[coconutz]

forward looking radar?

[ScottM]

military application?
no-but it could be used for one, I suppose.

a port hole for a ship
No

Is it a button?
No button

[ScottM]

Approx. how big is it?
Unknown

forward looking radar?
close

[Liane]

Some sort of communications dish?

[edited by: Liane at 8:18 pm (utc) on April 5, 2003]

[coconutz]

sonar?

[oilman]

underwater seismic?

[ScottM]

Congrats, Coconutz:

[jrn.columbia.edu...]

[coconutz]

Multibeam transducer [jrn.columbia.edu]

[Duckula]

edited...

<added> What's this with giving the answer too soon? </added>

[edited by: Duckula at 8:25 pm (utc) on April 5, 2003]

[coconutz]

"Attached to the underside of the ship's hull, this instrument converts sound waves into a form that can be read by computers."

[oilman]

hehe Duckula - he still got it just before you could cry foul ;)

[coconutz]

Thanks ScottM. Just back from the airport, my youngest son was flying back home this morning. Thought I'd drop in and make a few guesses while he was getting his stuff together before we left.

See ya next Saturday!

[lgn]

I can kick myself for skipping the Gizmo Quiz this
week. We just finish installing a multibeam echosounder on one of our survey ships. Although it was an Simrad EM 3000, they all look basically the same. Could have had that one in 15 seconds.

[ScottM]

That is exactly what I was worried about...someone would know what it was without any searching!

[pendanticist]

>someone would know what it was without any searching!

And here I've been simply guessing....

Hey, how 'bout some tips as to which Engines and particular strategies you all use?

Guessing really taxes my brain...

Pendanticist.