Rover Dive Notes Summary
P. McGill

Dive 1, Pt. Lobos, 11Jul06
Accelerometers were on vehicle
Descended at 36 m/min
Rover moved on schedule
Treads slipped on wheels, hung up on frame
Comp oil levels way down
Couldn't talk to modem, too noisy (no baffle on topside xducer)
Emergency drop-weight release tough to pull, finally successful
Lost drop weight

Dive 2, Pt. Lobos, 18Jul06
Accelerometers were on vehicle
Descended at 39 m/min
Rover moved on schedule
Oil seen leaking from motor shaft seals
Successful acoustic drop-weight release

Dive 3, Atlantis, 6Aug06
Descended at 32 m/min
Observed with Alvin (Sherman, McGill)
All moves successful
Had acoustic comms, but burn wire didn't release weight
Pulled manual release

Dive 4, Atlantis, 10Aug06
Descended at ~40 m/min
Observed with Alvin (Chase)
All moves successful but turn failed
Couldn't establish acoustic comms, topside xducer trailing ship
Pulled manual release

Dive 5, Atlantis, 17Aug06
Descended at ~40 m/min
Observed with Alvin (Pargett)
All moves successful
Successful acoustic drop-weight release, burn time 12 min

Dive 6, Pt. Lobos, 18Dec06
Launched w/out spar buoy by request of Lobos crew
Descended at 39 m/min
Software problem (task scheduling error), program didn't run
First time with baffle on acoustic modem topside xducer?
Successful acoustic drop-weight release, burn time 12 min

Dive 7, Pt. Lobos, 2Jan07
No data, I wasn't on cruise
Was stbd rack and chamber tested?

Dive 8, W. Flyer, 31Jan07
Descended at ? m/min
Nav bad, could find Rover with ROV until searching for 1 hr 39 min
Software problem (unitialized var), program didn't run
Successful acoustic drop-weight release, burn time 11 min

Dive 9, W. Flyer, 2Feb07
Descended at 36 m/min
Rover mission software started in midwater, aborted acoustically
Raised rack from down position acoustically so it wouldn't impact first
First successful insertion/removal of BR chamber (stbd)
Sediment switch sticking
Successful turns into current
First BR oxygen measurement, 36 hrs
Chamber left in down position after measurement
Successful acoustic drop-weight release, burn time 11 min

Dive 10, Pt. Lobos, 29May07
Descended at 37 m/min
First dive with both chambers, completed 3 cycles
Port chamber switch not working, insertion hits bottom limit, lifts whole 	Rover
Successful acoustic drop-weight release, burn time 12 min
Fitting knocked off of stbd motor housing, lost lots of oil on recovery

Dive 11, W. Flyer, 7Jun07
Descended at 37 m/min
2 successful cycles before starting long mission
Bubbles released from port chamber when valves opened
No ROV dive due to weather, Rover release acoustically, burn time 12 min
Strobe beacon lens smashed during recovery

Dive 12, Pt. Lobos, 10Sep07