The Acrobat^TM model LTV-50 is a very light, computer controlled vehicle designed to be towed behind small, powered boats operating in shallow water. The Acrobat^TM is capable of carrying a large variety of research instruments providing real-time data to a computer on the boat. A typical integrated system is shown in the Acrobat^TMsystem pdf file (see links below). You need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01 to view and print these files.

Instruments such as optical plankton counters, many types of CTDs, fluorometers, transmissometers, and other sensors are easy candidates for the Acrobat^TM.

Special requests for greater depths, optical data transmission, cross platform JAVA language control programs and others will be given prompt attention from engineering.

The Acrobat^TM provides 5 (five) standard underwater profiles: constant depth, constant altitude above the bottom, constant undulation between two depths, adapting undulation between a set depth and varying bottom, and maximum number of undulations between two survey positions.