Sim of any ROV or research/touristc submersibles

Deep Blue Sea · 01-06-12, 09:53 AM

Hi there!

As the name of the topic allready says, I am looking for a cheap and physically correct simulator for a ROV of each class or for a sim for any touristic/research submersble like Alvin, Mir, Triton and so on.

The accent is on physics precision and authentic controls. I allready tried out german "Tauchfahrt zur Titanic" from Astragon and some demos of hi-end Sims like ROVsim. The Astragon-Sim fully disappointed me, because even joystick control didn't work correctly. Another possibility is one of the sub-add-ons of "Virtual Sailor", but I don't know how about quality of those selfmade add-ons.

The problem is that I'am a german student of naval architecture and I can't even think of paying 900 Dollars for an educational version of ROVsim or something like that. 50, maybe 100 Euros is a maximum of what am I able to spend.

I am about to become a pilot of a selfmade research submarine and was ca 3 hours on the way with two another selfmade subs (all three not made by me

),so I just would like to get a feeling of maneuevering whatever (not very large, max 100 tons) under water. There's not much practically meaning behind this, but I am just fascinated of controling the small submersible vehicles.

Thank you for your help and sorry if a similar topic allready exists. I'm looking for those sim for couple of years.

01-06-12, 09:53 AM	#1
Deep Blue Sea Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sim of any ROV or research/touristc submersibles Hi there! As the name of the topic allready says, I am looking for a cheap and physically correct simulator for a ROV of each class or for a sim for any touristic/research submersble like Alvin, Mir, Triton and so on. The accent is on physics precision and authentic controls. I allready tried out german "Tauchfahrt zur Titanic" from Astragon and some demos of hi-end Sims like ROVsim. The Astragon-Sim fully disappointed me, because even joystick control didn't work correctly. Another possibility is one of the sub-add-ons of "Virtual Sailor", but I don't know how about quality of those selfmade add-ons. The problem is that I'am a german student of naval architecture and I can't even think of paying 900 Dollars for an educational version of ROVsim or something like that. 50, maybe 100 Euros is a maximum of what am I able to spend. I am about to become a pilot of a selfmade research submarine and was ca 3 hours on the way with two another selfmade subs (all three not made by me ),so I just would like to get a feeling of maneuevering whatever (not very large, max 100 tons) under water. There's not much practically meaning behind this, but I am just fascinated of controling the small submersible vehicles. Thank you for your help and sorry if a similar topic allready exists. I'm looking for those sim for couple of years.