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originally posted by: draknoir2
a reply to: Vasa Croe
That was my first thought as well, Vasa, but when I started looking for flaring rigs at that location I stumbled across this.
I think deliberately released marine flares would be easier to "schedule" and corresponds well with the 3 minute burn time and gradual drift/descent apparent in the OP video.
originally posted by: AboveBoard
a reply to: Vasa Croe
The only flares able to stay up for 3 minutes require an artillery launcher and are military grade, which is what I was told by a resident expert here...
I mentioned that in a post above. Thanks for your information - I am a total newbie at flares and want to learn.
- AB
originally posted by: AboveBoard
a reply to: Vasa Croe
The only flares able to stay up for 3 minutes require an artillery launcher and are military grade, which is what I was told by a resident expert here...
I mentioned that in a post above. Thanks for your information - I am a total newbie at flares and want to learn.
- AB
originally posted by: elevenaugust
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
... don't really appear to move at all to me.
Well, they moved:
All of this in only 36 s.
originally posted by: 2Chainz
Wow do they have anti-gravity parachutes now? I never would have known, thanks guys!
ITT: Skeptics in denial.
originally posted by: elevenaugust
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
... don't really appear to move at all to me.
Well, they moved:
All of this in only 36 s.
originally posted by: draknoir2
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
These are flare stacks that appear to move with earths rotation.
But why would flare stacks appear to move with the earths rotation if they are a fixed distance offshore?
Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompasses, provide information to the computer pertaining to the vessel's position and the magnitude and direction of environmental forces affecting its position. Examples of vessel types that employ DP include, but are not limited to, ships and semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling units (MODU), oceanographic research vessels and cruise ships.
The computer program contains a mathematical model of the vessel that includes information pertaining to the wind and current drag of the vessel and the location of the thrusters. This knowledge, combined with the sensor information, allows the computer to calculate the required steering angle and thruster output for each thruster. This allows operations at sea where mooring or anchoring is not feasible due to deep water, congestion on the sea bottom (pipelines, templates) or other problems.
Dynamic positioning may either be absolute in that the position is locked to a fixed point over the bottom, or relative to a moving object like another ship or an underwater vehicle. One may also position the ship at a favorable angle towards wind, waves and current, called weathervaning.
Dynamic positioning is used by much of the offshore oil industry, for example in the North Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, and off the coast of Brazil. There are currently more than 1800 DP ships.[1]
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
originally posted by: draknoir2
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
These are flare stacks that appear to move with earths rotation.
But why would flare stacks appear to move with the earths rotation if they are a fixed distance offshore?
DPS or dynamic positioning system. Drilling rigs almost exclusively use this. I am not talking about a stationary platform here. They have only recently begun to drill off that coast so DPS is how the rigs are able to stay in a certain position relative to their drill site.
Source
Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompasses, provide information to the computer pertaining to the vessel's position and the magnitude and direction of environmental forces affecting its position. Examples of vessel types that employ DP include, but are not limited to, ships and semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling units (MODU), oceanographic research vessels and cruise ships.
The computer program contains a mathematical model of the vessel that includes information pertaining to the wind and current drag of the vessel and the location of the thrusters. This knowledge, combined with the sensor information, allows the computer to calculate the required steering angle and thruster output for each thruster. This allows operations at sea where mooring or anchoring is not feasible due to deep water, congestion on the sea bottom (pipelines, templates) or other problems.
Dynamic positioning may either be absolute in that the position is locked to a fixed point over the bottom, or relative to a moving object like another ship or an underwater vehicle. One may also position the ship at a favorable angle towards wind, waves and current, called weathervaning.
Dynamic positioning is used by much of the offshore oil industry, for example in the North Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, and off the coast of Brazil. There are currently more than 1800 DP ships.[1]
I think deliberately released marine flares would be easier to "schedule" and corresponds well with the 3 minute burn time and gradual drift/descent apparent in the OP video.
originally posted by: AboveBoard
I think deliberately released marine flares would be easier to "schedule" and corresponds well with the 3 minute burn time and gradual drift/descent apparent in the OP video.
Marine flares are military grade, require an artillery launcher and are not available commercially...
???
originally posted by: AboveBoard
a reply to: draknoir2
Saw that, sorry!!!
What are you thinking the film might be showing at this point?
I'm still trying to find oil rigs off of Vero Beach...that is on the East Coast, which has only recently (as in mid 2014) been opened for oil/gas exploration. I can't find any rigs in that area on Oil Rig maps...
- AB
originally posted by: AboveBoard
a reply to: Vasa Croe
I can't find any rigs on the Eastern coast off of FL on the oil rig maps I've found... There are tons of them in the Gulf, but that's the opposite side of FL.
Do you know where I would look for deep water rigs out that way? I'll keep digging. The lights looked somewhat far, but we have nothing to determine how far out they were.
I'm going to try and find oil rig flare videos for comparison...
Thanks!
- AB