by Andy | Nov 24, 2011 | Marine ecology, Publications
Furu Mienis, Gerard Duineveld, Andy Davies, Steve Ross, Harvey Seim, John Bane, Tjeerd van Weering Near-bed hydrodynamic conditions were recorded for almost one year in the Viosca Knoll area (lease block 826), one of the most well-developed cold-water coral habitats...
by Andy | Jul 9, 2011 | General ecology, Marine ecology
Well, it has been a long and hard road, but after an intensive week of practice and hours of fiddling with MK-Tools and my transmitter settings, it looks like I have started to get the hang of flying the Hexa. This is all thanks to a couple of settings that I managed...
by Andy | Jul 5, 2011 | General ecology, Marine ecology
Well, I’ve been flying the HexaXL for a few weeks with very basic manoeuvres. This week I finally added my compact camera to the camera gimbal to collect some video footage. It is certainly much more challenging than I would have ever expected. Much more...
by Andy | Jun 18, 2011 | General ecology, Marine ecology
Well, after 3 months in the making and many, many hours of hair pulling. My Mikrokopter Hexa XL is complete and is nearing flight ready. With such an investment both in time and money, I’m understandably nervous about flying it for the first time. The Hexa was...
by Andy | Apr 16, 2011 | Computers, General ecology, Marine ecology, Publications
The framework-forming coral Lophelia pertusa Andrew J. Davies and John Guinotte Cold-water corals are found in all the oceans of the world. Usually below 200 metres, they create structurally complex habitat that gives rise to a unique deep-sea ecosystem in, what...
by Andy | Feb 10, 2011 | Marine ecology
The School of Ocean Sciences (SOS), Bangor University has two competitive PhD positions available, applicants must choose from one of several projects with academics in the School. This year, my self and Dr Jan Hiddink have the opportunity to present a project...
