ADCP Towing Systems
safe, remote controlled recording of discharge measurements using ADCP or current meters
Flying Fox portable towing system
“The USGS gave us their wishlist… and we came up with the Flying Fox,” recalls Wayne Van Schelven, Production Manager, KISTERS Instruments Pty. Ltd.
Once a custom request, the Flying Fox has become a popular flow measurement accessory. Hydrographers who use ADCPs can record precise discharge measurements.
Avoiding risks, they use a remote control to guide ADCP-tethered boats on a temporary span of rope. (note: No existing cableway system is required.)
The lightweight vehicle, synthetic rope, and hard case let you deploy the system across many sites.
Cable Fox ADCP positioning system
The Cable Fox enables hydrographers to raise or lower up to 220 lbs. and operate on any new or existing cableway without additional equipment.
Key features include
- a wireless remote control range of more than 1,300 ft
- on-the-fly adjustable traversing speed (0.1 to 2.0 ft/sec), and
- an integrated encoder for across the stream distance measurement.
This model is particularly indispensable for making measurements in challenging locations.
Hornet PLUS cableway system
The Hornet Plus is ideal for retrofitting an existing manned cableway system. Whether currently operational or condemned, minimize personal injury risk associated with this type of gauging.
This model was developed to conduct discharge measurements from fixed cableways using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) or mechanical current meter.
The tough, sophisticated, ever-capable Hornet Plus continues to impress with its ability to handle ACDPs, flood gauging with current meters and sounding weights up to 300 lbs, automatic angle of drift correction and full wireless control.
Peter Ward, KISTERS Senior Product Specialist