Boat Details - Aberystwyth
- Team Name: Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University
- Boat Name: Beagle B
- Length: 3.65m
- Weight: 280kg
- Mast: Aluminium tube through a carbon fibre wing sail.
- Hull type: Fibre glass monohull based on a dinghy intended for disabled sailors.
- Power source: 2x Solar panels (30W peak) and 4x 60amp hour lead acid batteries.
- Sail type: Carbon fibre wing sail.
- Actuators: Two LA12 linear actuators with built in potentiometers.
- Sensors: Ultrasonic wind sensor, tilt compensated compass and GPS.
- Communications: 802.11b (wifi) or standard radio control. Adding GSM (mobile phone) and Iridium Satellite phones in 2008.
- Computers: A gumstix 400mhz embedded Linux single board computer.
- Other features: Intended primarily for oceanography not racing. In the near future oceanographic instruments for acquiring water samples, measuring salinity, turbidity, etc. will be added.
