The HFT CatFish 100 has been designet for the purpose of achieving lift and exelent stability for a towed instrument platform to be used in deep water towing. The specific design criteria for the HFT CatFish 100 has beem to combine the excellent lift/drag ratio of a patented depressor, with a hydrodynamically shaped stable platform.

 

The HFT CatFish 100 is designed to have a slight positive buoyancy during operations
and fitted with a “weak link” near the tow-point, there should be an excellent chance to recover expensive equipment installed on the fish in event of a collision or other incidents with the unit.

 

The HFT CatFish 100 may be purpose designed to carry specific equipment. It will also be possible to fit a “skid” underneath to carry equipment not suitable to fit onto the platform itself. The HFT CatFish 100 may also be designed as a remotely controlled unit with the possibility of remote or auto-control, and still achieve the superior depth capabilities and stability the design allows for.

 

The HFT CatFish 100 is built primarily by using Aluminium, using syntactic foam buoyancy material.