3D Forward Looking Sonar for Obstacle Avoidance

Don’t Leave Port Without It

Collisions and groundings cause vessel owners from $2 to $3 billion damage annually. Captains of yachts, tugs, towboats and barges are often confronted with hazards, such as:

Nighttime navigation in unfamiliar harbors
Submerged shipping containers in open waters
Coral reefs in the Caribbean
Whales and other marine mammals
Coastal ledge at sea or in the Great Lakes

Now you can help avoid these and other dangers and obstacles with the FarSounder FS-3 forward-looking, three-dimensional (3-D) sonar. It’s the ideal solution for boats ranging in length from 70’–200’. It’s unsurpassed in helping you navigate shallow waters — where the dangers lie.

3D Sonar Power — On Every Ping!

Finally there is a forward looking sonar that combines a wide field of view, 3-D image, complete update on a single ping and operates at full range even in shallow water. The FS-3 delivers the three critical readings required for obstacle avoidance: range, bearing, and depth. Two-dimensional (2-D) sonars only provide range and bearing, or depth and ange. Even dual 2-D systems are often confused in situations involving multiple obstacles. They may alert you to an object that lies ahead, but these 2-D systems can’t tell you if you have enough water below your keel to pass safely.

The FarSounder FS-3 generates a high resolution, full color, 90° field-of-view scan with each ping, every 2–3 seconds — unlike most systems that need up to several minutes and many pings to complete a large field-of-view image.

Breaking the Water Depth Barrier

In shallow water, where the range of 1-D and 2-D sonars are limited, the FS-3 with its unique transducer, true 3-D real time electronics and patent pending software algorithms provides distance and bearing of obstacles at full range. At 8 water depths, the FS-3 has more than twice the capabilities of other sonar systems.

Adaptive Sonification: Good for You, Good for Sea Mammals

The FarSounder FS-3 operates at frequencies well above the hearing range of whales. The FS-3 sound levels and click rates are quieter than those of the bottlenose dolphin. The FS-3 operates at 60kHz. Through “adaptive sonification,” the system automatically raises and lowers sound levels depending on sea-states and the distance to objects.

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