OK - sorry it didn’t pan out for you. Yes, I work closely with Crayton. I’m using Blueprint Subsea M750d imaging sonars for navigation and inspection. Also using their USBL’s. They are awesome - will completely change your world. For deeper work I am in the process of adding a Nortek DVL and hope to be running that on a job over the next 4 weeks. You should come down for a day and all three of us can go out. We are installing Blueprint equipment on Crayton’s Phantom’s also using the BlueOS Ethernet Switch and Fathom-X tether interface. There is a role for small and larger ROV’s.
That said doing a shakedown on your ROV is important. You can probably get to where you want to be. I am not convinced (once through shakedown) that the BlueROV’s have any more active intervention / maintenance than other ROVs under the 200k mark if you are using the R3 upgraded components.