XLV
Hero Member
whats up with these new drones has anyone used one ,,,,,, thoughts about the use for finding ship wrecks and plane wrecks over sonar ....
Land, air, sea...no difference?
I wish it were so...
Difficulty factor goes up by a factor of at least 10 and the cost goes up at least by a factor of 20.
Ask any of the teams in the MATE ROV or AUVSI AUV competitions.
https://www.robonation.org/competition/robosub
https://www.marinetech.org/rov-competition-2/
Now just add sonar and a mag!
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Heres an example of what you can build (for a fraction of what they sell for). Ten years ago ( pre quad copter junk) .This was Israels 'top shelf' drone. I was so impressed with the flight times of it.That I decided to build one from scratch...... They spent 1/4 Million per copy.I, over the entire winter built "the exact one " for under $500.00 . Flight time ? Over 3 hrs View attachment 1618809
Maiden launch. View attachment 1618810
Maiden flight. IF I can do it Anyone can. Land ,air ,sea no difference .Especially w/the building materials & info available today .
And, the A.U.W. of mine (at the same size as theirs) came in at 1/2 the weight @ 6 pounds.
In conclusion .If you want a "underwater drone" ....build one....
this might be of interest from.my alma materView attachment 1618805
Heres an example of what you can build (for a fraction of what they sell for). Ten years ago ( pre quad copter junk) .This was Israels 'top shelf' drone. I was so impressed with the flight times of it.That I decided to build one from scratch...... They spent 1/4 Million per copy.I, over the entire winter built "the exact one " for under $500.00 . Flight time ? Over 3 hrs View attachment 1618809
Maiden launch. View attachment 1618810
Maiden flight. IF I can do it Anyone can. Land ,air ,sea no difference .Especially w/the building materials & info available today .
And, the A.U.W. of mine (at the same size as theirs) came in at 1/2 the weight @ 6 pounds.
In conclusion .If you want a "underwater drone" ....build one....