"Nor- Wait no, Sou- ... Wait where are you? I can't see you I'll turn my lights off." To be fair, I think they were more focused on trying to get some good footage underwater. Plus, like they said in the video, first time they're really doing underwater submarine stuff together. So I guess I can forgive them for running around in circles trying not to get tangled up playing finding nemo. 😆
Daniel: Precision maneuvers, careful not to disturb anything Sebastian: *pinball noises* In all seriousness, this is one of the cooler things we've seen you do. Underwater proximity FPV should be a thing - those sequences where you were following Sebastian around were excellent.
I dove that site 50 years ago. We found it towing a proton magnetometer. Then, no GPS, no side scanning sonar anyone could afford, and depth meters that’s all they did. Now depth sounders could probably find it . We’d get a disturbance, drop a marker and one of us would bounce dive it. There were lots of bounce dives as there were sunken log bundles tied together with wire rope. When trying to beach there, no wheels on it, the pilot was encountering a strong wind and hit a poling that knocked one of the wing tip floats off. Turning a full circle when the wing without the float was on the down wind side it tipped to that side and down it went. All got off ok. The navy did a dive shortly thereafter and removed the machine gun. I am 82 now.
@@ShreddinSledsThe one i use the most, scans the sides of the boat in a narrow band and shows me the shadows of objects too. So i get a bright light for the object and the shadow projection behind it, which gives me the height too. Its a humminbird fish finder.
I feel like using your lights in that water is like using your highbeams in foggy or very snowy conditions - you get more light reflected back at you so you actually can't see as well at times. Looks good when you're up close to get proper colours though
The lights on these subs are too close to the camera. They need to be further out so that the light isn't lighting debris right in front of the camera. Dirty J designs makes some mounts to put lights out past the edges of the thrusters.
0:19 that is a machine gun, yes! It's a M240B machine gun, with what appears to be an EOtech EXPS-3 sight. Though admittedly it is a quite a distance and I could be mistaking it for a Trijicon MGRS optic.
The trend from manufacturers that requires me to use an app on my phone has got to stop. It's a timebomb that renders these very expensive objects useless after an indeterminate amount of time. Sell me a completely functional product, please.
The tail section is at Pima air and space museum in Tucson. If you love aviation, especially military aviation, it is one of the largest collections of air planes in the world. It is also right next to the US air force bone yard, which is a sight to see on its own, although they no longer allow tours of the bone yard.
So I use these for work sometimes, and what I like to do when I’m trying to get a stable view on something is hit the depth lock button (bottom right on the controller, looks like a line with an arrow on top and below pointing to it) and then using the left scroll wheel to adjust depth. That way, even if you have your pitch at some crazy angle, you still only move laterally, and it’s way easier for manual station keeping if you want to take a detailed look at something
The right scroll wheel on the controller (top, think where triggers would be, next to the light switches) is used for accessories like the grabber arm or water sampler; left switches allow you to switch through a few control modes
As soon as I saw you guys put two drones into the water, my immediate thought was "those things are going to get tangled _immediately"._ Glad I was not disappointed.
Rope trick, for your cabling! 😊i came from a family business repainting watertowers and needing to have e 300’ airlines (& etc.) running up it. Undo the cabling at both ends, then fold it doing an over/under fold… do that like 3 times to work out the twists, when you do it that way, when its folded, it should lay flat, as in none of the cabling is pushing out or away. Then just screw a cone to a flat square board, it’ll lay flat, and pull out without twisting(tangling). You’ll have to be diligent with it to keep it from twisting and knocking. See how sailers tie up line they need quick access to that can’t twist when they need it. It’ll save you so much headache and keep it app fun.
I can’t help but feel that the 420 version of this would be hilarious to listen to. All the ‘woahhh’, and ‘can you see me’ and directional discombobulation are already 90% there already though… 😂
Try putting a stick on the front of the sub and a strong light on it. This way you get less direct reflections of the water particles in front of you and can see further. It would also help if you put the light a bit off axis, like on top or the bottom of the sub, instead straight next to camera lens. Same effect like headlights in fog vs fog lights down low.
Also I can't find any photos of a mounted M249 on Navy or Coast Guard vessels, except for one with an M240 mislabelled as an M249 But loads with a mounted M240
Hmmm, this video brings up interesting challenges with communicating and locating. Two blue-sky thoughts: 1) The lights worked well for signaling, but seemed pretty weak. Light is going to be limited no matter what, but could one build tiny little aimable green lasers with simplistic cameras that can detect that green laser light specifically. Then when you want both subs to locate each other by visual, both subs turn on their lasers/cameras. If they're pointing vaguely at one another, then it should be easy for each camera to see the other's laser (like they're painting themselves), then aim their laser at the other - basically, the subs would lock on to each other with a visible green laser light between them. Would green lasers be better? Water filters out the red light (I think), so I figured a high power green would work okay. Not that this is really a thing. 1A) Oh! If the lasers can be aimed to paint actual targets like the wreck, then a companion sub could basically use the same system to make their laser point directly at what their partner is pointing at, so you know where everyone is looking. You'd need to be able to tell the laser/camera to point forward so you can aim the sub at the object you want to highlight. 2) Is it possible to make the submarines emit audio pings, and build or use an existing sonar system that can locate them much more precisely than scanning the lakebed, since they can tune to each submarine's acoustic chirping? Sound is about the only medium to use to transmit information wireless down there, right? No real light/radio based stuff that will reach? *EDIT:* Anyone remember the movie _Batteries Not Included?_ 😀
Looks like having a Dive Buddy is great not just for SCUBA Diving, but also great for Drone Submarining. 100% one of you would of gotten your lines tangled up without the other one there to help. Awesome video.
That’s a a hell of case of anthropomorphism watching those cute little r/c subs zoom around lost and curious on the lakebed, extensions of their pilots.
For a future projects maybe create some gadgets to help with missions like this. Deployable lights that could be put around the target site, additional small drones to manage your cables under the water., got to be some useful things you could come up with.
Hey man, I love your videos! I really appreciate your respect for the wreck as a local SCUBA diver. We have taken great care to not disturb these pieces of history over the years, but I've seen a few youTubers dragging drone cables through these wrecks recently. Any chance you'd be willing to ad a quick note at the start of these videos in the hopes that more people will learn about the need to protect these sites? Thank you! P.S. : If you ever lose anything in deeper water and need a recovery or want to get certified yourself, feel free to reach out.
I haven't played WT in years but you can tell you don't play it Daniel. But if they are paying you to sell it and it help you keep posting the wild stuff you make, hell yeah 😂
Absolutely. You know what's funnier? In game planes were hard to recognize, because of being far, small and blurry. But tanks are much closer, they were hard to recognize, because you often only see a piece. By that you should decide how to approach, so you must get good at it. I went to a museum recently and they had a part of T34 track laying on the ground. I immediately recognized where it came from, like my brain autocompleted the rest of it. Weird feeling, oddly satisfying
I've been playing since 2012 and the last 4 years have been indescribably bad. Gaijin added so many premium jets and they're so unbalanced / compressed that the game is unplayable if you aren't playing a p2w meta premium. It was so fun back in the day but now it's just a cash grab dumpster fire
Watching this and listening to you two communicating... it could just as well be two dudes playing some co-op spookey video game where you fumble around in the dark, this is great! :D
09:02 It's as if two robots (with cute faces) are having a dialogue at the bottom of the sea. Adorable lol. You should do a whole mini series about the adventure of two aquatic robot bros from the mind and perspective of the "bot bros".
There's some Polish guys doing really quite impressive 3D printed submersibles with hobby grade gear 💪. Search exploring flooded uranium mine on RUclips and you'll find it if by some miracle you haven't already 😁
seems like adding an arm with a camera behind the sub would make it easier to see like when you were watching each other work. i'm guessing you can make some other improvements too!
The dual submarine action was pretty sweet, really enjoyed being able to see more clearly the sub in action. I wonder if a laser line offset from the camera would help understand depth to objects?
I wonder if you could have a tethered way station that passes communication controls through it to the drone so that the drone itself could be wireless. The tethered way station would need to stay fairly close to the drone but it would make it much less likely that the tether line would get tangled. You'd just have to make sure that the way station kept line of sight to the drone. Having the drone go behind a big chunk of metal would probably break the communication link. Possibly adding a short length of antenna to the Drone might also help.
I see this was back in May (on my birthday!) But it seems like your most successful method was using a chase sub to basically create a third person view. Then you can see if the lead sub is in a good spot and the chase sub should be fairly easy to just stay oriented to the lead. Also I'm guessing on your monitors it wasn't like this but in the footage, the lights were counterproductive in the murky water. Last thought, it seems like having a sliding float on your tether to keep it somewhat vertical would make it easier to avoid getting tangled. Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.
It seems like it would be super helpful to drop a flood light from your boat to better illuminate the area so that your ROVs aren't blinding themselves all the time.
You should build an underwater chandelier, like a big array of that super bright LED you built. Bring the lighting down with your subs so the headlights aren't blowing everything out and you can explore easier.
Haha, right when I said "Oh, maybe that party boat will pop up..." as the Hiyu appeared on screen at 29:14. I watched Avian Invasion perform live from the deck of her over Twitch one day a few months ago with a drone pilot providing a few orbits and seaplane takeoff and landings.
@rctestflight I think you just mentioned your next engineering challenge.. an independent device to attach to a sub that will essentially burp a portion of air from the sub for locating.
Wow!!! If you have a real time 3D scanning device on the sub and a screen right next to you showing the scans and the subs relative position you'd have a greate time navigating around it (or any other cool stuff you may come to in the future). Would be a cool project to watch you go through.
Another YT site which uses the RCV subs is Lost Mines. They recently explored a mine with wall writings dated 1750, 26 years before our independence. They have several videos of diving into mines in Wales, UK.
I've been wondering, if you add a gripper to one of those subs, maybe you could use them to grab sea urchins. That's seriously good food. And if there's too many of them, eating some will help the kelp grow.
The sunk log you see in your video is likely worth a lot. If you know where that is located, you could likely get a good commission from a licensed timber salver. Sunk logs that were originally harvested by humans, can be worth a lot. If it has cuts on the end, salvors can make some money from it.
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Try using red or green or blue lights! I wonder if youll be able to see better in defferent spectrum. Love your work!
My inner child is just reeeeeally mad at you for not acknowledging Sebastian's Dick Joke at 10:36. 👀
"nucular" 😂
Make a data/control-line management system, using empty 2KG 3D filament spools.
Jf-17 is not operated by Chinese, it's Pakistani manufactured with Russian engine, Italian radar.
Remind me to never get directions from the two of you
Lol, definitely one of the most frustrating videos of his to watch. Leave the bloody lights off, 😂
This was painful to watch.
I imagine they were struggling to see their phone screens in the full sun
Yeah but I bet they had so much fun tho. I've had many similar conversations with my friends lmao
"Nor- Wait no, Sou- ... Wait where are you? I can't see you I'll turn my lights off."
To be fair, I think they were more focused on trying to get some good footage underwater. Plus, like they said in the video, first time they're really doing underwater submarine stuff together. So I guess I can forgive them for running around in circles trying not to get tangled up playing finding nemo. 😆
Daniel: Precision maneuvers, careful not to disturb anything
Sebastian: *pinball noises*
In all seriousness, this is one of the cooler things we've seen you do. Underwater proximity FPV should be a thing - those sequences where you were following Sebastian around were excellent.
This was like listening to Beavis and Butthead Do Sea Drones! 😂
that is sooooo a motor lol
What do you want?! CORDINATES?!
"Huh... hhhhuhhh, huh. Go up, Beavis" I love those guys, lol
"TP for my bung-hole!"
Huh Huh Huh he said cockpit huh huh huh
I dove that site 50 years ago. We found it towing a proton magnetometer. Then, no GPS, no side scanning sonar anyone could afford, and depth meters that’s all they did. Now depth sounders could probably find it . We’d get a disturbance, drop a marker and one of us would bounce dive it. There were lots of bounce dives as there were sunken log bundles tied together with wire rope. When trying to beach there, no wheels on it, the pilot was encountering a strong wind and hit a poling that knocked one of the wing tip floats off. Turning a full circle when the wing without the float was on the down wind side it tipped to that side and down it went. All got off ok. The navy did a dive shortly thereafter and removed the machine gun. I am 82 now.
I have a fish finder that would show a 3d image if i floated by it. Its so dang cool. I’d be happy just doing that without diving
@@nietfiereven at that depth? Which fish finder you running? Some of the new Garmins are insane!
@@ShreddinSledsThe one i use the most, scans the sides of the boat in a narrow band and shows me the shadows of objects too. So i get a bright light for the object and the shadow projection behind it, which gives me the height too. Its a humminbird fish finder.
I feel like using your lights in that water is like using your highbeams in foggy or very snowy conditions - you get more light reflected back at you so you actually can't see as well at times. Looks good when you're up close to get proper colours though
Maybe use one sub as mobile light from a meter behind (and up)?
The further away from the camera the better the view. When it’s right next to the camera the light reflects directly back at the camera
The lights on these subs are too close to the camera. They need to be further out so that the light isn't lighting debris right in front of the camera. Dirty J designs makes some mounts to put lights out past the edges of the thrusters.
@@jonny360 You are wrong, the lights are perfect, you just have to always buy two drones ;)
@@daviniusb6798 its basic underwater photography 101
your friend is always 3 inches from the thing he's looking at lmao
I am greatly enjoying the vibes he brings 😂
these 2 underwater robits have the most interesting conversations 😂
Real
LOL your communication skills are fantastic. "I found it!" "Which way?" "This way!"
0:19 that is a machine gun, yes! It's a M240B machine gun, with what appears to be an EOtech EXPS-3 sight. Though admittedly it is a quite a distance and I could be mistaking it for a Trijicon MGRS optic.
Navy submarine vet here and these were much easier to haul up into the sail for senty watch then the old m60s 😂
Probably a MK48 since that's mainly what the navy around there uses now
99% sure he was joking when he said that lmao. obviously its a gun
@frogshadow4189 That's a Coast Guard boat though, they still use the M240. Also the overall profile doesn't fit the MK48, which looks like a big M249.
@@Linuxpunk81 I packed the M60 through basic in 1992, but never got my hands on their replacements... I loved that thing. Good times!
11:13 this is some NASA-level communication skills going on!!
One in meters, one in feet.
I feel like these drones need an artificial horizon or something and you need an instrument rating to pilot. So easy to get disoriented.
ISR: Instrument Swim Rules
Artifical horizon might actually be a great idea
It wouldn't even be that hard, just basic 6-axis gyro sensor added to the main board.
The trend from manufacturers that requires me to use an app on my phone has got to stop. It's a timebomb that renders these very expensive objects useless after an indeterminate amount of time. Sell me a completely functional product, please.
Or at least make the api open so that people can make their apps if the manufacturer deprecates the official app
As long as you're happy to pay an extra couple thousand dollars per unit, sure.
@@fuduzan5562that makes zero sense
@@fuduzan5562why would a control unit cost a thousand dollars?
Total chaos
just started my shift, time to procrastinate with some rctestflight!! :)
You will go blind if you procrastinate
Procrastinate at your own risk
Stealing time? 😱
@@dijosto it's okay, I was able to perform audits while enjoying the video. 🤗
The tail section is at Pima air and space museum in Tucson. If you love aviation, especially military aviation, it is one of the largest collections of air planes in the world. It is also right next to the US air force bone yard, which is a sight to see on its own, although they no longer allow tours of the bone yard.
They stopped the bus tours? That's a bummer.
TITLE: exploring ww2 bomber
90% of video: "i have absolute no clue whatsoever where i am!"
😂 total pandemonium
Drop 3 nav beacons on the bottom and absolute positioning should be a lot easier
ok a two player Co-op underwater mini drone sea exploration game would be kinda fun ngl
So I use these for work sometimes, and what I like to do when I’m trying to get a stable view on something is hit the depth lock button (bottom right on the controller, looks like a line with an arrow on top and below pointing to it) and then using the left scroll wheel to adjust depth. That way, even if you have your pitch at some crazy angle, you still only move laterally, and it’s way easier for manual station keeping if you want to take a detailed look at something
The right scroll wheel on the controller (top, think where triggers would be, next to the light switches) is used for accessories like the grabber arm or water sampler; left switches allow you to switch through a few control modes
This was definitely a lights off operation. Lights only needed when trying to locate each other or looking for details
As soon as I saw you guys put two drones into the water, my immediate thought was "those things are going to get tangled _immediately"._
Glad I was not disappointed.
Yeah. Same... What in the Christmas lights were they thinking? 😂
Rope trick, for your cabling! 😊i came from a family business repainting watertowers and needing to have e 300’ airlines (& etc.) running up it. Undo the cabling at both ends, then fold it doing an over/under fold… do that like 3 times to work out the twists, when you do it that way, when its folded, it should lay flat, as in none of the cabling is pushing out or away. Then just screw a cone to a flat square board, it’ll lay flat, and pull out without twisting(tangling). You’ll have to be diligent with it to keep it from twisting and knocking. See how sailers tie up line they need quick access to that can’t twist when they need it.
It’ll save you so much headache and keep it app fun.
I can’t help but feel that the 420 version of this would be hilarious to listen to. All the ‘woahhh’, and ‘can you see me’ and directional discombobulation are already 90% there already though… 😂
Try putting a stick on the front of the sub and a strong light on it. This way you get less direct reflections of the water particles in front of you and can see further.
It would also help if you put the light a bit off axis, like on top or the bottom of the sub, instead straight next to camera lens. Same effect like headlights in fog vs fog lights down low.
That looked indeed like a machine gun
M240?
@@alphaadhito looks like it, with a halo scope maybe?
Navy vet here, it is.
@@Nate7.75 What you're mistaking as an optic is the ammo box and carry handle on the side.
Yup, that’s an M240B. No scope used by the CG.
Those RC subs are about the coolest thing I'd like to own, but can't justify at their current cost.
How much are they?
What about diy like the CPS(5) project?
several folk on this platform have made their own with tubes and syringes.
give it a go!
@@amandahugankiss4110 yeah...I want one to take out on the lake with my boat. Not looking for a bathtub toy.
@@Gopherdave1 the FIFISH V6 Expert starts around $3k USD. Does look like they have a $1,300 model now, though.
Co-op RC sub exploration seems to be a fun activity.
Even more evidence that there is a lot more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky!
I just love how 80% of this video is just "Where are you? I'm here, my App crashed! Where am I!!!!"
I was thinking "hmmm i wonder if you can do some photogametry with it" and then you just showed it.
Fantastic
0:18 that's definitely a M240 or M249 lmao
Stock, and sight on the end of the barrel look more like an M240 than an M249 to me
Also I can't find any photos of a mounted M249 on Navy or Coast Guard vessels, except for one with an M240 mislabelled as an M249
But loads with a mounted M240
Hmmm, this video brings up interesting challenges with communicating and locating. Two blue-sky thoughts:
1) The lights worked well for signaling, but seemed pretty weak. Light is going to be limited no matter what, but could one build tiny little aimable green lasers with simplistic cameras that can detect that green laser light specifically. Then when you want both subs to locate each other by visual, both subs turn on their lasers/cameras. If they're pointing vaguely at one another, then it should be easy for each camera to see the other's laser (like they're painting themselves), then aim their laser at the other - basically, the subs would lock on to each other with a visible green laser light between them. Would green lasers be better? Water filters out the red light (I think), so I figured a high power green would work okay. Not that this is really a thing.
1A) Oh! If the lasers can be aimed to paint actual targets like the wreck, then a companion sub could basically use the same system to make their laser point directly at what their partner is pointing at, so you know where everyone is looking. You'd need to be able to tell the laser/camera to point forward so you can aim the sub at the object you want to highlight.
2) Is it possible to make the submarines emit audio pings, and build or use an existing sonar system that can locate them much more precisely than scanning the lakebed, since they can tune to each submarine's acoustic chirping? Sound is about the only medium to use to transmit information wireless down there, right? No real light/radio based stuff that will reach?
*EDIT:* Anyone remember the movie _Batteries Not Included?_ 😀
I'm 22 and it used to be my favorite movie ever, my mom just had it lying around for some reason. I don't remember much from it though...
Looks like having a Dive Buddy is great not just for SCUBA Diving, but also great for Drone Submarining.
100% one of you would of gotten your lines tangled up without the other one there to help. Awesome video.
That’s a a hell of case of anthropomorphism watching those cute little r/c subs zoom around lost and curious on the lakebed, extensions of their pilots.
it would be a nice project to make an automatic line feeder so there is no random floating cable what can tangle
For a future projects maybe create some gadgets to help with missions like this. Deployable lights that could be put around the target site, additional small drones to manage your cables under the water., got to be some useful things you could come up with.
Easily one of my favorite YT channels; thanks!
Hey man, I love your videos! I really appreciate your respect for the wreck as a local SCUBA diver. We have taken great care to not disturb these pieces of history over the years, but I've seen a few youTubers dragging drone cables through these wrecks recently. Any chance you'd be willing to ad a quick note at the start of these videos in the hopes that more people will learn about the need to protect these sites? Thank you! P.S. : If you ever lose anything in deeper water and need a recovery or want to get certified yourself, feel free to reach out.
As someone who spent many years working with ROVs, I found the commentary hilarious! Thanks guys!
I'll tell you what I'd do, man. Two subs at the same time.
I just realized thats the boeing 737 plant behind you guys
Thanks for taking me on the adventure :)
I love these RC submarine videos!
I haven't played WT in years but you can tell you don't play it Daniel. But if they are paying you to sell it and it help you keep posting the wild stuff you make, hell yeah 😂
Absolutely. You know what's funnier? In game planes were hard to recognize, because of being far, small and blurry. But tanks are much closer, they were hard to recognize, because you often only see a piece. By that you should decide how to approach, so you must get good at it. I went to a museum recently and they had a part of T34 track laying on the ground. I immediately recognized where it came from, like my brain autocompleted the rest of it. Weird feeling, oddly satisfying
I've been playing since 2012 and the last 4 years have been indescribably bad. Gaijin added so many premium jets and they're so unbalanced / compressed that the game is unplayable if you aren't playing a p2w meta premium. It was so fun back in the day but now it's just a cash grab dumpster fire
Watching this and listening to you two communicating... it could just as well be two dudes playing some co-op spookey video game where you fumble around in the dark, this is great! :D
16:55 what's that electric stove doing on a WW2 airplane? 😂😂😂😂
09:02 It's as if two robots (with cute faces) are having a dialogue at the bottom of the sea. Adorable lol. You should do a whole mini series about the adventure of two aquatic robot bros from the mind and perspective of the "bot bros".
going on fpv underwater droning adventures is next-level gaming
I was reading about this wreck a month ago and hoped you might explore this one day. Nice job mind reader
New fear unlocked, surface tension spiders.
I had one board my kayak once. That was not fun.
It's really helpful to have 2 throwable bouys w/lead anchor strip for orienting and positioning yourself in open water relative to sonar finds.
Is that you? One of you turn on your light if you see me.
💡
Oh yeah, thats you. u see me *💡*?@@jocax188723
The banter back and forth is the crowning achievement of this video! 🤣 Like listening to Beavis and Butthead Explore a Shipwreck. 🤣🤣 I love it!
Hi Daniel ! Love your enthusiasm. Definitely something to aspire to.
The new 'Daniel in front of the overhead projector' scenes are great fun!
11:35 “The bombers to my right” it’s to your right? “To my wa what” I’ve never laughed so hard through a video
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I was working and just listening to the video. I have to say it makes the commentary very suggestive
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There's some Polish guys doing really quite impressive 3D printed submersibles with hobby grade gear 💪. Search exploring flooded uranium mine on RUclips and you'll find it if by some miracle you haven't already 😁
more like rctestflight your enthusiasm
These submarine videos are great!
Y'all are the Abbot and Costello of underwater exploration!
Who's on bomber?
You're on bomber?
I'm on bomber?....
10:00 Ladies, Gentlemen and anything in between and outside of it, may I present to you: "Two Scientists"! 😘
typical tuesday activities
Oooh yeeeahh! These are some of my favourite rctf videos ❤ 😃
i cant belive how often you have a completly calm lake, where i live in norway that never happens
Dude this was the funniest video I’ve watched in a while 😂
seems like adding an arm with a camera behind the sub would make it easier to see like when you were watching each other work. i'm guessing you can make some other improvements too!
The dual submarine action was pretty sweet, really enjoyed being able to see more clearly the sub in action. I wonder if a laser line offset from the camera would help understand depth to objects?
I wonder if you could have a tethered way station that passes communication controls through it to the drone so that the drone itself could be wireless. The tethered way station would need to stay fairly close to the drone but it would make it much less likely that the tether line would get tangled. You'd just have to make sure that the way station kept line of sight to the drone. Having the drone go behind a big chunk of metal would probably break the communication link. Possibly adding a short length of antenna to the Drone might also help.
I really enjoy these type of video!! :) Keep doing more once in a while! Also cool that you had company this time
I see this was back in May (on my birthday!) But it seems like your most successful method was using a chase sub to basically create a third person view. Then you can see if the lead sub is in a good spot and the chase sub should be fairly easy to just stay oriented to the lead.
Also I'm guessing on your monitors it wasn't like this but in the footage, the lights were counterproductive in the murky water.
Last thought, it seems like having a sliding float on your tether to keep it somewhat vertical would make it easier to avoid getting tangled.
Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.
This might be the funniest RC related video on RUclips, my stomach hurts from laughing so much at the constant confusion and bad directions
It seems like it would be super helpful to drop a flood light from your boat to better illuminate the area so that your ROVs aren't blinding themselves all the time.
As a diver, I can confirm that finding poorly-marked wrecks in murky water is _exactly as hard in person_ as it is with a drone.
You should build an underwater chandelier, like a big array of that super bright LED you built. Bring the lighting down with your subs so the headlights aren't blowing everything out and you can explore easier.
Woow thats awesome adventure 😊
Haha, right when I said "Oh, maybe that party boat will pop up..." as the Hiyu appeared on screen at 29:14. I watched Avian Invasion perform live from the deck of her over Twitch one day a few months ago with a drone pilot providing a few orbits and seaplane takeoff and landings.
@rctestflight I think you just mentioned your next engineering challenge.. an independent device to attach to a sub that will essentially burp a portion of air from the sub for locating.
Wow!!! If you have a real time 3D scanning device on the sub and a screen right next to you showing the scans and the subs relative position you'd have a greate time navigating around it (or any other cool stuff you may come to in the future). Would be a cool project to watch you go through.
This was real cool guys!😊
I love these ROV videos you should make your own that would make a cool video
This video is amazing 😂 love the commentary
The point of view from the submarine made it look like Sebastian and Daniel were having conversations underwater, its very amusing :)
Great work tying in the sponsor with the plane.
Maybe try reflective Tape on the subs, especially the dark one so you see each other better?
Another YT site which uses the RCV subs is Lost Mines. They recently explored a mine with wall writings dated 1750, 26 years before our independence. They have several videos of diving into mines in Wales, UK.
Just when I thought youtube had given up on giving me interesting vids.. bam. RC testflight.
Thanks guys, keep em coming.
I've been wondering, if you add a gripper to one of those subs, maybe you could use them to grab sea urchins. That's seriously good food. And if there's too many of them, eating some will help the kelp grow.
second guy driving that thing like he's actually on a sub being deprived of oxygen
It would be great if they also had thermal and night vision cameras.
Thermal would not do much, everything down there will be the same temperature as the surrounding sea, except maybe the fish.
Amazinf footage. We need underwater 3d gps technology.
Your weather for this time of year is way too good....🤔😳🇬🇧
The sunk log you see in your video is likely worth a lot. If you know where that is located, you could likely get a good commission from a licensed timber salver. Sunk logs that were originally harvested by humans, can be worth a lot. If it has cuts on the end, salvors can make some money from it.
YEEEEEES NEW VIDEOS!!!!!!
This looks like a pretty cool place to scuba dive, but 46° would require a very very warm drysuit.
I feel like these RC submarines would be a lot more usable with FPV goggles so you don't have to fight the sun
13:10 What is causing bubbles to come out of the plane?