Underwater Drone: Anchor Set Check, Safe Passages

[Jenta]

Originally Posted by SailBender

Yeah, this looks fun to me as a person that owns a couple of rc quad and tricopters. It makes me want to sell all of that stuff that is prone to crashing and expensive to fix to get one of these submersibles that should hopefully need very little maintenance and have almost no chance of flying off on its own to never be seen again.

At least flying off on their own you can pretend they flew off on some romantic adventure. Mine usually end up in a small crater with a 10 foot debris field of balsa wood, mylar and various electronic components that require forensics to determine what they were. Had there been passengers, there would have been no survivors...

[SailBender]

Originally Posted by Jenta

At least flying off on their own you can pretend they flew off on some romantic adventure. Mine usually end up in a small crater with a 10 foot debris field of balsa wood, mylar and various electronic components that require forensics to determine what they were. Had there been passengers, there would have been no survivors...

You understand my struggle!

[Bjooste]

I think it is a great idea

[Siberianhusky]

Check out the ROV section under boats on RCGroups.com.
Many people have built much more capable rovs for much less money.
Large diameter ABS piping for the bodies, onboard power using a LiPo battery usually, cat 5 ethernet cableback to a laptop for control and imaging.
Complete control boards are available.
Brushless DC motors can run underwater with no protection.
The sailboat section is pretty cool as well, I have a couple small RC sailboats I keep onboard for playing at anchor. Would love to try out a foiling RC cat!