[hackerspaces] Building a RC Submarine

Buddy Smith buddy.smith at ieee.org
Thu Jan 6 15:52:46 CET 2011


On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Vladimir Vassilev
<vladimir.vassilev at startup-bg.org> wrote:
> Hey, guys!
> Have you planned building a rc submarine from scratch in any hackerspace? We
> got several members coming from a speleo-club (I consider myself one of
> them) with the idea of building a submarine for exploring underwater parts
> of caves that would otherwise require a lot of equipment and if a diver is
> not cautious enough, might get into a CO2 pocket and have a nice funeral a
> little bit latter on.
> Coupled with a cordless camera this could be a great advantage for checking
> whether to dip into the cold water of a cave lake.
> Any help, comments or suggestions are welcome!
> Cheers,
>

Wireless doesn't work so well under water……


I hope you mean tethered, or autonomous :)

--buddy


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