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Unmanned Submarine

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I'm new to the single board processor hobby but I am working on an idea of an unmanned exploratory submarine.  Requirements would be GPS, Camera with small LED light for underwater pics, capability of location transmitting and solar cell for self recharging.  Would like to be able to launch to a coordinate and have it return days later, taking  pics along the way and self surfacing to recharge as well.  Any ideas or suggestions?

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  • Hi Tom, It might make sense to plan for surface travel except when it gets to areas of interest. On the surface you could use GPS for navigation and a satellite phone for communications as well as solar for energy. Under the water you would have difficulty even detecting if you were in a current or not. I am sure that there is mapping of major ocean currents that could be used for estimating drift. How big are you planning on making this submarine? Size is a consideration as scaling smaller reduces volume needed for battery capacity and infrastructure. This is illustrated by the reduction in range of small drones as compared to the large ones.

    Good luck, ideas like this are fun to think about.

    John

  • in reply to jw0752

    Wanted to stay sub surface as much as possible only surfacing for solar recharging and position checks.  Wanted to keep it small as possible. No more than 1 meter in length hopefully.

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