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[@LafayetteSystems]

This is an unbelievably cool project! You don’t usually see “Homemade,” “sidescan sonar” and “submarine” in the same sentence but you guys pulled it off beautifully

[@Archivus23]

Would've been cooler if they didn't just spend loads of money on popular hardware made for scanning.

[@Gl1tchy_B01_09]

Dude your videos are so good

[@tetronaut88]

Hi! You should rename yourself Elton john, because you're a rocket man lol.

[@everettgihring8099]

Yo! Fancy seeing you here!

[@Iugeer]

@@Archivus23 you expect them to build a whole sonar array from scratch?

[@paulcorrigan7999]

The boat needs a DPS (Dynamic Positioning System) and then it will be just like a real dive support vessel.

[@xureality]

ardupilot can dynamically hold position with loiter mode, not sure why they didn't use it here.

[@FarmerFpv]

More Vodka fix that my friends. Meow.

[@CPSdrone]

Yeah, we tested out the loiter mode, but it didn't work well because our motors spin only in one direction and the boat can't go backwards. I think loiter mode requires that

[@vinayakkhanna8303]

@@CPSdrone How do you fund these projects?

[@BrooksMoses]

@@CPSdrone : Would steering the motor pods 360 degrees rather than just 180 be enough to get that to work?

[@finnigan16]

I've worked in the marine robotics industry for over ten years now, and I've actually run surveys there just off the coast of Gdansk and Gdynia. You guys are doing a great job! Very impressive. It's a lot of fun watching your projects unfold.

[@Muhsaft86]

So you got a call from the Soviet Union?

[@Evathedefiler]

This is joke but I no understand (and no I’m 3 years old baby talking)

[@Kawka1122]

​@@Evathedefiler Joke is about red phone calling about lost IŁ-2. It was soviet plane.

[@даниилпрохоров-о4е]

Nowadays USSR has problems with it's own fleet , so they decided to call the experts :)

[@CPSdrone]

Wait, I totally forgot to call her back! let me do that really quick

[@Pyronimous]

The Soviet Union called, they wanted their plane back

[@BPSspace]

You guys are hilarious and this project is super cool - underwater wrecks always give me the spooks but I love it. Great vid!

[@CPSdrone]

Thanks a lot! You just gave me a great new idea for a project: DIY submarine ballistic missiles hah ~Filip

[@mineline5620]

BPSSpace? Wow. Nice vids btw.

[@llaughridge]

BPS+CPS

[@Lockheed_martin_F-35]

@@llaughridge= slpash down rockets

[@someguy2965]

i hope they do more deep dives

[@CPSdrone]

me too actually

[@DyslexicEngineer]

For the radio link, you can maybe use ExpressLRS to have more range, Really good video !

[@ilya_k392]

I would even switch to 915mhz version to have better range so close to ground. And I would try to analyze the pins from the plug of the sonar sensor, and just try to mirror it over 4g\5g internet to the ground station head unit (but that will be quit difficult).

[@ZappelFly]

I was thinking exactly the same, when i saw the radio. With ELRS you can have a range of many kilometers at best. Maybe you could also do the videosignal via some drone protocol by simply filming the screen of the onboard Hummingbird with a drone camera. That would probably also save you some energy.

[@JayReding]

That would definitely help. Raising the antenna as much as possible would also help - the water is going to tend to reflect and scatter RF signals which can be very annoying to spread-spectrum systems. ELRS also has a 2.4gHz/915mHz combo option now that would be really nice for a use case like this.

[@yakacm]

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

[@TrinomCZ]

@@ilya_k392 Sorry guys, that's highly illegal in Europe. 900 MHz range is a 2G cell phone base frequency.

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

Tech diver here who has worked on quite a few survey/recovery projects. The professional companies I worked for all used Higain omnidirectional antennae even when using a drone 50 metres away. I was told it was amazing how much a swell of half a metre can affect the signal. Secondly, can you not print a housing that can be slung between the floats but 100% under the surface? That rectangular block could house your sub. As it is in the water, your sub should be able to be deployed free using thrusters. Upon return, the cable reel takes up the c\slack and the sub using thrusters again re-enters its housing block to return with the boat. The stress on the fibre cable put on it by towing puts your sub in danger of being lost if it snaps. The currents underwater can get up to 7-10 knots. Add that speed to the directional pull of the boat can put (boat speed+underwater current = total stress), on your fibre line.

[@dennisash7221]

Cool video. The problem you have with the waves is mainly due to the fact that you have a very short length of the boat making very unstable, there are two solutions to reduce the bounce of the boat, 1. make it longer, a lot longer 20 to 30 ft which would help stabilize but that will be a huge boat. The other way is to build the boat with SWATH technology hulls, if you can get the motors on a kind of pontoon that operates about 1m under the surface of the water you can have a super sable platform to mount the sonar onto. The other solution is to make a towable drone that operates at about 1m below the surface and mount the transducer onto that to maintain its stability. your image will be much smoother. This could have some far reaching implications for SAR in bodies of water, this is an awesome project.

[@Sailing360]

they COULD cheat and make the transducer (sonar head) that already sit on a stick.. add two gimbal servos to keep it mostly level at all times.. COULD add yaw as well to compensatete for boat being turned by waves during the search, simply do absolute stability on pitch and roll.. and dampened follow on yaw, so if you turn the boat, in a few seconds it will follow the boats new heading, but won't be tossed off by a abrupt yaw moment.. its a hack, but old-fashioned droned gimbals used servos and we flew 5-8pound cameras.. with servo stability - the tech is pretty off the shelf.

[@Ma_X64]

The first set of antennas did not work, most likely because, with the polarization it uses, there is a certain minimum height above the surface on which the antennas must be installed, and this is clearly not 2 meters.

[@CPSdrone]

very interesting

[@Ma_X64]

@@CPSdrone Also (purely from my own experience) radio systems often works better having significant height difference on their ends. Like, 10th stage of a building on one side and just ground -- another.

[@mfeldheim]

Your „little project“ literally replaces a multi-million dollar boat/helicopter/submarine which are usually used to find a wreck. That’s mindblowing. I love that you’ve also talked about some technical aspects

[@brinta2868]

@mfeldheim No, it doesn't literally replace a multi-million dollar boat/helicopter/submarine. They're doing this in shallow water and at a snail's pace. Searching for MH370 and the likes requires multi-million dollar equipment.

[@mfeldheim]

@@brinta2868 that’s a point 😂 still, cool project

[@k27vids1]

how aren’t you famous? You’re literally the plug of entertainment, and the fact that you don’t have 1 million is just unacceptable.

[@cristiangarces5832]

Amazing video! Brief note about the wreck The remains of the IL2 in the bottom of the water are the metal components of the plane, basically the main fuselage and the roots of the wings. The wings and tail were made of wood, so they disappeared by degradation and time. There is a wonderful scale model made by Diego Quijano in 1/48 of an IL2 showing its materials, look at it, and you will see how the submerged remains of the aircraft fit with the original metal structure of the plane.

[@lorenrb80]

This was epic, love watching people achieve professional results using off-the-shelf tech!

[@maciek_k.cichon]

Came for the plane, stayed a bid longer. You guys are smart, funny and give a fair amount of suspense. Subed.

[@3nertia]

As someone from Kentucky - the south - I'm certainly fine with you using the term "redneck" lol

[@KumquatChampion]

Im glad some one said it! Some one needs to tell Doug so we can have a cross over episode!

[@HueMongussD]

Awesome cameo appearance by an Opel. 👍🤣

[@ScienceFoxxy]

I had a similar idea when I was younger, and you guys did such a great job creating it irl. I could never have the patience, time, or materials to do this, great work!

[@spaideri]

Really cool projects. Couple of improvement ideas. Make the sonar be always vertical (active or passive control) and also maybe turn it to compensate for steering angle because of wind.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

A simple way to increase your transmitter's range: Lift an aerial with a Kite. *EDIT→* Great video. Subbed...👍

[@allthehandlesweretaken]

would a helium baloon work to?

[@thatcatthatalwayseatsyourchees]

@@allthehandlesweretaken probably too hard to get more of easily

[@lbgstzockt8493]

@@allthehandlesweretaken Anything to gain altitude works. Kites are just really cheap and easy

[@MaxSMoke777]

You don't really need to interact with the Hummingbird screen, do you? Just point a wireless camera at the Hummingbird screen, inside a black box. You'll lose a little resolution, but a DJI O3 Air Unit can transmit around 2 miles, uses less power, costs $200.

[@rsmith3062]

118k views and only 5.5k likes? come on people, how do you not like this video? 70% of what they do is way over my head but the projects and they undertake enthusiasm, expertise and even humor are captivating, let's go press the like button!!

[@iscuit]

This deserves millions of views 💯💯

[@erickwoodard9991]

I love watching your builds. I would add an international diving flag to the top of your boat so it wont get hit and tangled in a propeller.

[@adicsbtw]

For the future, a good option for long range wireless communication might be LoRaWAN it's specifically designed to be able to transmit and receive from ridiculous distances and very low powers. LoRaWAN specifically is designed to host a wifi network across the LoRa protocol, which would be perfect for your router issues. LoRa can easily span over a kilometer without directed antennae, and with them, I believe the range is ~8 km

[@bastienx8]

LoRa is for low power and low bandwidth applications, like remote sensors. In this case the direct video from their underwater drone require a lot more than a few kbps so I don't think it is a good option for them.

[@adicsbtw]

@@bastienx8 That's fair it's only a few Kb/s I believe still a neat technology tho

[@bastienx8]

@@adicsbtw Yes it's cool, but it's a bit expensive for consumers if you just want to try with little devices. For professional use cases (or semi pro) it is really great

[@travibe]

Bro you guys are flippin hilarious! I'm from Maryland in the USA, but lived in Louisiana for about 10 years (The south - cool guys with cool boats). Trust and believe they love their boats... they are members of their families. I've been watching something like 4 of your videos in a row laughing at your sarcasm. lol you guys are awesome keep up the good work!

[@yigitrecepozdemir4073]

Congragulations! You've acquired: *Army Tech*

[@yak-machining]

1:22 i got jump scared because i thought it was a smiling alien

[@Corsairtux]

Tell me you are polish without telling me you are polish: "The boat swim" Btw its super entertainment to watch you guys. I love you videos! For a moment I thought this was another video from @rctestflight

[@desert1701]

this was awesome! it's amazing how we don't know about stuff just 500m off our shores.

[@mocha_GTAG]

these guys deserve like super high level funding to make the coolest shit

[@Jay-qs1ef]

Great video, and great idea. I bet the emergency rescue search pattern (a bunch of weird triangles) would make the searching go more quickly. It's called "Sector Search"

[@2testtest2]

This is really cool stuff you are dooing. If you want to improve the quality of the sonar image, I would suggest you look into building a SWATH type vessel. They are specifically designed to not be affected so much by waves.

[@raptorrizzlorthe2ndraptor]

Now make a boat that can lift that plane up from the sea

[@NoGreedSeeds]

Innovative and inspirational. I love the approach, fully autonomous and wireless, with a top running boat to handle all the extra gear. 🎯💯💎

[@Hope_Boat]

It was very kind of you to put also the measurements in Darth Vador units.

[@patricksawesomeprobarly3331]

The blueprint scene is so good!

[@garrettwilliams9237]

You should add a gyroscope to the boat to correct for waves and wind

[@richdecibels]

the 3d model to 3d printing shot at 17:40 is so classy 👌

[@kubaflanker2186]

Miłe zaskoczenie jak usłyszałem polski język :) Fajnie zobaczyć takie projekty realizowane w Polsce, powodzenia w rozwoju kanału.

[@newmonengineering]

Awesome. Next version: a larger one with 2 solar panels on top and LRS radio link.

[@AndecIunson]

the more i see polish people the more i'd like to have been born a polish dude.. you seem to have an awesome country!

[@Big_Blue_Eyeland]

Man great great great job! You just made every billionaire treasure hunting outfit that cost thousands and thousands of dollars per day look like absolute chumps! My hats off you got a subscriber!

[@npsit1]

Waves are the reason most sonar systems ride below the surface of the water. Same with Ocean oil rigs. Their sponsons are well below water surface level which keeps the vessel steady.

[@davidschulz7352]

As someone born in the American south. Your good bro

[@MarkxTube]

Hey guys, great system! Built something simmilar for my sailboat a few years back and mapped a few wrecks in the Baltic. The key is to keep the sonar stable and with even water flow and deep as possible to avoid air bubbles from the surface. For mapping and seeing even more details check out the ReefMaster software. Happy hunting!

[@GrindHardPlumbingCo]

Ridiculously cool guys!

[@CPSdrone]

Thanks a lot! I've recently discovered your channel as well :) I gotta say, we should probably also try making multiple videos from one project hah

[@f35t3r6]

Adventures with Purose would love to have one of these im sure for finding cars...

[@yakacm]

Fishing is complicated and expensive these days. They even have wee RC boats to drop bait, I wouldn't mind but the bait boats cost $2-$3,000.

[@kogger8519]

Finally you get to the sonars! 🤘

[@caposey]

2:39 What CPSdrone really said: We made new end cups for the hulls. CC: we made new end cups for the *h* Ah, yes. H.

[@DarrinJillson]

Great job! You have a nice system for finding underwater objects. We will borrow some of these ideas for our underwater search and rescue projects.

[@glenndhooge6787]

I love what you guys keep inventing and doing with the CPS drone. you two keep amezing me

[@73Ferret]

Love this, having worked around USVs for years. I remember using a Tritech Starfish SSS logging to a pc on the USV, and the software allowed you to control it all over a Wi-Fi link. Keep it up!!?

[@bowieinc]

Great video over all. Really enjoyed. Great perseverance.

[@rikvermeer1325]

Wow, great video guys!! Loving every bit of it

[@davegillbert8947]

im convinced you have infinite funds

[@Swiftershock]

Your Videos are always very interesting and the quality is great!! keep up the good work!!

[@SUPER_HELPFUL]

Very tempted to try this out in lake Superior, tons of shipwrecks and very little footage of the deeper areas.

[@mjklein]

Well done! We have some WWII fighter aircraft offshore in Taiwan but no one has documented them.

[@Sleeepydudee]

Thank you algorithm for recommending this gem to me! Looking forward to more interesting project from you guys!

[@hapskie]

Fantastic video, subscribed! Also like the narration, you guys are funny :)

[@piczer2643]

ciekawy projekt panowie, POLSKA GUROM

[@xmeo209]

Dude! I just discovered this channel today and watched almost every vid.

[@tonygagey]

well done you guys! Maybe more powerful motors on the boat? But definitely a win!

[@linecraftman3907]

Amazing project, no way this was cheap or easy! I wonder if you ever managed to take a picture of the drone with a sonar 😁

[@darrelljacobjr2120]

11:17 It's called a fov microcam aimed at the screen transmitting video to your ground station.

[@darrelljacobjr2120]

Since the water is basically radio opaque, mount your antennas on fiberglass poles (driveway markers) sticking up above the boat. First rule of ham radio...good antennas, mounted as high as is practical. On both the boat and the ground station.

[@easydoesit2006]

Awesome project and expertly executed bravo🎉🎉

[@vert2552]

i mean with all the cool stuff you do, seeing how you designed smallest plastic winner to hold whole drone, my first reaction within 5s was "lol how is it supposed to hold it?" :P

[@martin09091989]

Use Express LRS! That stuff is unbelievably good! I fly my drones and planes with it and even after the dji video link brakes up I still fly on 25mW. I just ones saw the dynamic mode going up to 100mW in the logs, but that was after flying recklessly behind a hill 2km away! 😂 Saved my ass, punshed the drone up and got it home. (no return to home) 😅

[@cristalliglike4134]

let`s go CPSdrone !

[@lewwadsworth547]

what about using one of those GPS trolling motors with spot lock. They keep much bigger boats in place than yours.

[@ptixcc314]

You can try CPL filter to cut out reflection while shooting on monitors and water surface.

[@tommydiy6531]

Great video, you could try installing some more powerful motors

[@psychorubygamer]

This is really cool. I need more content of this finding stuff.

[@roadsrfr]

Your video was much more interesting than I expected. Good luck with your next bit of searching 👍🏻.

[@chrisclw]

Exactly what I always wanted to build...an autonomous boat with a rc sub attached to it..

[@paps0n]

Great video guys, keep it up!

[@KastaRules]

I learned a new Polish word today: PRZYSTANEK.

[@Niki_777]

To fajnie ogólnie jeszcze dużo tego masz

[@loordimus]

Very inspirational! I've been planning to make an autonomous sonar boat for a couple of years now, this should help. I will be satisfied with the sonar unit recording the sideview though, no need for live feed in my case. Keep those cool projects coming! :)

[@Iugeer]

what will you be looking for

[@loordimus]

@@Iugeer Interesting targets for ROV exploration, good fishing spots and just overall curious about what lies under the surface.

[@stepfpv]

какая у вас интересная инженерная жизнь ))) белой завистью...

[@forestg10]

2:09 gd 😂

[@_c_y_p_3]

You guys did a beautiful job.

[@SlinkyD]

3:49 I use furlong when I'm giving distances on the web since people won't shut up about metric. Whether your use was a joke or not, I love it.

[@OuroborosGD]

2:10 geometry dash sound effect

[@nikodembartnik]

Super cool video!

[@CPSdrone]

Thanks Nikodem!

[@echo3996]

This video is deserving of a sub. That was really impressive thank you for sharing.

[@jbeyer321]

I've built a similar autonomous sonar boat for a different purpose. I also experienced and overcame many of the same issues :) I do like the added sub and it gives me a few ideas. Looks like you have a great team which would be very helpful. I'm only myself on my spare time. My next autonomous vehicle is a UUV since it solves some of the issues being on the surface, but also introduces some other issues.

[@Iugeer]

were you looking for treasure be honest

[@jbeyer321]

@Iugeer Just building a dataset for water quality data. I figured why not collect bathymetry data too. Treasure would be neat to find.

[@skippyfpvexperimentalrc6755]

If you want to go far…. Like really far, I’d recommend a control link called Dragonlink which was used to fly a rc plane in space. If you want to just go kinda far I’d recommend Crossfire control link. Great design tho!

[@zaneenaz4962]

Bravo well presented.

[@moonshot9056]

Amazing video of the plane, very cool video!

[@harmvaneijken2908]

So next objective. Make a array of these sonar units and really create a detailed map of the bottom

[@xedoken]

You guys have to switch to elrs, its way better, faster, cheaper and stronger then typical frsky/flysky drones and wings can go over 100km with no issues in good conditions

[@patryk3019]

Chłopaki pozdro z branży. Robię jako surveyor na zachódzie. Robiło się UXO, rurociągi. Teraz kamienie pod wiatraki i kable.

[@TheZombieSaints]

Awesome damn work guys! Really well done! 👏👏👏

[@markgreenwood7700]

You guys are geniuses and very entertaining!

[@Cammi_Rosalie]

Fact: There are more airplanes underwater, than there are submarines in the sky. Probably a fact: There are more airplanes underwater, than there are submarines underwater. Terrible jokes aside, This is really good stuff! Just a decade or so ago, no hobbyist or DIY builder could ever do these things.

[@JL-wf2wp]

Finally something interesting in youtube

[@prathameshdevaramani3651]

Love your work man , very cool . Can you make projects on aerial drones ?

[@jnnk132]

that was so entertaining. You gotta travel to other places and search for bigger wrecks!