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Hi all. How about compiling a wish-list for what we want from manufacturers of remote controlled boats?
I’ll start:- HR Wallingford ARC boat: Please make a retrofit option to attach the motor directly to the propeller shaft. The drive belts are a nightmare! And it stops people from wanting to use the boat.
Sontek rQpod: I want a high speed rQpod! - All manufacturers: In NVE we use FPV cameras (no latency) pointing 90 degrees to the side to aid navigation on the far bank. The cameras we use (waterproof and built-in tansmitter) are no longer possible yo buy. Make this an option for your boats! (I know that RiverDrone does so). Video showing how we do it here: https://youtu.be/ekFUO7jJp0g
- All manufacturers: Tool to measure distance to shore (on far bank). Lidar (RiverDrone has one). UltraSound? Laser? Camera? (Like a reversing camera on a car. Several cameras and “sky view” like on some cars?)
- All manufacturers: A low cost auto-pilot like on a DJI drone.
- HR Wallingford ARC boat: Please make a retrofit option to attach the motor directly to the propeller shaft. The drive belts are a nightmare! And it stops people from wanting to use the boat.
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I’d agree with all of your suggestions, Kristoffer!
I would also add –
- Consider designing a boat as a sensor platform for multiple applications, so that it is easier to fit and power multiple sensors (a pickup truck rather than a taxi)
- Develop an option to collect water samples
- Develop a winch to allow lake monitoring
- A waterproof RC controller would be good!
- Supply boats with a trolley
- Consider offering integrated heading GPS – a boat hull provides for a much longer baseline than say a V102 or similar, and avoids the awkward top-heaviness
- Develop an effective propulsion system that is unaffected by weed
- Offer long range comms options (that are easy to set up and reliable!)
- Add a sensor to detect surface flow speed (a challenge on a moving boat, but I guess bottom tracking or GPS could solve for boat speed
- LOWER COST (I have not been able to buy any boats since moving to UKCEH as we have not had the budget to do so!)
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Hi all,
Very good suggestions. The waterproof RC is sorely needed..
To add to the flora of RC-boats for ADCP, here is another one:
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