That's really cool! It looks like you're in the SFBA (or at least launched your boat from nearby), so are you familiar with Sofar and Saildrone? Do you have a way for people to follow what you're doing, or pitch in? I'd be interested in this (contact info in my profile).
krasin|4 years ago
Yes, I am in SFBA; I know about Saildrone; Sailbuoy, Liquid Robotics and a few other similar companies pursuing small data-collection drone boats. I didn't hear about Sofar yet - thanks for the link.
As a full disclosure, the boat I launched was made under collaboration with Blue Trail Engineering ([1]) known for SeaCharger ([2]). All cool parts on the photo are from them; my parts were camera / extra satellite modem / some cloud autopilot. I am way less cool than Damon from Blue Trail Engineering.
As for my solar drone boats hobby, it's so slow moving that there's nothing to follow at the moment. If I get the second boat out of the CAD stage, I would probably get something on my low-profile youtube channel ([3]). But I would not expect anything too soon: bigger boat requires very careful engineering, and with my limited hobby budget it will take time.
Anyway, thank you for the words of encouragement. :)
1. https://www.bluetrailengineering.com/ 2. http://www.seacharger.com/ 3. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXLwwf3muIhUs7zYIbRTHNw
algo_trader|4 years ago
Can you hit 10 year life time if you use commercial grade components?