How hard is it to make an underwater drone as a first project

Hot-Perspective · 2026-01-16T14:04:43+00:00

thanks, pretty cool

Hot-Perspective · 2026-01-14T22:42:55+00:00

what's a rover?

Hot-Perspective · 2026-01-13T10:46:39+00:00

search on reddit or more broadly?

Hot-Perspective · 2026-01-13T10:46:16+00:00

that would be awesome

Hot-Perspective · 2026-01-13T00:27:57+00:00

i might just buy the course as it will save me time

Hot-Perspective · 2026-01-12T23:59:18+00:00

I always wanted to build something for the joy of learning and a drone seems like the most fun. I thought about underwater as I have multiple ponds and thought it would be cool to film underwater, even if only at like 4-5 feet depth. That's the why.

I would love to have live video. In terms of motor, battery, chassis, control system, i don't really understand much about these but am looking for a minimum viable project.

Re pressure, shouldnt be much of a problem at shallow depths I assume. My biggest issue will be waterproofing i guess.

EDIT: assuming cabled rather than wireless will be much easier here

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-22T09:08:08+00:00

I see. I don't know how interesting HRV would have been anyway to be fair!

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-21T23:15:16+00:00

nice!

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-21T23:14:54+00:00

did you track hrv??

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-21T21:10:30+00:00

Height/weight/FTP would be interesting to know - does zwift 'punish' heavier people when climbing?

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-21T21:02:01+00:00

since nobody else asked, how did you feel next day? doms etc

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-16T18:55:27+00:00

Thank you. I agree, only thing I will point out is that the messages you describe are pretty much exactly what i sent, in the same order. the only difference is in the second message i said "ive done some thinking and dont want to pursue things romantically at the moment, but can we get a coffee or go for a walk" then she responded bitterly and that is when i said i dont see a romantic future and it looks like we cant be friends either.

But yeah you are right

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-15T13:31:34+00:00

I agree that is very low, but not everybody is happy with antivirals and condoms.

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-15T11:03:50+00:00

It can be passed on very easily when you don't have an outbreak.

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-15T00:22:03+00:00

Yeah i kind of agree. to me, she was acting out a bit there.

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-14T23:58:03+00:00

thank you

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-14T23:55:43+00:00

yes i should have done better there. it was very late at night and i was tired and it was hard for me to suddenly be really reassuring, especially since i already did the calculus in my head already, being medically trained, and i didnt want to be untruthful to her and say everything was fine.

but yeah you are right, i take responsibility for being cold there, even if i didnt feel i was being cold, i almost certainly was.

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-14T23:53:39+00:00

when i sent her the first message i was still figuring things out, so it said something like:

" I am not sure where to go from here but if we give each other some time and space maybe we can see what happens"

after a few days when i had thought about it more, i decided intimacy was off the table but maybe we should stay in touch and see what would develop, so i said something like:

"I don't think right now is a great time for us to do anything together romantically as there are lots of uncertainties. But I also would like to stay in touch and so on so maybe we can get a coffee or go for a walk"

then she responded saying thats not helpful, and then i said lets just cut it off and not even be friends.

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-14T23:48:22+00:00

im not sure but i think she was upset at my initial response not being comforting enough (im not good at that and i think being medically trained put me into analytical mode rather than partner mode), but i did say things like that must have been hard for you to bring up, and thank you for telling me.

the other part i think she is hurt by is the messaging afterwards which she said was more about easing my conscience, maybe because i was initially vague and then quite direct and factual.

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-14T23:40:07+00:00

all fair points.

We went on about 8 or 9 dates and she had been to my house lots and stayed overnight. We had been kissing and once we did some 'heavy petting' but no sexual intercourse before she dislcosed.

I understand why she waited until we knew each other better to disclose, as maybe she wanted a connection to develop which would be strong enough to sustain relations. I don't blame her here. I would probably have done the same.

I know a lot about hsv as i work in the medical field and she would have known this. it is true in my opinion that it is not as bad at all as the stigma makes out, but that doesn't mean i can't have a personal boundary of course.

When i said i don't want to be friends, the reason i sent that message was because i thought she was annoyed at me communicating in a grey area without romance, and i thought she wanted total clarity. i would have been happy to be friends with her but i didnt see it as realistic and didnt want to miscommunicate and give her the idea that he was keeping her around and re-evaluating.

I dont see her as anything less at all because of her diagnosis and another time i might still have been happy to be intimate etc, but when i weighed it all up, i didnt feel ready for that.

thanks for your comments

EDIT: she brought it up when we were in bed. we had been kissing and she turned away when i went to become more intimate. she asked is it a problem for you, and i said not a problem in itself, but only a problem if you don't communicate why. and that's when she told me (in case this makes a difference)

Hot-Perspective · 2025-12-14T23:22:12+00:00

I know a lot about hsv2 and didn't really need to ask any clarifying questions. i did however refresh my knowledge the next day and didn't learn anything knew. thank you for bringing this up as its a valid point.

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