DEEP Underwater Camera Build and Test in Lake Tahoe
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2018
- I build and test a camera that should be good to go down 2,000FT (6000ft if I'm feeling really sporty). I've always wanted to send a camera to the bottom of lake tahoe and other deep places around the world. This is not the final chapter, as I still have a lot of ideas that I really want to try out.
Working 70 hour weeks all summer and fall (plus training) certainly didn't leave me with much extra time, but I managed to fit this in somehow and am really glad I did.
Sometimes the gopro footage audio is super bad on speakers... if it is use headphones and it should be much better
SPOILER ALERT
While everything may not have gone perfect, it was still a pretty good proof of concept, and I did manage to get down quite deep. 1,300 feet is not exactly shallow. Its not the full 1,650ft but that's not crazy deep either if we're being honest here. I certainly need to step up my tether/crane game (or do away with them completely) If I expect to keep going deeper. These deepwater rigs (6000m+) seem to always end up pretty massive with massive cranes, massive winches and massive boats. That stuff is pretty cool, but I certainly can't afford something like that right now.
The good news is I am going back to school next semester. The two semesters at Spacex were pretty awesome but I need to get this degree.
This project ended up costing about $3,000 in the end, with screw ups, extra parts, cable and boat rides included. That's not exactly cheap, but $2.30 per foot deep is good compared to the Wood's hole's JASON at $328/foot. JASON does have SO MUCH more capability tho... not really a fair comparison (although that's just the rov, nothing else...)
I do at some point want to make something full ocean depth capable, but it might not be for another 10 years. We'll need to see. I do want to make some more systems to better search for sea life. I feel that trail cams and time lapse camera style setups could document a lot of undersea life that we have not seen before.
PeltlyChase's channel:
/ @tahoedeep
(If you want to see actual footage of the bottom!)
NOTE** Standing so close to a cable that could at any moment get stuck on me and pull me down with a 40-80 lb force is incredibly dangerous. I was aware of the danger but that in no way makes it any safer. I do not recommend anyone repeats something like that and in the future I will design better systems to avoid sketchy stuff like that.
I ride a motorcycle and climb big cold glaciated mountains. I have solo ice climbed and skied with mandatory rappels. I think I am just crazy. This was up there with those risks and if I did it every day it would probably kill me within a year. Just because I did it didn't necessarily mean I wanted to. I will take significant measures in the future to avoid the necessity of such a task. It also wasn't that fun.
Just design stuff that doesn't suck! And test it thoroughly to make sure the thing you think is sweet doesn't actually suck before you fully commit to it!
Thanks for watching!
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Music used:
Cahb- Secrets
Aether- Catharsis
Rocket Science- Flora
Tom Day- Who We Want To Be
Shockline- Robot Love
High Maintenance- Down
Apex- String Theory
Koresma- Bridges
Bryzone- Lucid
Yes, I spelled which wich and missed it... oops
I did loose a fair bit of footage in CA. It really sucks, that footage was pretty good. I'm sorry about that.
![Dive to the Deepest Point in Lake Tahoe (over 500m or 1640ft in depth) [1080p60]](/img/n.gif)
every so often i come back here with the hopes he will one day return
1. You should have tried a shallower spot for the first time around.
I love your drive, know-how, projects and the way you document them, but I realized something today: probably what you are best at, is time management! Very impressive life juggling. "Yes, officer, I'm just painting up my underwater camera housing parts here in the ditch, nothing to worry about. Now can you please let me finish--I have to hit the laundromat shortly, and also find a place to park my mobile home before dark."
Your channel is probably my favourite on all of UA-cam. I would love it if could continue making videos.🙏
This was awesome dude, so good to see you back! Hope you've been alright!
You have incredible perseverance. Amazing.
This has me so hyped
I like this guys videos, straight and to the point
What would you have said if a cop would have pulled behind you and asked "What the hell is going on here?!" :D
AWESOME. great to see you back.
Good to see you back!
That was phenomenal!
great production quality
Great job dude! Keep up the good work!
I am still waiting for the liquid helium project. I will be freakin awesome when it is done!
Brilliant 👍🏆 well done you!!
He's alive! Congrats on 15,000 subs!
Put my notifications on for when you are ready :p I know it's been a while, but I'm looking forward to your next video :)
So good to see you again Ben! you're the man! keep going with your builds!
Ben you’re the man