WORLD’S FIRST! ‘Mariner’ Drone with WATERPROOF GIMBAL, FPV & filming in 4K from BVI, CARIBBEAN!
WE DID IT!! World’s First… a “MARINER” Waterproof Drone filming in 4K with a GoPro Hero4 stabilized on a FULLY WATERPROOF GIMBAL, with Waterproof FPV live-video transmission to the ground station, even from under water!
This has been a major undertaking, much more than I originally anticipated… turned out to be not so bad to make a gimbal resistant to fresh water intrusion, but flying in salt water was a completely different story.. what worked in fresh water definitely did not work in salt water.. but we kept at it and finally have a working sample that flies off both fresh water and saltwater.. and here is the video that illustrates it! 🙂
Thanks to our good friends Nick and Monica Willis at Leverick Bay Resort & Marina for donating the use of their pool for the latest tests of our new WATERPROOF GIMBAL and FPV system, we appreciate it and you can find out more about Leverick Bay Resort/Marina at: http://www.LeverickBay.com
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March 7, 2015 @ 5:17 am
WORLD’S FIRST! ‘Mariner’ Drone with WATERPROOF GIMBAL, FPV & filming in 4K
from BVI, CARIBBEAN!
March 7, 2015 @ 5:47 am
Nicely done!! 
March 7, 2015 @ 9:53 am
Nice work. Cages around the rotors might be useful protecting blades and
anything/anyone else around or in the water. Other than that, awesome.
March 7, 2015 @ 11:18 am
Awesome video. I hope this production in the works is a winner. I would
love to see this as a norm being I was flying my DJI Phantom 2 vision plus
at the beach this past Summer and while flying over the water a seagul flew
straight into it and my Phantom went into the ocean. That was the end of
that. Good Luck!!!
March 7, 2015 @ 1:34 pm
Very great it is working well !! 
March 7, 2015 @ 1:50 pm
WORLD’S FIRST! ‘Mariner’ Drone with WATERPROOF GIMBAL, FPV & filming in 4K
from BVI, CARIBBEAN!
March 7, 2015 @ 9:13 pm
Nice job – big congrats on your efforts!
You made mention of the huge file sizes being an obstacle to uploading. I
hear ya! Living full time aboard our #boat six months of the year (you
know, when Lake Simcoe ISN’T frozen) and relying on my cell connection for
much of my uploads to YouTube, I understand how daunting & frustrating it
can be.
The solution I found is a free, open source program called ‘HandBrake’.
It’s simple interface compresses video files wonderfully (renders a new
file), with no apparent loss in quality or resolution – nothing that one
would notice on YouTube. One can set bit-rates, output type and much more.
In the default mode, I sometimes see as much as an 80% file size drop!
Check it out if you get a chance. . .
Cheers, Paul.
March 7, 2015 @ 9:22 pm
Awesome Rick! Gotta love Leverick!!! I have got to get one of those for my
Mariner! 
March 8, 2015 @ 2:46 am
Going to have to get one of those!
March 8, 2015 @ 2:50 am
So are these available to buy yet? If so where can I buy one? Great video
by the way.
March 8, 2015 @ 6:48 am
Sorry Rick; the ” spash drone” took credit for the waterproof fpv with
gimble few days ago on crowd source funding -nopt sure but eric, from the
site has them in production witha flare holder on top like a birthday
candle – I can’t keep up with this stuff,it is happening so fast. Just when
I think I have found what I need for my job, another one surfaces

March 8, 2015 @ 6:49 am
Nice clip.
March 8, 2015 @ 9:50 am
The upgrade Mariner (Splash Drone) will SURPRISE all the people. For the
product detail or want to immediately order one, pls visit out kickstarter
page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/urbandrones/splash-drone-a-waterproof-drone-with-autonomous-fe
We are doing everything to make you has great buying experience, using
experience. You might able to buy it in your neighbor shop or your local
internet shop.
Follow us at facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SplashDrone
Eric/FPV-FACTORY
March 8, 2015 @ 1:28 pm
Congratulations! I am interested in this waterproof quad including
waterproof gimbal not because we want to take video under water. I am a
volunteer for a non profit organization. I am interested in it to use in a
saltwater environment for collecting gps data, taking photos and video of
eroded shorelines, seagrass beds and seawalls/bulkheads. Use that
information to monitor those items and if possible produce GIS maps where
applicable. The waterproof quad and gimbal for us is important in the
context of in case of an inadvertent crash in the saltwater, we can not
afford to loose or replace a quad (non profit with limited funds).
March 8, 2015 @ 4:57 pm
Must be nice, having a life like this guys.
March 10, 2015 @ 3:56 pm
Rick, I enjoy your videos and congratulations on the waterproof gimbal. I
too have the Mariner with a GoPro and waterproof case attached using the
standard GoPro mount. I’ve added a CamDo video adapter(
http://www.cam-do.com/GoProVideoAdapter.html) for FPV but would love to add
the waterproof gimbal. I’ll keep watching this site for updates.
March 12, 2015 @ 7:19 am
Awesome! now… let’s see some snorkeling videos from the beach ;)
March 17, 2015 @ 10:52 pm
Hello rick ,
Good job !
Actually i’m doing fully waterproof with my mariner. Really hard to find
the gimbal to take the case with good motor and not too much heavy . Can
you help me , what do you using for the gimbal please?
April 23, 2015 @ 6:08 pm
Where can I buy it?
May 6, 2015 @ 12:12 am
Where can I get the camera’s waterproof case which stabilizes for you to
add on to a Mariner Drone – RTF version.
May 15, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
How deep is it rated for?
May 18, 2015 @ 12:58 am
They need to make one that can actually dive under water for footage.
June 25, 2015 @ 7:48 am
Hey mate,
How is the Auto version coming along?
Any videos uploaded yet?
July 3, 2015 @ 9:21 pm
you can only move the camera when you want?
I mean you eliminate the self-stabilization of the camera?
July 6, 2015 @ 1:34 pm
Will have have a 3D Gimbal for this?