PowerRAY ROV underwater video DRONE - NOT RECOMMENDED 

Yes totally agree, I feel there is a bit of lost orientation / spacial awareness by the narrow FOV and no ability to look down. personally I kinda feel there could be even a 2 axis gimbal, roll-pitch that could take out the roll movement and pitch down as required with a bubble cover of sorts. But the amount of ROV functionality for the money is very hard to beat

Nice build! Hope you make videos too

You might want to take a look at the next generation of mini-ROV's as i find the lack of "roll" to slide sideways quite frustrating, also some of the newer not shipping yet are equipped with pitch for the camera. these are becoming very cool very quickly.

I’ve also tried to contact the company in every way possible with no response 🖕power vision

@@thatkidwyatt8270 thats kinda why the subject line says "not recommended"

Ah did not even think about sunken RC boats, but then I have never really done much with RC boats.. pretty sure thats going to change big time ha ha. did not think about Pier-Piling. good call. Guess the hard thing with illegal pipes, is one gotta local them in the first place. but could easily imagine people scanning the banks for rivers to locate prolusion. There are interesting options here, PowerVision have a SDK mailable for these, and the sonar unit can also be used to take temperature samples. but its a open port system, so there are really no limit, you could add salinity sensor, or any other sensor to that bay that may fit a project.

Hey Georg, whie Im not a big fan of this particular product, I do like underwater drones. Generally speaking they are entirely sealed enviroments, there are not water-into the system, the plugs are waterproof, but you should naturally blow them dry with a can of compressed air or similar. the cord is intended to pull the drone out of the water if something stop working. That said - I have checked on mooring-balls with these, works perfect, just be aware its harder than one things to follow a line in muddy water LOL. the things you and I can do without thinking when jumping in the water, is far more complicated with a drone.

Absolutely, I created a GoPro mount that attach into the sona spot. works great, however the side-view is a bit complicated as you can't frame it. and the PowerRAY tend to nose-up or nose down a bit. personally i wish they had 1 or 2 axis gimbal on the camera to stabilize that part.

Hey Gregory, totally agree with you, this will be fun, I know the intro - unbox got a bit long, but there are so much to touch on since we are moving into something that behave a bit different in flight :-) will be getting it in the water in a couple days and should have a video up by end of the week.

Rated for 30m (roughly 100 feet) The kit I have came with a 230feet tether, further if you have a longer tether.

You can definitely make a scan of the bottom, it give you a linear scan, so after sailing say 50 yards you get a very good idea of what at that line. however the PowerDolphin is even better for that because its got the GPS to literally geotag the readings.

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Yeah - its really a fascinating item. but once you toss it in the water things just kinda fall's apart. I struggle to understand why they did not just stick the camera they use on the EGG drone, on the nose of the PowerRAY in a dome of sorts to delivery the promised stable video every time you nudge the stick the video is all over the place.. and they already have all the components to make it awesome.. and why not a sideway thruster so drone pilots could fly this exactly as a regular drone.. thats the market. people who already get drones, and want to have fun underwater without worry about neighboor and flight restrictions. (IMHO)

I agree 💯 % I’ve been flying drones professionally for many years now from doing power line inspections and everything else in between. I also film a lot from helicopters for offshore Power boating events. I thought the Power Ray would of been a nice addition to my fleet to be able to capture some additional B-Roll footage of the boats at the marina but after a few days of testing this thing i just lost all hope of feeling professional when using this. I’ve seen a lot of your work throughout the last few years. Well done keep up the good work. Joe Skyview Productions www.skyviewpro1.com

What do you recomend ?

I have no idea - they have not talked to me since they asked me to return it LOL

Thank you

Hey Dan, unfortunately I have no connection to PowerVision at this time.

John it a industrial type camera, you can proaby swap the lens with a 12mm tread lens, if its the front lens which is not a "lens" but more a sheet of impact recistent glass/ plexi proabably, maybe just cut a sheet of Plexiglas with a router or mill and swap it in?

They called it back long before that. Very curious how it works for you.

@@bophoto I will follow up with you after I receive the PowerRay this week... After I saw your video I'm worried about my purchase...

Bo, I received the PowerRay and after two days, I returned it... I'm not sure if I just received a defective product but had some really bad issues that would never work in my area of the country... The main reason for returning it was the uncontrollable dives that it was doing... Our bottoms in our lake are really not a good place for the Powerray to visit. I did the updates but really did not change the issue I was having... So for that reason, I must stand with you to NOT RECOMMEND...

Hey Liam - honestly not at all, have tried flying these in water that was not clear - its a nightmare, its like swimming blindfolded you got no clue where you are..

@@Sailing360 thank you very much!

No there are no GPS on this, and it do not have position awareness underwater. so it also can't repeat a position. that would be great but.. unfortuantely not.

Hey Ben, you have live camera view at all times, when you take still or video it save on the SD card along with a TN in the app, to get the full shot you need to download the JPG's after the sail. (while powered, but you can power up when you get home or download before breaking down the setup) Like the idea for base power, but I suspect they have avoided it because power-cables are notorious for corrosion, I did a quick check on some of the others in the same bracket, thats about to come out the next half a year or so, seems they all are basing operation on onboard batteries. (some interchangeable but that seems to add another grand+ to the cost) PS Im sure Craig & Aaron are reading this thread, so anything posted is going straight to PowerVision.

Thanks Bo! Q: The "LIVE" resolution that is coming to the app via cable, is it in the same resolution as the onboard camera capturing? Another words when you capture an image that gets stored on Drone's memory, and one you capture on your cell phone, are they the same resolution or is the cell phone version (transmitted) is lower resolution? Once you have a "Connected" wire to the drone, Battery should become a "Backup" source of power. You have batteries for flying drones, because you can't have wires, but in this case why not add another wire set in that white plastic housing just like the rest of the wires and give the drone more powerful motors and lights. Even small commercial under water drones have wired powered. If this gets added, PowerVision can jump into that market with 1/10 of the price. I'm working on such app that someone can use a Powervision type of drone as their tool for underwater project.

I also checked, PV now has SDK for the products. Which means they're planning to keep these products and keep advancing them. Their GPS + Sonar system creates a powerful set of data to work with.

the PowerDolphin is the ticket for Sonar-GPS, as its got a GPS, the PowerRay is analog, and dont have RTH, so you gotta drive it manually and you don't know exactly what your location is with the RAY. Probably not going to be sonar+GPS with the PowerEYE.

Thanks for the insight.

DANG.. thats unacceptable. I have been VERY unimpressed with PowerVIsion lately. and will edit the video description to reflect that. thank you for the feedback. *** BTW. I did have a case of that same rotor stopping, it turned out to be seaweed in the prop which I got out after working it manually for a bit

Exactly

if the price is right.. grab one :-)

@@bophoto Are there better alternatives for his water drone?

A bunch of small issues, basically the PowerRAY works pretty well in clear calm waters, I was having constant problems with it freezing, advertised battery life is not realistic, and its very hard to maintain an angle / smooth ride in the water. it was very impressive when it came out, that thats a good while back, there are so many new similar but more refined products on the market.

@@bophotoThere was no such comment of "Not Recommended in the original vid." Small issues are always the norm with any new complex technology. If small issues are so important, a person should either get better at addressing these issues or should go buy a toy UWD [ Under Water Drone ] similar to the junk sold for less than $50.00 on the WEB. The money saved should keep the operator in beer long enough so they can stumble on to some other tech toy.

LOL PowerVIsion asked to send the RAY back.

LOL Yeah I want it to do everything as well, but guess I have to stick to flying in water :-)

Nope - PowerRay did not like some of my opnions and asked that I send the unit back before I could get it wet. :-) At this point its rather old style, i would go with a more modern design

@@bophoto have you done one with the Chasing brand?

No need to calibrate. However this is a very old design, there are so many new products out.. check out newer designs ;-)

Hey Smokey, demo coming up shortly.

Bo Lorentzen where’s the demo?

the unit I used - did not write GEOtag, nor have a GPS. however they make a surface "boat" that do geotag.

@@bophoto Thank you! Am I right in assuming that surface "boat" is "PowerDolphin" from PowerVision?

Hey Csaba, I got a design but never printed it, as Power Vision asked for the powerRay back a couple weeks after the initial review.

@@bophoto Would you be willing to share your design for your claw?

I think the price is very reasonable, and reflect the value. its a good fun toy.

Hey this is me from my other account - no the powerRay is working with some older phones but aside from that.. it's probably dead. PowerVision seems to have left the US at least their site is dead. *I contacted them 6 years ago with serious concerns - at which point they asked me to return the powerRay - this is why the heading now says "not recommended".

Samir - you need to contact the manufacture - this have not been made for over 5 years. its likely the app is not playing well with current phone OS

@@Sailing360 I contacted their support team 3 times They raised ticket their agent was suppose to contact in 24 hrs but month passed no help yet.☹️

@@SamirChari-pc8hb unfortunately - probably as to be expected - this is not a current product. its unlikely they have staff who know much about the product today, or the app.

Hey Dennis, mjah, don't think the drone hobby will be outright snuffed out, but we definitely are going to see some more restrictions, that said, Im really thrilled to play with the RAY, its fun, quick and responsive, if we see a similar development of tech on this front as we have seen the last 5 years for flying drones, well the next 5 years will be very fun. Glad im getting my feet wet at the beginning :-)

wow. Im not "impressed" with this drone - BUT in all fairness, my batteries easily gave me 30 or more minutes of flight after getting connected. I think something is wrong with your battery

I had the exact same thoughts for the usage. Go with newer units - PowerVision do NOT update hardware once it ships, and this item have not been updated since it shipped.

Its years old - they asked for the thing to be returned before I could put it in the water. frankly, buy a newer product ;-)