In the waters of the bay of Anavyssos, a few kilometers away from Athens, lies a crashed US Army aircraft. On the evening of the 24th of July 1985, the maritime patrol Beechcraft King Air A90 (RU21A) was flying in formation with three other aircraft. The formation departed from Germany and their destination was Israel, but due to mechanical issues, the King Air crashlanded in the sea. The threeman crew was rescued and the aircraft sank and now lies on the bottom of the sea, about 180 meters from the coast.

To explore this wreck I built a powerful, singlepropeller boat, to tackle the wind and currents of the area.

As a bonus, during the 21minute mission, the boat encountered a curious sea turtle that approached it to check it out!

Research vessel V2.2 specs :

Propulsion : 2x LEGO XL motors
Steering : 1x RC servo motor
Camera mount : 1x RC servo motor
Battery : 3cell LiPo
Remote Controller : FlySky FSi6 with 6channel receiver
Electronic Speed Control (ESC) : Hobbywing Quicrun 1060

Footage was shot on Google Pixel 6a (boat assembly), Apeman A77 action camera (deck), Sony HDRAS30V action camera (underwater), DJI Mavic Mini drone (aerial), and DJI Action 2 (POV).

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