Homebuilt ROVs Forum

just to add. as you all no the hard part is coming up with a thruster housing, i have had so many problems getting machine work done finding suitable parts, its a pain in the ass. if anyone can come up with design input that can use cheap and easy to get hold of seals and parts to make a universal h...

just got me a 3d printer, game on .

hi all i am selling this rov if anyone is interested for £50 with all the bits i have for it. don't no how much it would be to post. you will need to finish it off but theres not much to do. only selling as i have come across an already made rov that just needs a few parts.
adam

hi a_shorething it was more of a test to see if it could power the camera over 10m. i had a go at making some led lights on the cheap. i bought 2 of these off ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121163969493?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 i cut the reflector down to fit in a 40mm ...

done a quick camera test, i had it set on the lowest setting as i need a memory card, it was 25fps. the pond was 4ft deep and i had no lights. it was on a 10m length of cat5, the battery lasted about 1 1/2 hours and i didn't have it fully charged. i was surprised it worked on a 10m cable the camera ...

hi just a quick question :D i was looking into making something like this before, if i mail you some drawing could you give me a price on how much to make them. i just need the push in end cap for the bearing and a thruster part like you have made heres a quick drawing of what i was thinking http://...

long time since i last updated, i have been having problems with the camera so i have ordered a mini dvr recorder and camera. the camera has a 2.5mm jack that plugs into the dvr and the batts are said to last a couple of hours. if they do it will make this a lot easyer to use and carry about. i will...

Can pond pumps be used as thrusters? I was looking on amazon and found the link below that seems like it might work. I am assuming that they would go extremely fast, and i'm not sure how deep they could go. But if I wanted to go very fast would these work well? http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-AAPW4...

i bought some poly rope and it did sort of float just, the only problem i had with it is it holds the water and takes forever to dry out.
adam

hi anychance you could put a pic up how you done the motor shaft seals.
adam