Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Hi all My name is Stuart and I've just started making my ROV. My plan is to make a similar to the Seafox design with a Raspberry Pi (http://www.raspberrypi.org) as the main on-board control unit in the ROV and just power and Ethernet run down to it. I've started with the lights and just today the l...

whats the speed your expecting out of the thrust motor. Ive never seen anyone use a min kota motor , thats awesome.

ERIEWRECKDIVER wrote:I spent a wonderful afternoon on my patio building my ROV frame.
Nothing fancy, but I got the job done.

did mine in the living room watching tv, my cats loved it. looks good

So i have been off for a few weeks, getting ready for a huge exhibit coming to the echo aquarium plus spring time is around the corner so my schedule has been crazy. But i found out some thing today you all might be interested in. Check this website out. www.greenseainc.com Probaby depending on the ...

Tim If you want I can draw up your plans for you. I use SolidWorks for my day to day job. I have many pieces of PVC modeled already. Rob Rob that would be awesome. I dont have access or experience with cad programs at all. Im all hands on. 18 years automotive background and all my witts. let me kno...

currently they are taped up with white duct tape, just for the pictures that i took. Im planning on using stainless steel automotive hose clamps, like a radiator hose. Light in weight, and i can detach them at any time for maintenance or if i need to enlarge the ballast tanks for any reason. Also th...

I love the design you came up with maximus, maybe after my first trials and errors i may go to something like that. Thanks for the info on the domes by the way, i did a little research on the net. actually a lot, and did finally find a place that can produce them. I waiting on a email back from them...

welcome

Im using led's on my project, because they actually produce less heat due to the wattage usage than a standard florescent. Only reason i know that is because i just retrofited a whole aquarium. Normally your not suppose to incase a LED at all due to the manufacturers recommendations, because of the ...

so a few shots of how its coming. gonna pick up one johnson pump insert this weekend probably a 500 gph. Then start designing my kortz nozzels. will see how that comes out.