Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Been a while since I last posted and the design of my ROV has changed a lot! I decided to ditch the idea of the Pi and use a Beaglebone black with an OpenROV 2.7 controller board. This was far simpler and there is a lot more help available for this set up. The idea of infra red lights was ditched af...

Hello, I have used these on my Rule bilge pumps and they work really well. I don`t have the equipment or time to make my own, all I needed to do to make them fit the 3.17mm shaft on the pump was use a 1/8" ream to open it up. Cheap as chips and work well. 8-) http://www.banggood.com/2mm2_3mm3mm...

Hi, I have made a few alterations to the design of my ROV. It will now be running relays rather than DPDT switches. I will be using Steve,s guide for this! The tether will be 29m, as I can only find 3/8th hollow braided rope in 30m lengths here in the UK. The Raspberry Pi and other electrical parts ...

Hey Kale, thanks for your reply! I,ll be using foam in that case!

Dave

Hi, I,m wondering if it is possible to use bike inner tubes to get the neutral buoyancy right on my ROV. The tubes would be housed in a 4 inch piece of waste pipe with holes drilled in, and the valve to inflate or deflate sticking out of the side. Two 4 inch pipes would be fitted to the top rails of...

Hello, thats a nice looking site, i,ll have a good read through

Hello! I am building an ROV for my graded unit at college. The specs/features I would like on the ROV are; 33m tether Raspberry Pi Noir infra red control camera to surface Dazzne P3 HD action cam 4 Rule bilge pumps with props Laptop displaying video feed from Pi Noir Homemade lithium ion battery pac...

Hello! thanks for the reply. I,m using a 100 meter tether, i take it speaker wire would be enough?

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Dave

Hi guys, what gauge of wire would i need to power my Rule bilge pumps with a 100 meter tether? Will be using a 12v truck battery, and 6 motors.

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Dave

Hi guys, i,m just wondering how i should power my camera. It is an IR one, with 36 LEDS or something like that. I,m just wondering if i should run it from the truck battery i,m going to use to power the ROV, or if i should buy a seperate one? Do they use a lot of power with all those LEDS? Would a 1...