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Sneak peek. More to come.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDGe_XCJGRM

Some guy's crazy project on youtube. Almost makes me want to rethink all the hours I've spent working on a slick machinable thruster design...

May I ask what camera took the video's you posted? Was it the board camera you mentioned, or something else? Awesome job. The video comes from a gopro. It's mounted in the "equipment bay" under the forward housing. You can see it tied to a temporary mount in one of the pictures. The HD fo...

The second part is better, found a big striped bass carcass covered in crabs. Need to work on lighting, image quality and... piloting. This was just a test but some of the video came out great. With practice I might be able to produce some awesome footage. https://vimeo.com/80142165 https://vimeo.co...

Videos! https://vimeo.com/80142069 https://vimeo.com/80142165 How long and tall is your rov? P.S. GOOD JOB! 18" long, something like 12" high. Very well thought out :idea: Almost makes me want to tear mine apart and start over :D How close is your tether from being buoyant? The tether is m...

Note: The following is an old description of my very first ROV project. This rough build was the proof of concept that eventually launched a bigger project and my company. Things sure have progressed since 2013! Hello everyone. This is my first post and my first ROV. She's named Electrona , after t...