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- Jan 4th, 2020, 10:18 pm
- Forum: The Mission is Over
- Topic: I just wanted to share a picture.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6562
I just wanted to share a picture.
Hello all! I've been a member here for a while and have been fortunate enough be able to turn a love of all things robotic into a career. This is one evening at work for me. I've been in the commercial ROV business for about 14 years, have helped my kid build a small one for entertainment purposes a...
- Jan 17th, 2015, 11:59 am
- Forum: Get Your Feet Wet
- Topic: Deep dives
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7725
Re: Deep dives
On another forum someone mentioned not filling the electronics with oil for various reasons (I'd rather not). There may be reasons I am unaware of, but I got to go to Northrop Grumman and they showed us how they work with AUVS(Some seriously impressive stuff too). They actually do fill their electr...
- Jan 17th, 2015, 11:52 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: What would be the coolest job?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5969
Re: What would be the coolest job?
Not to sound like a jerk, but I have the best job! I work with ROVs on a daily basis, have learned to build, operate, troubleshoot and repair everything from the electronics and hydraulics to the mechanical side! I have had the opportunity to help end the Macondo oil spill, cut up several downed pla...
- Jan 17th, 2015, 11:44 am
- Forum: Thrusters
- Topic: Building a Magnetic Coupled Thruster.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16816
Re: Building a Magnetic Coupled Thruster.
Outstanding jorb! When (if) I ever get around to building my own, I may go with this setup. Quick question: What depth is your housing rated to? You could go much deeper if you have your thruster in an oil filled housing. We use a dialectric oil on our motors with a positive compensation system (ver...
- Jan 17th, 2015, 11:36 am
- Forum: Control Systems and Tethers
- Topic: Comercial tethers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4168
Re: Comercial tethers
Ayy suggestions for a cable for full-doublex RS 485 and video transmission and as neutral as possible? :D Power is onboard. Not off the top of my head. I've seen some other threads regarding this. We use multi-mode fibers for our telemetry stream with stepped surface power to 3 phase motors and ste...
- Jan 17th, 2015, 11:33 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Sorry I've been gone so long!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2094
Re: Sorry I've been gone so long!
sthone wrote:Welcome back Ken, I for one can say its awesome to have someone with so much knowledge as a part of this forum.
-Steve
Thanks Steve!
- Jan 17th, 2015, 5:20 am
- Forum: Control Systems and Tethers
- Topic: Comercial tethers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4168
Re: Comercial tethers
Are you running surface power/telemetry or is your sub powered subsea? Are you running straight DC or A/C->D/C converted? Depending on your power/telemetry requirements, you may not need a commercial tether. If you are just looking for data, are you running straight RS232? Have you considered integr...
- Jan 17th, 2015, 1:35 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Fan of Complicated Project
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2938
Re: Fan of Complicated Project
Good luck friend! 300m is a heck of a target out of the box, but with patience and research I'm sure you'll do fine! If there's anything I can do to help, feel free to ask!
- Jan 17th, 2015, 1:34 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Sorry I've been gone so long!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2094
Sorry I've been gone so long!
For those that don't know me, I am a supervisor for a commercial ROV company and am here mainly to answer technical questions. I'll answer all I can without giving away any proprietary information. If you have questions about commercial ROV's, the industry, technical issues.... whatever.... I'll be ...
- Oct 23rd, 2013, 1:18 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Launching to say hello!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1983
Re: Launching to say hello!
Welcome to the forum... I am kicking around the idea of building my own, but just as a mechanics car is never fixed, I keep procrastinating. They always say if you turn a hobby into a job you'll grow to hate it but I don't know if it works both ways :lol: -Steve :sting: Oh, I absolutely LERV my job...