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- Apr 27th, 2020, 4:05 am
- Forum: Your ROV Projects
- Topic: NATALUS - ROV
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28734
Re: NATALUS - ROV
To be honest with you I ditched this project. I am a bit disappointed in myself that I didn't finish it but it started to feel more and more like a burden, I learnt a lot so it's not all wasted. I always felt a bit limited by the tether and that it was going to be a bit of a hassle to bring everythi...
- Dec 13th, 2018, 1:45 am
- Forum: Your ROV Projects
- Topic: NATALUS - ROV
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28734
Re: NATALUS - ROV
Hi guys!
We have been living in our new house for one and a half year now and we are finally getting settled in. Yesterday I started to clean up the workshop and went and retrieved all my ROV parts from storage. Today I plan on finishing cleaning up in there and continue with the project, FINALLY!![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
We have been living in our new house for one and a half year now and we are finally getting settled in. Yesterday I started to clean up the workshop and went and retrieved all my ROV parts from storage. Today I plan on finishing cleaning up in there and continue with the project, FINALLY!
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
- Oct 21st, 2016, 7:46 am
- Forum: Your ROV Projects
- Topic: NATALUS - ROV
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28734
Re: NATALUS - ROV
Not sure if anyone is following my slow progress here, in case there are I just wanted to let you know that my project is on hold atm in favor of building a house for me and my family. Off course I included a small 9m² workshop where I can work on stuff like this. I am really looking forward to havi...
- Sep 12th, 2016, 2:11 am
- Forum: Your ROV Projects
- Topic: NATALUS - ROV
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28734
Re: NATALUS - ROV
My first try with the internal electronics didn't end very well. Everything was working but I got some disturbance in a couple of wires and it got really messy so I decided to redo it from scratch using a couple of breadboards to keep things more organised. Here's the mess! 20160728_172537.jpg I als...
- Sep 12th, 2016, 1:38 am
- Forum: Mission Footage
- Topic: Retro- Retrofit Seafox first dive
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6596
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox first dive
It's always encouraging to see some mission footage!
- Aug 22nd, 2016, 12:55 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Across the water from Seattle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5370
Re: Across the water from Seattle
Welcome to the forums!
Looking forward reading posts about your adventures![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
Looking forward reading posts about your adventures
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
- Jul 26th, 2016, 6:01 am
- Forum: Frames, Hulls, & Bouyancy
- Topic: Prevent explosion, battery compartments, Lipo batteries
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9195
Re: Prevent explosion, battery compartments, Lipo batteries
Yesterday I unintentionally turned my lipo into a welder for a split second. I was charging one of my packs to use for testing the electronics. Instead of disconnecting the battery connectors I did the silly mistake of disconnecting the plugs from the charger first leaving two hot wires dangling. Fo...
- Jul 25th, 2016, 1:57 am
- Forum: Control Systems and Tethers
- Topic: How well do RJ 45 IP68 waterproof connectors work for ROvs?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4738
Re: How well do RJ 45 IP68 waterproof connectors work for RO
One of the biggest problem as I see it is if you get a rip in the outer jacket of the cable, then water will be pouring in. Cat5 cables seems to be a popular choice and the outer jacket isn't very strong. I would say that the cheapest epoxi you could find would do a better job keeping the water out ...
- Jul 4th, 2016, 7:34 am
- Forum: Your ROV Projects
- Topic: NATALUS - ROV
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28734
Re: NATALUS - ROV
Now I am done casting all the hull penetrators, I had to do some of them more than once because I thought it was that much fun, or was it because I rushed it and didn't made sure there was a good connection on all the wires and that nothing was short circuiting, never mind it was one or the other. I...
- May 6th, 2016, 2:02 am
- Forum: Your ROV Projects
- Topic: NATALUS - ROV
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28734
Re: NATALUS - ROV
Finally I got some time to make some more progress on the ROV. I'm working on the wiring at the moment, I got it all laid out and I am almost finished preparing the wires to be able to cast the hull penetrators with epoxy. I have waterproofed a optical fiber connection that I was a bit worried about...