Homebuilt ROVs Forum

welcome! from sunny aberdeen

hello! i believe you may be in the same vicinity as myself, if you username is anything to go by 8-) I'm going along a similar route to yourself, and looking at your controls, you may be involved in some way with work class ROV's at the moment. it's been 2-3 years since i picked up anything but am b...

Hi Steve, welcome to the forum from north east scotland! I did a stint with Technip just before the bubble burst which ignited my interest in ROV's, i was working with XL's and XLX's, and did the FAT's for XLX126 and XLX127 in kirkbymoorside. I was based in the RSU (or RIS as it's now known) worksho...

I'm looking forward to the test results

A little misleading if #2 is an unknown

i wouldn't be pressurising LIPO's thats for sure

there is deffo oring compression there! possibly a little too much?

how hard are the orings you've selected?

if you had a fitting with a hose tail on the water side, you could fit a length of very flexible hose (IE Tygon) to the hose barb, fill with oil and cap off,

you'll still get pressure readings, and there will be no risk of your sensor getting wrecked.

depends on how close the pins are to each other, you want them as far apart as posssible!

Hey guys!

Just thought i'd share my overview video, a few of you have asked some questions, and i think a lot of them will be answered in the video.

it's my first narration on camera, be gentle!

Hey Bill, With 3 wires i think you'll struggle, the best thing i can think of is on board power, and use the tether for comms. if you were to have an on/off style motor configuration, running power from the shore, you'd need a minimum of 4 conductors and 2 power supplies (trust me, it's possible to ...