Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Fantastic. Thanks Bindo.

Thanks Bindo. Question - you have dual thrusters on each side. I am just having one per side for now. My Turnigy 9X has arrived and we are learning to program it. The transmitter is a Mode 2 default (the right stick Up/Down can be left in desired position - it has no 'springback'). We would like to ...

Is it hard wired to the receiver?

Thanks Bindo. Very helpful video.

I have ordered a 9X.

I think I'm going to keep the receiver on the surface. What is the 'adapter' required to hard wire from the transmitter to the receiver?

Thanks Bindo
So with the turnigy controller can you program those things easily? Or is it simply a matter of connecting up the right channels with the desired motors?

Hello,
I am wondering if an old Futaba transmitter and receover would be suitable for our basic ROV.
It's model FP-T5NH and I can't find much on it. The one I am looking at buying second hand is a 7 channel.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks.

Thanks Bindo. We're only intending to go 50m or so.
All good.

Hi, I am just about to start building an ROV with my daughters. We plan on: - Onboard SJ4000 action camera - Converting the micro USB output to an AV cable. - Running the cable up the tether - Portable DVD player / monitor (not a laptop) I was reading on the forum about using baluns and ADCAP softwa...