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@rehoward - what did you use to pot the electronics and led?

Welcome to ROVs, 20 years is a fair gestation time

I will shortly be living near Lydney, Glos. - not too far from worcestershire. I hope to use the severn estuary as a testing arena, though I suspect it is somewhat murky.

Best wishes.

PS: The abyss is a great film.

That was fun - thanks for posting.

Rulof is very creative!

His projects though probably only need to last for the duration of the video, so slick machinable thrusters are still the way forward.

Another innovative design from the OenROV team -

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/op ... n=a007d972

Wow, impressive use of CAD and the 3D printer. The results look great and should make the ROV impressive

@oceanrov31 Many thanks for the code, brilliant - I'll have a study of it. I am looking forward to seeing your interface to the arduino and also the camera.

Well done - I like it when 3D designs from the screen become "real" and look the same as the graphics!

Thanks Oceanrov31 for posting the videos and information on AUVs. The videos were very interesting. Unfortunately any AUV launched in the waters around where I live would very quickly be swepped away, we have the third highest tidal range in the world. Our currents are quite amazing and in places fl...

Thanks oceanrov31 for your reply. The cumbersome comment I made was for the encoder/decoder boxes to the optical fibre, not the cable - sorry for the confusion. Which tx/rx modules did you use? Are they also from Fiberfin? The actual tx/rx parts are about 5-10 dollars a piece and have max data rates...

Thanks for posting your ROV design. Your Design is impressive and am intrigued to hear more on the fibre optic system you used. What I have seen from other posts is that the Tx and Rx for fibre optic cables are expensive and can be cumbersome for smaller ROVs - how did you get around these issues? Y...