Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Could you try reposting the pictures a different way. I couldn't open them a all, and i'd really like to see them.

Welcome to the forum. If you have any questions, there are a lot of smart and knowledgeable people here who are happy to help.

Nice design. Did you sand down your prop before you mounted and tested it? The reason i'm asking, and this might be totally irrelevant, but a few years ago we pulled out our 18' fan when it got hot one week, and noticed it wasn't blowing as strong as it used too. It was spinning fine, but I saw ther...

I'm using a modified arcade joystick. I dremelled out the hand grip, drilled a hole through the shaft for the wires and installed a little thumbstick. It controls the vertical and lateral thrusters. It's not pretty, but it works. The arcade joystick controls the 2 main thrusters.

Look into printing it with PETG. It's supposed to be waterproof and strong. I'm going to buy some and experiment with it, maybe print some floats and weigh them down to see how deep they'll go without leaking/imploding.

Don't give up yet. I've been trying to get my project to work for 6 months, and it's not very complicated. Many times I've wanted to toss it out the window(I live on the 4th floor, so probably not a good idea). Have you tried asking for advice in any Arduino forums, or a robotics forum? I'd bet anyt...

Post some pictures of your ROVs. We like seeing pics of completed projects, and works in progress.

Nice. Just out of curiosity, how much would one of those joysticks cost, new or used?

Nice. Looks like it's aged well. What kind of printer did you use for the kort nozzles?

PhilA, post some pics and video. I'd like to see that.