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Really nice construction

It's easier to make it of a steel tube(and cheaper) than a steel sheet.You have to cut it in lenght,bend it to a perfect circle and weld it.I don't know if worths the time and money when you you can find one easily!I know a few shops at my hometown that they sell steel or aluminium tubes and cut the...

I didn't test it yet the wet side coupler needs something to ride on on the face. I didn't think about eddy currents do you have a good delrin supplier for 2" round stock When I test it I notice that after a minute motor lost a lot of its efficiency and I change my design to this image.jpg I h...

Nice job!!!
Did you test it?I tried same aproach and I face Eddy current effect problem with aluminium wall between magnets and I had to replace it with derlin plate.

ROVER3D wrote:yeah, looks great!

UV-active PVC?

Yes.It was the only spare part I had

And this is the front part for camera ,led board and on-off switch image.jpg At the rear part I place a distribution board(so many wires :? ),a small fuse board for the three thrusters and control board and ESC with extra heat sink image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg Next thing is to put them all together...

PART TWO:Electronics
I couldn't imagine that all wiring is such a pain.
Since I have to seperate spaces in my hull I had to seperate the electronics. At the front part I place the rov control board ,a step down converter ,lv filter and fuse for Gopro

So after four of my welds failed I weld again the four leaks and decide to change the test method. I add a pressure gauge and fill the hull with water. image.jpg I put compressed air from my compressor up to 8 bar(this is my compressor limit) in the hull and let it for 24 hours. image.jpg After a da...

Nice video but after five minutes I start feeling dizzy because of bad visibility.
How much thruster power you use in this dive ?

And after an hour playing and checking for leaks I noticed tiny bubbles at three different places
S.....t I have to fix the leaks