Homebuilt ROVs Forum

i wanted to test my parts without having to take them to the lake each time so i built a pressure chamber. it is a 4'' high pressure pvc. 2' long that has a cap at one end and a threaded cap at the other. in the threaded cap is a pressure guage, quick disconnect air hose hookup. and a safty relief v...

good additions. thanks

i have to add

brick
loss of bouyency control in which your rov heads for the bottom like a brick.

bobber
loss of bouyency control in which your rov heads for the surface like a bobber.

i have had both happen .

hi and welcome. im not sure about records but one person on this site has footage from 280 feet.

Hi all I’m posting this as a general vocabulary section so that anyone new (or not) can have easy access to the vocab of our hobby, and so we all can "speak the same language". Feel free to add to this section if i miss anything (and i know i will) and to make any corrections. Homebuilt Ma...

if im not mistaken you can remove the gearhead from the motor and simply use a bilge pump. a bit of grease in the gears to keep them from rusting and you have a water proof fresh/salt water gearhead/motor set. you may have to modify the shaft on the bilge pump or make a connector or housing. it may ...

sweet 280 . i thought 80' was deep. just goes to show what some homebrewed engiunity can do. small leak or not congrats

i went to a building they were tearing down and saw a huge pile of wire. in the pile was 500' of 25 twisted pair security system comm wire. i figured it dosent hurt to ask, so i did and they were more that happy to unload it. i tested it out and it works perfectly i even twitsed, coiled, bent, and t...

and i would recommend using air not co2. co2 has different expansion rates depending on temp and pressure, and because it becomes a liquid during compression it has to phase change back to gas during decompression witch can result in inconsistant amounts of gas released per release and post expansio...

i had the same thought (im a diver too). in the end i decided for my first rov i would go with the simplest set up i could make. the adjustable bouyency system eliminates the need to make the rov nutraly bouyent but you still need to balance the teather. plus if you run two tanks, thats four solanoi...

you could also use a pelican box http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=pelican+box&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=8018458918691295705&sa=X&ei=RL0tTtbKDeT40gGLsOTkDg&ved=0CFIQ8gIwAw# with a hole drille...