Homebuilt Rov Forum

Exploring the Hobby of Building your own ROV - Imagine, Create, Inspire.
It is currently May 19th, 2013, 5:07 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 9 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Servo's
PostPosted: Sep 5th, 2011, 1:21 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sep 3rd, 2011, 1:24 pm
Posts: 21
im am quite the beginner and this may seem like a silly question, however i was wondering are most servo's waterproof? what should i be looking for when purchasing?


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Servo's
PostPosted: Sep 5th, 2011, 2:10 pm 
Offline

Joined: Aug 1st, 2011, 3:08 pm
Posts: 296
you can find water resistant servos, but I've never seen a waterproof one.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Servo's
PostPosted: Sep 5th, 2011, 4:37 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sep 3rd, 2011, 1:24 pm
Posts: 21
cheers thats what i meant. anyone have any links?


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Servo's
PostPosted: Sep 8th, 2011, 6:33 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Jul 18th, 2011, 10:23 pm
Posts: 82
Location: Minnesota
Traxxas sells waterproof servos.... The Traxxas waterproof servos have O rings at both case splits, on all four screws that hold the case together and on the output shaft.

http://traxxas.com/products/parts/servos/2065

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wt ... XTKL0&P=ML


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Servo's
PostPosted: Sep 9th, 2011, 10:17 pm 
Offline

Joined: Aug 26th, 2011, 8:04 pm
Posts: 12
Personally, I never waterproof servos. Though i havent quite finished my ROV yet, the RC battleship leauge that I do regularly has ships flood and sink. Just thro w them in mineral oil before and after and drill small holes in teh plastic case and itll work fine.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Servo's
PostPosted: Sep 14th, 2011, 4:20 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sep 3rd, 2011, 1:24 pm
Posts: 21
thanks for the info all, looking forward to getting off the rig and into my shed! will post photos soon!


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Servo's
PostPosted: Oct 2nd, 2011, 3:10 am 
Offline

Joined: Sep 25th, 2011, 5:55 pm
Posts: 5
HI..

I have been thinking of using some servos for a arm on my ROV and was looking on the net of how to water proof them.

I found this to be interesting
http://www.societyofrobots.com/actuator ... ervo.shtml

Thanks
Stuart


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Servo's
PostPosted: Oct 12th, 2011, 10:25 am 
Offline

Joined: Aug 1st, 2011, 3:08 pm
Posts: 296
Hitech is selling ip67 rated (submersion up to 1m) servos now!

Image
http://hitecrcd.com/products/analog/waterproof-servos/hs-646wp.html

They have analog and digital versions. $43 for the analog and $55 for the digital.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Servo's
PostPosted: Oct 12th, 2011, 8:05 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sep 3rd, 2011, 1:24 pm
Posts: 21
Awesome!!! i think ill give them a go. cheers!


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 9 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group