ROV progress

[bikerbones1968]

Now the female Banana plugs, with wires pre soldered are slipped through the holes. A little touch of epoxy on each one and push them into the hole. Actually they fit so tightly in the holes I had to use a common nail and a rubber hammer to drive them in the right depth. Once the epoxy has had time to setup and fully cure. I will fill the "well" with QSIL 216 two part silicone sealant just to the top of the plugs. On the inside "well" I will first pour a thinned down firberglass resin this should lock everything in place around the solder joints and down into the holes. When that has had a chance to cure over night I will fill the remaining 1" interior "well" with more QSIL 216. If all goes well its back to the lake for another submersion test to verify I am still leak free.

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[DavidF]

not much longer and well be seeing some under water video!!!

[bikerbones1968]

At this pace I will be another two months and will be chopping a hole in the ice to go for a dive

[bikerbones1968]

I have been thinking about how to make standoffs for motor mounts coming off of the Hull. So I thought the potting well idea seemed to be quite secure and held in place by just the glue so why not fabricate another PVC coupling and test it out on a scrap piece of Hull. Well I glued it on and cargo strapped it in place for the night. With the Hull locked tight in the bench vise and both hands firmly grasping it I can pull the entire 8 foot work bench with a couple hundred pounds of tools on it across the floor. It won’t budge. The only way I could break the bond was with a four foot pipe and a substantial amount of force. I think that should be more than sufficient.

[bikerbones1968]

Thought adding a easy way to carry the ROV with a handle would be good. I may laminate a 1/2" thick piece of PVC directly on the top of the ROV to give lots of material to attach the handle to.

[KR2_Diving]

Lookin pretty sweet!!!
Keep us posted!

[bikerbones1968]

Thanks KR2. Still sooooooo much to do.

[bikerbones1968]

The first bit of sealing is done sealing the brass sockets in the exterior "potting well".

[bikerbones1968]

Ok everybody I need to name this thing something other than ROV project. I have never been too good at giving things names Ie my 10 year old male cat only responds to "Man Cat" So I am leaving it up to you to be creative and name this project. LOL I will draw from all the submissions from a hat and that will be its birth name. This name will be air brushed on the completed project and all over youtube when I get to the point I am capturing videos of my dives.

This should be entertaining and I may regret this LMAO

Cheers Anthony

[KR2_Diving]

"Man Cat II"

I can think of no better name!

And if you fell of your chair when you read this, you know the name has to be! I think a fierce tiger cat paint job would be appropriate as well!