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PhilA
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G'day

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Hi everyone,
I've been surfing these forums for a while now researching a suitable method of building my ROV. Now I've got a plan I thought I'd better pull my finger out and register. No doubt I'm gonna need some advise from the gurus.
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PhilA
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Well here's what I've done since my first post above. I mashed together this contraption I call the ROV Nudibranch. It's still in it's testing phase but I should have some photos and videos posted in other topics soon.
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Lucas
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Looks good so far - can't wait to see the additional progress!
DeepBrine
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Your tether intrigues me. Got any more details on what you did there?
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PhilA
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It is Cat6 cable wound into 7mm polypropylene rope, as the poly rope is buoyant it counteracts the weight of the cat6. Seems to work ok in the pool with about 10-15m wound out but not sure how it will go once I have a lot more wound out. There is a 100m of it and it also provides a bit of strength in the tether if I have to drag the ROV back in.
fryslan76
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Looks nice, welcome to the forum.
asesorplaza1
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Muy buen trabajo, mi curiosidad es como has conectado la pantalla de la sonda, al sistema de control, tengo una pantalla de sonda como esa, y me gustaría aprovecharla, un saludo.

Very good work, my curiosity is how you connected the screen of the probe, the control system, I have a probe screen like that, and I would like to take it, a greeting
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