This is the winning Navigator class rov for the Northern Gulf Coast region.
It was built by a ream of students from Santa Rosa Christian School in Milton, Florida.
It got a perfect score in the mission portion of the competition and eight bonus points for finishing early.
In total, it finished more than 30 points ahead of the second place winner.
It features a rc transmitter, rmilec converter, and esc control system and a rear-mounted retrieval tool to keep the weight of whatever is being retrieved under the center of vertical thrust.
It performed very well an the kids are wanting to advance to ranger class for next year.
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MATE Navigator rov
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MATE Navigator rov
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Re: MATE Navigator rov
Deceptively simple-looking, well thought-out design me thinks
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Re: MATE Navigator rov
competition footage...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNt2vw9IE68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNt2vw9IE68
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Re: MATE Navigator rov
I like how they kept it simple. I'm a big fan of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) lol
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Re: MATE Navigator rov
Not to necr-post, but what are they using for prop-shaft adapters?
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Re: MATE Navigator rov
puzzler300 wrote:Not to necr-post, but what are they using for prop-shaft adapters?
They used 1.5 inch aluminum spacer tubes drilled and tapped for set screws on the motor end and internally tapped on the prop end so screws can pass through the prop and into the adapter.