Help with design

[rossrov]

Some good advice has been offered here. However, you could use radio communications as shown in the following links but bandwidth is not enough for video. Alternatively, run a tether up to a buoy and put the antennas on that.

http://www.vlf.it/zevs/zevs.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Sanguine

[Jacob]

Thanks guys! Cool articles.

[captainrwooten]

a_shorething

:Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible."
Mary McLeod Bethune

[Jacob]

Can you guys give me any ideas on a wired fpv camera? I am thinking my price range will be under $50, and the camera can't be over 1.5 in. tall or wide.

[ROVER3D]

Can you guys give me any ideas on a wired fpv camera? I am thinking my price range will be under $50

Hey,
then try to get a gopro 1 on ebay. You can choose your range between 127° and 170°... very usefull for navigation under water. Also recorded in HD!

[Bindo]

I Have one of these....

http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking/st ... amera.html

on my quadcopter, i mainly use it as a nav/backup camera if my gopro poops its pants (they have been known to freeze up and power off at times)

it records decent footage to the SD card, but i can only find it with PAL, whereas my gopro is set to NTSC for 30/60/120fps, as opposed to PAL which records at 25/50/100fps, settings dependant.

[a_shorething]

a_shorething

:Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible."
Mary McLeod Bethune

I assume this is referring to my comment about controlling an ROV using a laptop from a kayak.

I find that Newton cancels out Bethune...


Maybe I should have said 'prohibitively difficult and potentially expensive' rather than impossible.

[Jacob]

Thanks for the ideas! I looked at that camera Bindo, and it looks great. My only question is whether it can actually give me live feed underwater, in a pvc hull. Any input anyone? Thanks!

[Bindo]

Hi Jacob.

it will give you live video out, the same as any board camera, though you may need a balun depending on your tether length etc