Hello from Sweden
Posted: Aug 16th, 2015, 2:52 pm
Been lurking around here for a while but finally registered.
My plan (currently not more than a plan and material gathering) is a 1x0.62m ROV.
It'll be used in freshwater, mainly lake "Vanern". Not aiming for any extreme depth (probably not deeper than 20m). Instead I plan to use it in different harbours, doing some salvage etc.
My conclusion from this is that I need an ROV that can go close to the bottom without pulling too much sediment, ability to change between a number of manipulators, have quite a bit of lifting capacity, plenty of lights/cameras and a high degree of manouverability (?).
Current ideas are:
- On board battery (2x motorcycle batteries á ~10Ah)
- Adjustable bouyancy (based on boat fenders, connected to a pressure tank (via small air compressors if needed).
- 6-8 x Bilge blower thrusters (hopefully something better further down the line)
- Fiberglass hull
I'll probably start with a simple test rig to evaluate thrusters etc. Even with suchlarge hull, it'll be a tight fit with all the tools and sensors I plan.
Looking forward to tap your brains instead of making all the mistakes myself.
/Johan
My plan (currently not more than a plan and material gathering) is a 1x0.62m ROV.
It'll be used in freshwater, mainly lake "Vanern". Not aiming for any extreme depth (probably not deeper than 20m). Instead I plan to use it in different harbours, doing some salvage etc.
My conclusion from this is that I need an ROV that can go close to the bottom without pulling too much sediment, ability to change between a number of manipulators, have quite a bit of lifting capacity, plenty of lights/cameras and a high degree of manouverability (?).
Current ideas are:
- On board battery (2x motorcycle batteries á ~10Ah)
- Adjustable bouyancy (based on boat fenders, connected to a pressure tank (via small air compressors if needed).
- 6-8 x Bilge blower thrusters (hopefully something better further down the line)
- Fiberglass hull
I'll probably start with a simple test rig to evaluate thrusters etc. Even with suchlarge hull, it'll be a tight fit with all the tools and sensors I plan.
Looking forward to tap your brains instead of making all the mistakes myself.
/Johan