Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Hello all, just joined this forum. Up until 4 years ago I was designing & building gear for handling work class ROV's and tethers (TMS,s)along with tooling for same.
Our company gave up due to the oil price failure. I'm now off in other industries. I "inherited" an "Aquabotix Hydroview Sport" Basic observation Rov, and I am trying to get this thing going as I want to look under our canal boat !
It has been in store for several years but has never been used. It is controlled through a beagleboard with a wireless modem as the interface to a pc laptop. The batteries have had it, which is the bit I can understand, otherwise I will be a pain to all about the control side.
Anyway that's my introduction for now. I will be posting pics etc later.
Special hello to any in Aberdeen / Scotland generally.
Cheers, Mark.

Welcome aboard! There's a goldmine of information available in the forums here.

Bienvenido al foro desde España, veremos ese proyecto con expectación, un saludo.

Welcome to the forum from Spain, we will see this project with expectation, a greeting.

Hi from the Isle of Skye and welcome aboard Mark.
I have a few Yorkshire connections and once spent a week with Perry Slingsby in Kirkbymoorside learning how to overhaul their manipulator arms. that was good fun.
I've also spent a bit of time around the Hudds/Hafilax area but have never dropped my rov in the canal, I imagine the water is pretty murky down there. is that the same canal you have your boat on?