My first ROV: ROVTNIK V1
Posted: Jul 29th, 2020, 3:31 pm
Here are some pics of my first ROV that I named ROVTNIK. The ROV is based from one of the ROVs showed in the book: Build Your Own Underwater Robot and other wet projects by Harry Bohm and Vickie Jensen.
To make it I used brushed motors sealed with wax. The control box/wiring was also sealed with wax. The wire was two RCA connectors; one wire was the ground, the other 3 were used for powering the 3 motors unidirectionally. The power was given from the surface with 7.2V NI-MH battery. Poliester was used to make it float. Iron pieces where used to make it bottom heavy. PVC pipes where used for the structure. The hollowed base was a plastic vegetable box that I cutted for my needs.
It was positively buoyant.
It had no camera.
Testing the ROV in the lake with the remote:
Here is a video showing it working In a swimming pool:
To make it I used brushed motors sealed with wax. The control box/wiring was also sealed with wax. The wire was two RCA connectors; one wire was the ground, the other 3 were used for powering the 3 motors unidirectionally. The power was given from the surface with 7.2V NI-MH battery. Poliester was used to make it float. Iron pieces where used to make it bottom heavy. PVC pipes where used for the structure. The hollowed base was a plastic vegetable box that I cutted for my needs.
It was positively buoyant.
It had no camera.
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Testing the ROV in the lake with the remote:
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Here is a video showing it working In a swimming pool: