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My nearly completed Rov/ Now completed
Posted: Apr 16th, 2011, 11:20 am
by soulreaper
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Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 16th, 2011, 11:26 am
by soulreaper
This is my rov that is almost most complete. The tether is 60 feet long. The movements are as follows... Forward, Reverse, left and right turn, spin left and spin right, slide left and slide right, down thrust and up thrust. The camera is fishing camera that I purchased off of Ebay. I will keep you guys updated on my progress. Thanks for looking at my post.
Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 17th, 2011, 4:34 pm
by lobster2b
Wow.
that is a great looking first rov build you got there.
where did you get the "floor" on it, it looks absolutely amazing
one piece of advice id like to drop off:
Fix the tether center back, so the craft wont drift to one side when moving forward.
Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 17th, 2011, 8:37 pm
by soulreaper
Thanks lobster2b. The floor is Florence light diffusion panel. Home depot sells it. $10.00 bucks for a pretty good size panel. Thanks for the advice on the tether.. Will post more pics soon.
Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 18th, 2011, 3:41 pm
by soulreaper
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Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 18th, 2011, 3:43 pm
by soulreaper
This is where the tether exits the frame. The "T" moves up and down to allow the rov some independent movement from the tether.
Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 19th, 2011, 4:16 pm
by sthone
Looks great... can't wait to see if finished and in action... keep us posted.
-Steve
Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 20th, 2011, 10:36 am
by soulreaper
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Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 20th, 2011, 10:40 am
by soulreaper
These are the float tubes that I plan on using. They may have to be shortened as needed in order to achieve a slightly positive buoyancy.
Re: My nearly completed Rov
Posted: Apr 20th, 2011, 11:48 am
by sthone
I would probably keep them longer and then just add weights to the bottom (as needed) of the Rov to set the actual buoyancy.
(It's easier to add weigh the more floatation.) This way you can change the buoyancy quicker (buy adding or subtracting weigh) if you go from saltwater to fresh water or even if you add on devices such as manipulators.
-Steve