Homebuilt ROVs Forum

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.

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.

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.

This is where the tether exits the frame. The "T" moves up and down to allow the rov some independent movement from the tether.

Looks great... can't wait to see if finished and in action... keep us posted.

-Steve

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.

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