Homebuilt ROVs Forum

hi and nice to see you.. its a nice growing web page a big thanks to our admin who keeps track .. I'll come up with some picts the next day..
sucess

nice piece,
defo homework done! Let see more from time to time...
I am due to send first picts in a day or two..
go with it, sure you will find some clear lakes or oceans to make the screenshot of your live.

my dad just saw the receipts about the order, makes some strange noises and looks beside a bit grumpy...... 150m singlemode with supportwire in the sheet.. instead of 33 Thaibaht 77 THB the meter.. and I needed 2 converter 4900 THB.. Furhter i was straying in the inner market (KhongThong plaza), loo...

you can buy already some 6-12V car LED Lights. I bought a chinese product 12V, 18 Leds for about 30$ each (I use 4 of them) saves a lot of soldering and mounting, just plug and play..

The smallest and even cheap solution would be a fiber optic tether. I got one for just about a $ per meter. Also 2 converters were just the at 100$ maker each.. I use a 4 singlemode core in case I break one of the fibers, so I have 2 spare.. I have 10 x 12V/9A Batteries as weight and power supply in...

10mm? wow even 3mm x 150mm will hold 16 bar.. That window is torpedo approved..
Pan/Tilt: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... duct=11442
check that one out, you won't get a cheaper one
Mareike

I might misunderstood, but sure the cleaning issue will be the worse. I know that a double dome or free flooding one should have a vacuum inside as the opticals of the cannons of naval ships to avoid that they get alges or dirt inside. A 6mm Plexiglass mounted with a flange should be the most easy s...

I am due to start and use the documentation of my own built ROV to boost my CV. It's sure a harder way for a woman to get into this bizz. I am one way quite Lucky, that a lot of ROV seniors living here in Thailand as Expats and they have the right connections to get me in. I just do tomorrow my BOSI...

Compass, good point you spoke about bbb, I am struggling myself about that one and how it will work under water in a sealed housing.. Do you have any suggestions for this one or better bin it right away?
http://www.active-robots.com/sensors/compass-gps

I've heard about people use the old arcade joysticks.. each position one relay just cross the motor supply wires and it goes in all directions with the joystick control. I wanted to go via computer control but at the end i found out that a joystick is a much easier handling. I just go for the USB jo...