Homebuilt ROVs Forum

pics will be coming. actually, that reminds me, i better start cutting the frame parts, since its kinda rainy and I can't do much else right now. so, hopefully pics will be coming soon, and then the wiring and subsystems can be added.

not all of them, I will be waiting to weigh the final frame with all the attatchements to see how much I would need. the stuff isn't exactly cheap here

I know i'm a bit late, but I was just thinking of this problem today. since my rov wilol be too long to easily transport, I will be using my truck to hail all equipment, and one I can free up some extra cash (low budget is my middle name) to get the boat I've been talking to someone about, a 30' w/ ...

thanks, thats what I was going to use, atually. coat it with fiberglass, mount some attatchment brackets, and paint it bright yellow, it should be a solid bouyancy float. there will be two holes, one for the vertial thruster and one just part way through to secure the compas housing. but I think I w...

the absolute max would be 80 feet, and that would not by any means be the average working depth. more like 30/40 feet on average.

good ideas. as someone mentioned, a hardwired tether is something that I really am not too crazy over, and so I am playing around with a airline connector coupling to wire through for an easy release/solid attatchment.

one question: if I use a solid cell foam float pac on top of my ROV, and it's coated in a fibreglass shell, would I have to wory about pressure compression/distortion if the fibreglass is thick enough?

well, I will be using two per side (two port, 2 starboard, 2 foreward/reverse, and then either 1 or 2 vertical thrusters-more like 8 thrusters), so it should work for my purposes.

the generic Rule-looking pumps sold at $15 on sparkfun, are they worth anything as thrusters? I was thinking, since I would like to have 6 thrusters, and the price of pumps has gone up so much lately, that I may try those at first. so, any input on these things?

well, since its getting cold and I have time to work on crazy projects, i will be digging out the old ROV plans. my original design was 1.5" PVC and was 4' by 2' on top, 18" tall, and the lower part was 3' by 2', like a parallelogram with the top slanting twoards the bottom, except with th...