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Bindo wrote:looking forward to seeing of the dvr quality increases with the class 10 card

Card is ordered! I will have it for testing on Monday!

After further review (night time use) I can safely say cam 1 is the clear winner!
Much less noise and a sharper picture in low light! Will work on trying to get some samples posted so you can be your own judge...

Hello All! It has been some time, but things are still progressing with my build! The latest development has been the completion of my video system. Here is the configuration that I will be installing on my ROV: TOPSIDE: DVR - Records active feed from drivers Screen. Available from HobbyKing. Driver...

Oops, I'm a little late to the party... Oh well! Anyways, although it isn't syntactic foam, it is apparently made by Last-a-Foam which is what you mentioned earlier. When coated it apparently is good down to 600'. Now I just need to figure out how to coat it! https://www.bluerobotics.com/store/buoy...

Found this little beauty on HobbyKing. HERE . remote sub.jpg This is what you and the kids have been waiting for, a miniature submarine that will dive, go forwards and reverse and will steer left and right. The supplied 40MHz transmitter (which is also waterproof) is very easy to use with push butto...

Hey Scott!
Welcome to the forum!
Can't wait to see what you are up to!

Best regards,
Ryan

"KR2_DIVING"

Great looking Build! Did you have access to a CNC table or system to cut the plastic for the frame? Like the use of the BlueRobotics Thrusters! Which ESC did you go with? (Theirs? Third party?) And one more question... just out of curiocity... I see you have your rear thrusters positioned at an angl...

Today I did some more trial and error testing to find out the best way to attach my ping pong balls to the tether... and I think I have a final plan. Here were the two version I tried. ROV ball attach.JPG Option 1 used small zip ties and the polyester sleeving. Option 2 used heat shrink and the poly...

11.8 ping pong balls Hey Rover3D, Not sure 11.8 was based on the right figures! I dug out my old SCUBA diving Manuals and found some better math to work with... I updated the post above and i think these numbers seem more accurate. As for the performance of the ping pong balls... i hope to run some...

*** EDIT*** It has come to my attention that some of my numbers are WAY off... gotta love that pesky decimal point... stay tuned... changes coming soon! Changes added 5/21/15! Tether Design Update! So today I received an Amazon box full of 144 ping pong balls! I have decided to attach the ping pong...