Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Fluxno, thanks a ton. This simplifies things for me quite a bit. I did try finding information on this, but I didn't really know what to search for because I was assuming acrylic was the go-to material. Thanks again.

Thanks. I think you're on the right track. I did some calculations, and I think for those kinds of pressures, I can get away with a wall thickness to sphere diameter ratio of about 0.2055. (you were pretty close!--for your 24" sphere and 6" walls, that's a 0.25 t/D ratio). So, with a 5&quo...

Most people on this site don't seem to be thinking about going really deep. But, for the sake of argument, let's say I wanted to design an object housing electronics to sink 11km deep, to the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench. It's very cold, and the pressure is almost 16,000psi. What would be t...