Been interested in building a ROV.
I already got my feet wet, quite literally. I do professional mineshaft exploration. There's a certain mine that is semi-flooded all throughout that I had been to several times, and recently (just the other night) I ended up doing some mine diving in a fully flooded section. Made a plan, dove the plan, have new info, need a new plan for the followup dive.
However. Some of this stuff I'd really like to send a ROV down into *FIRST*. Both for clarification of how extensive these areas are, and to get some good shots/video without much silting.
The location for this dive was about 1/3rd of a mile into a mine, inside a mountain. Had to schlep all the gear in and set up. There are other spots in this mine which have potential as well. But all systems would have to be battery powered, ultimately.
This is the water entry point:
![Image](https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/310248_10150923340410121_457173523_n.jpg)
We did some quick-n-dirty video the other night, it's here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjnXIr9ng6c
Question:
What are the major obstacles I'd need to face to use a ROV in this location?
What style of ROV would be best suited to this type of application?
I appreciate any input y'all have, thanks!