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Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Oct 20th, 2016, 1:15 pm
by Ian MacKenzie
I decided to add a little something to my ROV.
I'm going to mount 2 small pointers, with the beams meeting at the point the manipulator claw touches the sea floor. That'll make it easier to position the ROV to grab items.
And it'll be cool!
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Nov 5th, 2016, 1:57 pm
by Ian MacKenzie
I cut down the pointer tube and removed the spring and button, and just have to solder the wires on before installing in the housing,
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Nov 11th, 2016, 4:48 pm
by Ian MacKenzie
Laser's in the housing and ready for soldering and epoxy.
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Nov 13th, 2016, 1:00 am
by Ian MacKenzie
Done.
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Nov 15th, 2016, 3:31 am
by Silver dollar
Cool!
Hope it works under water as well.
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Jan 27th, 2017, 11:33 pm
by Ian MacKenzie
This explains why my camera stopped working. It melted. I guess I must have shorted it out during my last repair.
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Dec 25th, 2018, 3:03 pm
by Ian MacKenzie
A Christmas present from my wife. I think i'll have to start working on a new design.
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Jun 7th, 2020, 3:32 pm
by Ian MacKenzie
I finally got it back in the water, but only for a few minutes. I didn't take into account the current in that area. It was really strong. There was no way I could hold position to pick anything up off the bottom. When I tried to bring it up, it was really slow. I put down the controls and pulled it up with the tether. Once it was on the surface, i saw the electronics battery case was open.
No idea how that happened. I think i'll add a Zip tie around it next time. On the plus side, it was nice being down at the water on a sunny morning, and it got me thinking more about designing/building another/better ROV.
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Jun 8th, 2020, 4:08 am
by fryslan76
Pressure could deform the box and depending on the closing mechanism it could even open up. How deep did you went with it?
Re: Retro- Retrofit Seafox
Posted: Jun 8th, 2020, 9:20 pm
by Ian MacKenzie
20-30 feet. I think you might be right about the pressure on the case.