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After almost a year I found some free time to spend with my rov project.
My target is to reach safely 120 meters( too ambitious ) .Me and my diving buddies are searching for aviation wrecks so it's going to be a really helpful tool.
It will use three T100 thrusters one for up and down and two for forward reverse controlled with rov-control board.
The design is inspired from subsea-tech mini rov The hull is made from aluminium tube 6061 T6 with 4 mm wall thickness after working with lathe for hours Ready to drill the hole for ascent-descent thruster And these are the hull parts ready for welding And the endcaps are finished too I made a wooden support frame for all pieces to stay aligned for welding and protect the oring grooves with tape And finally the big time

And it's done Next thing was to trim the vertical cylinder a bit

Beautiful!

olegodo wrote:Beautiful!

Thank you Ole!

Next thing is to pressure test weddings and check for any leaks.
I assembled endcaps and fit them to the main hull and fill the hull with compressed air up to 5bar And the moment of truth

And after an hour playing and checking for leaks I noticed tiny bubbles at three different places
S.....t I have to fix the leaks

Bubbles wrote:And after an hour playing and checking for leaks I noticed tiny bubbles at three different places

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S.....t I have to fix the leaks

That's a great work! Keep it up.

Wow! Wow! Wow! I found myself saying this the whole time i was reading your post!

Simply stunning! can't wait to see whats next!

Great work
Very professional project.
Keep us updated.

I gotta say this thing is looking awesome. Beautiful machining and welding and I love your pen holder too. I can't wait to see the progression on this one, keep up the great work.

Thanks for sharing,

-Steve