Homebuilt ROVs Forum

im am quite the beginner and this may seem like a silly question, however i was wondering are most servo's waterproof? what should i be looking for when purchasing?

you can find water resistant servos, but I've never seen a waterproof one.

cheers thats what i meant. anyone have any links?

Traxxas sells waterproof servos.... The Traxxas waterproof servos have O rings at both case splits, on all four screws that hold the case together and on the output shaft.

http://traxxas.com/products/parts/servos/2065

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wt ... XTKL0&P=ML

Personally, I never waterproof servos. Though i havent quite finished my ROV yet, the RC battleship leauge that I do regularly has ships flood and sink. Just thro w them in mineral oil before and after and drill small holes in teh plastic case and itll work fine.

thanks for the info all, looking forward to getting off the rig and into my shed! will post photos soon!

HI..

I have been thinking of using some servos for a arm on my ROV and was looking on the net of how to water proof them.

I found this to be interesting
http://www.societyofrobots.com/actuator ... ervo.shtml

Thanks
Stuart

Hitech is selling ip67 rated (submersion up to 1m) servos now!


http://hitecrcd.com/products/analog/wat ... 646wp.html

They have analog and digital versions. $43 for the analog and $55 for the digital.

Awesome!!! i think ill give them a go. cheers!