Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Hi everyone I am Dimitri for San Antonio Texas. I am new to the ROV world. My back ground is in aviation and heavy equipment. Being a scuba diver the underwater world has always been of great interest to me. My goal for the ROV am I planning to built will be to a depth of 60ft with a 100ft to 150ft tether with a live video feed to the surface. I am also planning on equiping the ROV with a gripper arm. I am hoping to draw on the expertise the other members of this from have to offer.
I could use advise in camera selection ( I would like to run a color low light capible one For my needs , from reading this and other sides, it seems like bilge pumps would work just fine. Any advice as to what size would work and what would be over kill?
Like most of us here cost is a factor. I am married I would like to stay that way so I need to keep the cost down. Any and all help on how to keep the cost down would me nice. Hope to get to know so great ROV'er on here. Nice to be here.

Dimitri

hi and nice to see you.. its a nice growing web page a big thanks to our admin who keeps track .. I'll come up with some picts the next day..
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I too am interested in cameras. Plus keeping the cost down. I'm working on lighting techniques. So lets keep in touch and see what we come up with. Good Luck & Keep In Touch. Please let me know what you find out.

Thanks for your reply Erie. I agree we should keep intouch. By sharing info and ideas both our projects will benefit. By the way what kinda wrecks have you dove on? I have some wreck dives myself.
Mare thank you for your welcome as well. Hope to share ideas with you also.

Sorry for the late reply.

I vacation on Lake Erie and I am planning on doing several dives this summer, but a ROV dive on the Wisconsin is going to be my primary target.

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Hola, I am from TX to.

Regards,
Josh