Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Has anyone ever got a actual price for a comercial tether? Or know of a site that will respond to a one off hobbyest? I realize that they are going to be expensive. But with the work(and money) I've got into my rov I don't think a homemade tether is going to do it justice. It's built to withstand pr...

Forget it! I tried what sounds like the same idea here is a link describing what happened
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=490#p2036 i eventuality went with 2" rc props that work great

I've been think about battery charge on deep dthives. Im hoping to dive 500 feet so a lot of battery life would be wasted on just the dive alone. So i'v been thinking about using a electro magnet to hold a small rock onto the bottom of the rov. With some sort of trap door. When the rov is near the b...

My rov has onboard battarys. With two 500' cat5 cables for a tether. With My almost all steel design im hoping to reach around the 500' depth. i'm at the stage now of designing tether floats. And got to thinking about down the road. i can see my tether as being the weakest link. I can make it work f...

I have stripped my onboard camera down to the barebones pc board and lense and was wondering can i embed the camera pc board directly into the epoxy? To give it a little bit of protection from getting water splashed on it and prevent it from coming into contact with anything else in the rov. thanks ...

any better ideas for a prop for this beast?


Oh ya here is the depressing pic.

My rov is pushing 50 lbs maybe a little more. and is almost 4 feet long and the main hull is .25 think steel. Too withstand the pressure at 500'

I have 4 brushed car rad fan motors for thrusters. With 6 inch aluminum fan blades for props. I tested them underwater with out the props. (see my brushed motor post) I never actually tested how many amps they where drawing but they ran fine for 30 mins plus dozens of times. But now with everything ...

done some water testing today.

Finally found a suitable box for the controls.