I use what a call the BRCS (Basic Rov Control System) for control of this ROV. (Which was part of the LCUBE.) It is a pretty basic control system using relays, a few buttons, and an arcade type joystick. While simple to make it does only allow for simple ON/OFF control of the thrusters. I’ve …
These are the thrusters for the Rov. Like most of my ROV’s these are made from 750 GPH Mayfair Bilge Pump Replacement Motor Cartridge made by Johnson Pump. The designed started as just an add on Kort Nozzle Upgrade for the bilge pump thruster. I then decided to try and incorporate that kort nozzle into …
(June 2022) – After a four year hiatus from this project (life what can I say) it was time to start work on some Lighting. I am going to try to use these cheap 1100 Lumen Scuba Dive flashlights I found on Amazon. I started by designing some brackets that will hold some external dive …
Even though this was just going to be a small observation ROV I still kind of planned on adding a small manipulator to it anyway. The only problem is I will only be able to control either the manipulator or the tilt for the camera at one time. I’m going to try and make the …
This is the camera I bought to test out. Its a PC600XS Day/Night Color Board Camera from Supercircuits. It boasts 700 Lines of Resolution with a 1/3″ 960H Sony ExView Super HAD CCD II imager and a 0.0001 Lux Rating. I’ve only briefly tested it out so I don’t know how well it’s going to …
This is the updated float pod and frame design. The float pod size was doubled and a few other minor changes were made. The new design is now only two main pieces for easier and faster printing. (cut away shown) It took a bit of doing but I got both piece of the new float …
This project originally started out around 2009 as a simple PVC frame type ROV I called the LCUBE, which was an acronym for “Low Cost Underwater Basic Explorer” because it was basically a square design and it was going to be a low cost basic observation type ROV without any no bells or whistles. I …