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Ok so here is a different kind of a build. It is RC related but not RC as in wireless. It is a home made DIY underwater Rover with 3d printed parts. I have been working and building on this off and on for a bit now. It is kind of based ( design wise) off a system known as Blue ROV. You can buy prebuilt ones ready to run for big money but I like the idea of building it myself. So i bought just the basic electronics and went to build the rest myself
It uses a pixhawk gyro for helos ..... but is adapted to be run via 2 wire tether to the ground station ( a pc on the surface running a software called Qground control) all the propellers are 3d printed housing using brushless exterior rotation bell motors and 20 amp escs for each one.
The next step of this build is to build a water pressure vessel and then figure out the ballast needed. The motors will be powered by a 2s5p battery pack that is custom made to fit in the water vessel along with all the electronics and camera.
The target depth is 100ft ..... or 3 atmospheres underwater ..... so figuring out how to make the water tight wire connections/ pass throughs into the hull is the hard part.
Like i said this is completely self contained in 1 unit .... power source , control , sensor system etc, and communicates via a 2 wire tether to the surface using a 486 protocol communication boards. The main processing for the video feed is a raspberry pi mini pc and 2 micro servos to pan and tilt the pi camera. On the surface a pc is used to view the camera and the readings for all the onboard sensors( temps, pressures, voltage, attitude and pitch and heading) you would then use a ps4 style usb remote plugged into the pc to control not only the movement of the rig but also the movement of the camera and the zoom and focus of it.
IT has been a long build but hoping after this winter racing season ill get it to almost a working prototype for testing. I am leaning towards using a schedule 80 pvc pipe as the main hull, with custom made end caps ( one being a dome) to seal the unit and encase all the components
What do yall think of the work so far ?
This is the overall design idea ( not my photo but it is the concept )
It uses a pixhawk gyro for helos ..... but is adapted to be run via 2 wire tether to the ground station ( a pc on the surface running a software called Qground control) all the propellers are 3d printed housing using brushless exterior rotation bell motors and 20 amp escs for each one.
The next step of this build is to build a water pressure vessel and then figure out the ballast needed. The motors will be powered by a 2s5p battery pack that is custom made to fit in the water vessel along with all the electronics and camera.
The target depth is 100ft ..... or 3 atmospheres underwater ..... so figuring out how to make the water tight wire connections/ pass throughs into the hull is the hard part.
Like i said this is completely self contained in 1 unit .... power source , control , sensor system etc, and communicates via a 2 wire tether to the surface using a 486 protocol communication boards. The main processing for the video feed is a raspberry pi mini pc and 2 micro servos to pan and tilt the pi camera. On the surface a pc is used to view the camera and the readings for all the onboard sensors( temps, pressures, voltage, attitude and pitch and heading) you would then use a ps4 style usb remote plugged into the pc to control not only the movement of the rig but also the movement of the camera and the zoom and focus of it.
IT has been a long build but hoping after this winter racing season ill get it to almost a working prototype for testing. I am leaning towards using a schedule 80 pvc pipe as the main hull, with custom made end caps ( one being a dome) to seal the unit and encase all the components
What do yall think of the work so far ?
This is the overall design idea ( not my photo but it is the concept )
