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Under the Sea with an R.O.V.

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 – running time 18:28
Taking on the deep abyss with such courage and the fortitude of a modern day Columbus, Brendan White and Dave Randolph launch their R.O.V. into the shallow end of the kiddie pool.

We got our first prototype of a magnetic drive shaft out of the way and laid the ground work for future episodes. Using rare earth magnets from www.unitednuclear.com we placed opposite polls next to each other on the drive shaft using nothing but normal PVC plumbing parts and some epoxy.

Next using DPDT (Double Pole, Double Throw) switches we wired it up to reverse the motors which were geared down from 1000 RPM's to 100 RPM's

Check out some much better ROV's over at www.homebuiltrovs.com

Highlights
high tech ( 15:06, 15:06 ) on the lot ( 7:53, 7:53 ) plexiglas ( 11:19, 11:19 ) Patrick Norton ( 0:49, 0:49 ) high tech ( 15:06, 15:06 ) on the lot ( 7:53, 7:53 ) plexiglas ( 11:19, 11:19 ) Patrick Norton ( 0:49, 0:49 )

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" Hello and welcome the system Monday ran off and amber and in white. Patrick Norton's off haven't made your right now what he's not actually -- profile -- But written here is our resident I'd seen genius. And haven't in his government body to come by and tell -- it's really cool and renewals -- Larry did that. Are you failed trying to hit -- you know Apple TE it's like it's great where is thank you -- my home servers my. But today were here a few of them will side. Both sides we've upgraded."

" You're building an ROB remotely operated vehicle right it's which is cool com."

" key things is there's a lot of people out there that are building. You just for fun and into the backyard pool all. And."

" And they say when I guess right here attempt my attempts my. Any attempt here here we go. So we got here is basically. It's a bunch of plumbing parts doing this product that didn't want to come out with custom machined parts and you wanna. Ghosts of Adelaide in handles and can't always be something people could just one company can do it. Something you can do at home so all of us like home built in part some stuff like that."

" Com but the biggest how is the drives out."

" You know how you get a rotating sent out to be water tight about shorten that video content. Well most people on there have you political stuff boxes was basically a box full of cotton in -- That the staff goes there and that keeps the pressure more positive and keeps water out there."

" Then -- ring of -- bowl rings. And actually just heat the water say I carry additional pressures kind of like eight minutes stuff box."

" He goes around this me however I. One advantage the that are part and I don't want to be easy. So what I did here. And -- You look at it this just like -- if you can see what's inside of it is actually a motor and then I have a little piece of plastic on top of it with four rare man. You know united in their case one or website stuff like that. It's one of these is eight. I have four on the force. And then I put that whole assembly inside the field and Simonyi for the -- and known minerals that come up. And then I have the outside color. Has the four magnets on that. So it sticks on. It can hold on just magnetic force what the whole barrier for water exactly that's kind of secretive. I did -- for the front and their rear propellers. There's -- people who thought of the idea but. There is required a lot of elaborate machines custom parts and mould and things like that. And this was fun because all of these parts -- with -- they so PDC in increments of a quarter in. So and then have male and female adapters the fund's size of that -- side that effective. It's not that actually do about the show it's not that it tightly about it -- to listen while all around. But the ideas there. Which is really cool -- first he had ideas after we got a built then sealed up and while they feel about that. You something like plastic weld or read well. I'm I was little pressed for time please plastic weld. This stuff but drive's about five minutes basically just mix it together and apply it. And kind of faster drives stuff has more toxic and so in your house on. However if you're gonna be little more serious about this go with the marine well with that takes about six hours confessed to drive it's a long time. But it'll last a lot longer and all the greater pressure at the that the actual votes. And the actual votes the stuff here is really on fairly light only gets about three -- that's where it's pressure. The marine well. And get about 25 under 35 though not more work. 44 feet of water -- that paper okay. And that's that's kind of a symbol that what I have is that I have this kind of an accord and mrs. Cat five cable. Actually left over cable from wired office looks very that don't tell -- And what I did is I mean this L -- here. And I filled in with silicone -- Make it nice and water tight still alone because the cubicle like that you'll want water to work its way. I'm oddities plastic well this is that that really tight and easy to class with what it will. I use silicone like you for. Though it's a little more rubbery no more forgiving. -- left the basic assembly concept. One of the things yet to do that you know bill passed of -- water weight here we have to get it mutually point. Neutral buoyancy is basically that idea that you you don't want to be heavier or lighter than water. With this exact thing. Water on average is about eighty -- read when before pounds per gallon. Salt water -- beard dirty waters headgear. You know we have all of the pervasive. But down. Had to get it -- point lonely figure that out as you hateful things -- the giant had ample water volume planet which -- Exactly. You know. And you'll notice here that the bottom as I've got to look great pattern. Well this greatest those reasons and if you know and -- these are the grids that they -- over the like the fourth light fixtures in the building. And just cut that the size and able to do it right on it right here. -- giving and i.'s platform it's nice platform. Very important a slightly wider than the life. That it. Tilt over. Because not only is have to be mutually -- up and down -- from the back -- when -- it is it whipping the side to side and over exactly. And everyone's gonna have a problem for people built in boxes and we'll pull them to spears -- model. I thought this little more traditional works. A case and now we're actually and dump it in the water. I must admit I didn't do any water cast him as well equipped for. So this is either going to be think a splendid success very limited failure activity it's kept -- so. We we we're trying a little bit earlier with some of the ways to get and I hope we -- just about right. Right now we have about twelve pounds of weight off the bottom of the thing. Sounds. It looks like work. Where are nervous it's just earth why we. Negatively points. Which isn't too bad for us because I like if it's positively buoyant that propeller come out -- And out of defeat the purpose that -- proposed what's gonna put it up and down on the water. The on the lot of pressure -- Come off its -- like slightly -- exactly and then the at two propellers on the back of what is left and right moment. So you can see if there. Now you know that you. Cables and -- You know 888. For extras for cable -- Stanford -- cable or four pairs in all that stuff. Well the motors where they actually work. Is that these are reversing motors it was -- back there and has access to terminals and if you flip the polarity of it the motorists and their. But you'll notice on here that is a thousand rpm motor. But on -- little extra box this is that your box of them. This that the down from a thousand Europeans to monitor. Decreases the revolutions but increasing -- exactly. Which for this purposes that is exactly what we want them to push through the water but we also have to deal with. My shiny plumbing supply is. And many layers of paint little more effort on their resistance than then you might -- commission set up yet there's no bearing some things that affect affect -- with a report up here. There you know and 100 in this fire one of them the motors the people and panacea thins. One way and in the other. And popular roller -- how to be flip those wires using one's wits you know that's kind of this wonders of this -- world is that they have. What -- single poll in the whole thing off road double -- thing with double the president never know what they mean I just know because. That the well what they mean by that is is that the -- you know how many different connection. It's like to separate which is side by side it is it double pool I got sick of flip one switch that -- exactly have you ever voltage is if you separate. Completely separate independent actions. What I have here is that a double -- double -- And the way you look at the configuration on is that you have six -- connection. I'm applying the power to the sensors that with -- can -- connect against but then when you're in a position. It has the positive and negative terminals to. And then I think that's the bill officials jumper wires and jump over to make this will -- pattern to the bottom terminal. -- with the other way now the positive and walls -- earth. And that paid is if you go up and down however you want at that okay so one positions birth that the electricity that way it goes up you know puts it -- exactly. And that's I have all three motors actually apply to us. And bubbles that's. Oh that's not that me. And there's. As -- that -- there about one. Yet -- With it that's a pretty good down a little bit."

" And the --"

" I like this project just kind of fun that the this is definitely are mocked one of the project by way. The fifth itself Firestone much better than I'm not expect at. Now with what they forgot want to show some of the other wonderful features added to this thing. If you look on the front of it here. You know you can't have a -- without headlights with them. I got through headlights here bit lurking deep penberthy deepen the pool with the chlorine -- teeth with it. And then in the front -- but I have a little phone camera. That was visible security camera that it basically to appease the plexiglas. Well that to the front of the assembly here. And liquid well and into the actual camera mounted an American silicone all that it. The lamp has built out of a car reverse like that -- about the same size and the reflectors. Are. Reflector from normal muscle flashlights. So these -- the whole system though lights the camera of them noticed over an office in matters -- well everything but the camp. I could have built global it voltage regulator for the thing that. What has stepped the twelve -- that the motors are down than nine both cameras are but instead I just dropped and a nine volt battery just for the camera and -- bolts for the extra -- And arrest the controls. And this actually requires fourteen volt we'll monitor here and so that's actually running off one of our -- Bauer packed cities for the cameras around place. But this is a television that's part of the fun. And -- the Flickr try here."

" Push that out of the water. And as -- as to do it that's the died in motion. If the surface."

" What Google group."

" If that war. By the way gets right -- the -- from. They would they would rather familiar and I've seen that before. -- around. And I actually just cut them out of the we'll 120 millimeter appear you know cooling fan for your computer again. Now as you dive deeper the water pressures raiders it's hard if you're if you do have to take that it. And it's me -- with that waterproof buildups though don't think you know a four book full brightness both parts. Look at that and there's -- moves I mean now this is not gonna win any speed races."

" Area were doing the full turn as it were just by kind of reversing the motors as a war. It's -- 11 direction yeah exactly. And look at that. Doesn't the terrible hand him rolls. It's kind of fun I kind of like this we're definitely act mocked one of this. My next thing is going to be fine day better propeller source. My next thing is going to be two work on a magnetic drives after switch over. A lot of the home. These are real simple devices. And that's the move well -- fifty gallons -- hours that the good amount. Com and this with the there's -- this now this on the ship and use that is the jet engine. Diet water. -- it and that's what you want to do with the water. If you look at the inside though you'll notice that this is an interest in want to consider the parts. Because this just a motor. With the staff on pull it off -- caller on it and authorities field so starting that's right so that's another way to get around the problem. So that's gonna the idea we're working on a plane with that is that we mocked one. A lot of people out there are. A lot more serious about it have a lot more machinery and I do. And a good website right now -- got a bunch of products on this home built. And are done on this stuff well similar project it's not only just a couple of guys is if online community of people act once. Though -- kind of a fun place of them are referred there and in hindsight I should have taken the easy way down and don't for the simple system. But that the for fun and I learned a lot and I got to try out a little magnetic drive -- that system all high tech. If -- technical for an October 5 at the so that's the fun project. Thanks for coming nothing photographer Patrick. We'd definitely I if you go for more projects and then if your products them. If you do for them all dirty and some of that. Or -- project since it if it if he had -- we -- free labor. Like go ahead and I think godaddy our main sponsor over -- system. -- website and it insists five you get 10% off of it in order of forty dollars or more I actually isn't prepared -- for -- If any questions when -- tell -- that -- what I did wrong you analysis system at revision3.com. SY ST down. And -- in the form tell -- what more would be euphoria. Until then they ran off and on red and white. The system. --"

" This -- system is brought you by godaddy.com. Domain to godaddy.com -- up to 70% less than the competition policy stemming includes free hosting with a web site builder a free blog please email and much more plus enter code system one SYS one when you check out and save an additional 10% on any order some restrictions apply see the site for details get your piece of the Internet at godaddy.com."

" Hello and welcome the system Monday ran off and amber and in white. Patrick Norton's off haven't made your right now what he's not actually -- profile -- But written here is our resident I'd seen genius. And haven't in his government body to come by and tell -- it's really cool and renewals -- Larry did that. Are you failed trying to hit -- you know Apple TE it's like it's great where is thank you -- my home servers my. But today were here a few of them will side. Both sides we've upgraded."

" You're building an ROB remotely operated vehicle right it's which is cool com."

" key things is there's a lot of people out there that are building. You just for fun and into the backyard pool all. And."

" And they say when I guess right here attempt my attempts my. Any attempt here here we go. So we got here is basically. It's a bunch of plumbing parts doing this product that didn't want to come out with custom machined parts and you wanna. Ghosts of Adelaide in handles and can't always be something people could just one company can do it. Something you can do at home so all of us like home built in part some stuff like that."

" Com but the biggest how is the drives out."

" You know how you get a rotating sent out to be water tight about shorten that video content. Well most people on there have you political stuff boxes was basically a box full of cotton in -- That the staff goes there and that keeps the pressure more positive and keeps water out there."

" Then -- ring of -- bowl rings. And actually just heat the water say I carry additional pressures kind of like eight minutes stuff box."

" He goes around this me however I. One advantage the that are part and I don't want to be easy. So what I did here. And -- You look at it this just like -- if you can see what's inside of it is actually a motor and then I have a little piece of plastic on top of it with four rare man. You know united in their case one or website stuff like that. It's one of these is eight. I have four on the force. And then I put that whole assembly inside the field and Simonyi for the -- and known minerals that come up. And then I have the outside color. Has the four magnets on that. So it sticks on. It can hold on just magnetic force what the whole barrier for water exactly that's kind of secretive. I did -- for the front and their rear propellers. There's -- people who thought of the idea but. There is required a lot of elaborate machines custom parts and mould and things like that. And this was fun because all of these parts -- with -- they so PDC in increments of a quarter in. So and then have male and female adapters the fund's size of that -- side that effective. It's not that actually do about the show it's not that it tightly about it -- to listen while all around. But the ideas there. Which is really cool -- first he had ideas after we got a built then sealed up and while they feel about that. You something like plastic weld or read well. I'm I was little pressed for time please plastic weld. This stuff but drive's about five minutes basically just mix it together and apply it. And kind of faster drives stuff has more toxic and so in your house on. However if you're gonna be little more serious about this go with the marine well with that takes about six hours confessed to drive it's a long time. But it'll last a lot longer and all the greater pressure at the that the actual votes. And the actual votes the stuff here is really on fairly light only gets about three -- that's where it's pressure. The marine well. And get about 25 under 35 though not more work. 44 feet of water -- that paper okay. And that's that's kind of a symbol that what I have is that I have this kind of an accord and mrs. Cat five cable. Actually left over cable from wired office looks very that don't tell -- And what I did is I mean this L -- here. And I filled in with silicone -- Make it nice and water tight still alone because the cubicle like that you'll want water to work its way. I'm oddities plastic well this is that that really tight and easy to class with what it will. I use silicone like you for. Though it's a little more rubbery no more forgiving. -- left the basic assembly concept. One of the things yet to do that you know bill passed of -- water weight here we have to get it mutually point. Neutral buoyancy is basically that idea that you you don't want to be heavier or lighter than water. With this exact thing. Water on average is about eighty -- read when before pounds per gallon. Salt water -- beard dirty waters headgear. You know we have all of the pervasive. But down. Had to get it -- point lonely figure that out as you hateful things -- the giant had ample water volume planet which -- Exactly. You know. And you'll notice here that the bottom as I've got to look great pattern. Well this greatest those reasons and if you know and -- these are the grids that they -- over the like the fourth light fixtures in the building. And just cut that the size and able to do it right on it right here. -- giving and i.'s platform it's nice platform. Very important a slightly wider than the life. That it. Tilt over. Because not only is have to be mutually -- up and down -- from the back -- when -- it is it whipping the side to side and over exactly. And everyone's gonna have a problem for people built in boxes and we'll pull them to spears -- model. I thought this little more traditional works. A case and now we're actually and dump it in the water. I must admit I didn't do any water cast him as well equipped for. So this is either going to be think a splendid success very limited failure activity it's kept -- so. We we we're trying a little bit earlier with some of the ways to get and I hope we -- just about right. Right now we have about twelve pounds of weight off the bottom of the thing. Sounds. It looks like work. Where are nervous it's just earth why we. Negatively points. Which isn't too bad for us because I like if it's positively buoyant that propeller come out -- And out of defeat the purpose that -- proposed what's gonna put it up and down on the water. The on the lot of pressure -- Come off its -- like slightly -- exactly and then the at two propellers on the back of what is left and right moment. So you can see if there. Now you know that you. Cables and -- You know 888. For extras for cable -- Stanford -- cable or four pairs in all that stuff. Well the motors where they actually work. Is that these are reversing motors it was -- back there and has access to terminals and if you flip the polarity of it the motorists and their. But you'll notice on here that is a thousand rpm motor. But on -- little extra box this is that your box of them. This that the down from a thousand Europeans to monitor. Decreases the revolutions but increasing -- exactly. Which for this purposes that is exactly what we want them to push through the water but we also have to deal with. My shiny plumbing supply is. And many layers of paint little more effort on their resistance than then you might -- commission set up yet there's no bearing some things that affect affect -- with a report up here. There you know and 100 in this fire one of them the motors the people and panacea thins. One way and in the other. And popular roller -- how to be flip those wires using one's wits you know that's kind of this wonders of this -- world is that they have. What -- single poll in the whole thing off road double -- thing with double the president never know what they mean I just know because. That the well what they mean by that is is that the -- you know how many different connection. It's like to separate which is side by side it is it double pool I got sick of flip one switch that -- exactly have you ever voltage is if you separate. Completely separate independent actions. What I have here is that a double -- double -- And the way you look at the configuration on is that you have six -- connection. I'm applying the power to the sensors that with -- can -- connect against but then when you're in a position. It has the positive and negative terminals to. And then I think that's the bill officials jumper wires and jump over to make this will -- pattern to the bottom terminal. -- with the other way now the positive and walls -- earth. And that paid is if you go up and down however you want at that okay so one positions birth that the electricity that way it goes up you know puts it -- exactly. And that's I have all three motors actually apply to us. And bubbles that's. Oh that's not that me. And there's. As -- that -- there about one. Yet -- With it that's a pretty good down a little bit."

" And the --"

" I like this project just kind of fun that the this is definitely are mocked one of the project by way. The fifth itself Firestone much better than I'm not expect at. Now with what they forgot want to show some of the other wonderful features added to this thing. If you look on the front of it here. You know you can't have a -- without headlights with them. I got through headlights here bit lurking deep penberthy deepen the pool with the chlorine -- teeth with it. And then in the front -- but I have a little phone camera. That was visible security camera that it basically to appease the plexiglas. Well that to the front of the assembly here. And liquid well and into the actual camera mounted an American silicone all that it. The lamp has built out of a car reverse like that -- about the same size and the reflectors. Are. Reflector from normal muscle flashlights. So these -- the whole system though lights the camera of them noticed over an office in matters -- well everything but the camp. I could have built global it voltage regulator for the thing that. What has stepped the twelve -- that the motors are down than nine both cameras are but instead I just dropped and a nine volt battery just for the camera and -- bolts for the extra -- And arrest the controls. And this actually requires fourteen volt we'll monitor here and so that's actually running off one of our -- Bauer packed cities for the cameras around place. But this is a television that's part of the fun. And -- the Flickr try here."

" Push that out of the water. And as -- as to do it that's the died in motion. If the surface."

" What Google group."

" If that war. By the way gets right -- the -- from. They would they would rather familiar and I've seen that before. -- around. And I actually just cut them out of the we'll 120 millimeter appear you know cooling fan for your computer again. Now as you dive deeper the water pressures raiders it's hard if you're if you do have to take that it. And it's me -- with that waterproof buildups though don't think you know a four book full brightness both parts. Look at that and there's -- moves I mean now this is not gonna win any speed races."

" Area were doing the full turn as it were just by kind of reversing the motors as a war. It's -- 11 direction yeah exactly. And look at that. Doesn't the terrible hand him rolls. It's kind of fun I kind of like this we're definitely act mocked one of this. My next thing is going to be fine day better propeller source. My next thing is going to be two work on a magnetic drives after switch over. A lot of the home. These are real simple devices. And that's the move well -- fifty gallons -- hours that the good amount. Com and this with the there's -- this now this on the ship and use that is the jet engine. Diet water. -- it and that's what you want to do with the water. If you look at the inside though you'll notice that this is an interest in want to consider the parts. Because this just a motor. With the staff on pull it off -- caller on it and authorities field so starting that's right so that's another way to get around the problem. So that's gonna the idea we're working on a plane with that is that we mocked one. A lot of people out there are. A lot more serious about it have a lot more machinery and I do. And a good website right now -- got a bunch of products on this home built. And are done on this stuff well similar project it's not only just a couple of guys is if online community of people act once. Though -- kind of a fun place of them are referred there and in hindsight I should have taken the easy way down and don't for the simple system. But that the for fun and I learned a lot and I got to try out a little magnetic drive -- that system all high tech. If -- technical for an October 5 at the so that's the fun project. Thanks for coming nothing photographer Patrick. We'd definitely I if you go for more projects and then if your products them. If you do for them all dirty and some of that. Or -- project since it if it if he had -- we -- free labor. Like go ahead and I think godaddy our main sponsor over -- system. -- website and it insists five you get 10% off of it in order of forty dollars or more I actually isn't prepared -- for -- If any questions when -- tell -- that -- what I did wrong you analysis system at revision3.com. SY ST down. And -- in the form tell -- what more would be euphoria. Until then they ran off and on red and white. The system. --"