Propulsion (23)

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Brushless Motors

Many people (special thanks to elsinidentidad) have pointed out the potential advantages of using brushless motors for ROV thrusters as opp…

Started by Eric Stackpole

18 Apr 29
Reply by Matthew Cheresh

Design for a Thruster pod, V1.0

===================== 2013-04-05 Update: This post is now out of date.  To see the most recent version of the thruster, see this post. -Ben…

Started by Ben McCandless

37 Apr 5
Reply by Ben McCandless

Eulachon Thruster V2

I've been tweaking my thruster design, and you can click here to download the latest thruster files (Solidworks).  The main improvements a…

Started by Ben McCandless

9 Apr 2
Reply by Ben McCandless

Thruster Testing Stand

Last build day I hacked together a thruster testing stand out of paint sticks and a packaging scale to measure bollard pull. I decided to m…

Started by Colin Ho

3 Apr 1
Reply by Thomas S

Hydrodynamics: propeller diameter, rotor blade pitch, Rice nozzles, and matching a motor to all of "that"..

Okay, a couple things: Ordered my Beaglebone and ROV cape yesterday, and to this point, that is the summary of my "ROV experience".   Forme…

Started by Merrick

15 Mar 4
Reply by David Murphy

Alternative propulsion units

Rim Driven Thruster - very similar to the thrusters as used in the AC-ROV. Z-Drive - Go to the bottom of the page regards James

Started by James Inglis

0 Feb 11

This is my..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN31JxERoU4&feature=youtu.be this video is my OPENROV As said last time, i changed ESCs that can chang…

Started by Lee Hyoung Woo

2 Dec 19, 2012
Reply by Thomas S

Diving problems..

Hi, I`m Korean Student.^^ I made Rov like my profile photo. Waterproof problem was solved. But.. I have another Problem.. Diving do not…

Started by Lee Hyoung Woo

15 Dec 3, 2012
Reply by Thomas S

Top speed?

How fast does the OpenROV move at top speed (forward, not up or down)? How easy is it to get it to hold a straight line at top speed?

Started by Phillip Luebke

1 Nov 21, 2012
Reply by David Lang

How do I activate Electric Speed Controller with Arduino?

Team, Does anyone know how to activate the ESC with Arduino? cant seem to get it to work. could it be that i am testing with 9.6v battery.…

Started by Jorge De La Garza

18 Nov 14, 2012
Reply by Jorge De La Garza

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