Yes, this is an ROV,I don't use foam for the static bouyancy, It's a machined drum capped at both ends with no exhaust or intake made out of an aluminum tube that is ribbed inside before being sealed. the soft balast is similar except has a rubber bladder that can be filled or pumped out. which makes the unit heavier than if I used foam, but... I never really considered using foam.
The reverse motor was deleted from the BugEye to BugEye II designs. BugEye had four thrusters all reversable two on the sides and one each fore and aft for vertical movement. There two thrusters are now reversable and can rotate via the "wing" to provide horizontal and vertical movement. Although there is no way now to go straight up as the thrusters only rotate about 30 degrees each way, which means I have to dive and rise at an arc (as is currently planned)
I'm trying to make it as manueverable as possible while deleting as many moving parts as I possibly can.
George H. Slaterpryce III www.captovis.com----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Perkel" <joeperkel@hotmail.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Opinions About Design
George,This is an ROV...correct? The static buoyancy you mention in the float section...syntactic foam?If it is...have you found a way to make this at home with any degree of accuracy?...(lbs lift per sq ft).With the thrusters as far from the vertical axis as they are, it should spin around that axis like a figure skater! Makes me wonder if you would even need reversing motors, differential thrust on one alone just may do the job. Looks like a pretty stable little guy!JoeFrom: "George Slaterpryce" <gslaterp@hotmail.com> Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Opinions About Design Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 14:57:19 -0500 Ok, attached is a front view of how BugEye II is configured.I'm thinking of taking the keel weight, (the black dot) and putting it on some sort of telescoping arm so I can drop it down furhter, and splitting the BCU (the white squarish box) into two pontoons and also putting them on some sort of telescoping arm so they can be pushed out futher on a 45 degree angle so they will be not only further apart but also futher from the main body so the center of bouyancy will be much futher away from the main preasure body/can than if everything was pulled back in as far as it would go.You'd retract everything to be as close to the body as possible for maximum manueverability and "spryness (cant' thing of another word) and extend everything for stability but less manueverability.Yes? George H. Slaterpryce III www.bridgessoftware.com www.captovis.com----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Cox" <ojaivalleybeefarm@dslextreme.com>To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Opinions About DesignA picture would help ! BC----- Original Message ----- From: "George Slaterpryce" <gslaterp@hotmail.com>To: "PSUBS Mailing List" <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 07:58 Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Opinions About DesignI'll be working a little more on BugEye II this weekend, I have an opticianfriend who owns his own shop that's going to make a custom lense for the camera portal for me. this will "Complete" the main preasure can of the unit. Now I was going to do a "typical" arrangement of a ballast on top, keelweight and wing thrusters... but..... I'm wondering if some sort of pontoon and drop weight config would be better.I.E. 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