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« on: February 11, 2009, 04:26:56 pm »
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Im building a rov for hunting lakes in Maine that I plan to use in depths of about 30 feet Im hoping to take the coil off a metal detector and mounting it to the rov and lengthing the cable so I could have the control box in the boat. The question I have is how much loss of signal will I get with that lenght of cable?
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2009, 04:32:13 pm »
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Hello Steve, 30 feet should be okay. You should use a PI Design. Regards, Christian

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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 04:35:54 pm »
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Steve , be sure to mount your detector at a substancial distance from your ROV otherwise the metal in the ROV ( motors  Camera ) will throw your reading off to the point where you don't know if you have detected anything . However this can be done .  You may want to put an audio amplifier in the line to the detector . Having a digital output will be the first thing to look at .   Let me know what you decide .  Cornelius

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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2009, 09:07:18 pm »
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Hi steve, what kind of rov are you using i am in the process of building
one myself and would be interested in hearing about your project.
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« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2009, 08:51:13 am »
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Dicko . A good ROV should be capable of going  up and down , left and right . and should have motor compartments that are water tight . You cannot use regular seals around your prop shaft because they will bind the shaft at even shallow depth .  You can use heavy duty PVC for your housing provided you glue the connections with care .   Let me know how far you are with your ROV .  Regards  Cornelius

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« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2009, 05:38:34 pm »
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Hi Dicko Im looking a plans I found online made out of PVC. Im just trying to figure out how to add a metal detector or a mag to it. Just to up the fun level.
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« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2011, 06:59:34 am »
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Hello dicko have you made further progress and finished your ROV, I was thinking of starting a new thread to relating to building and using ROV'S in MD
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Hello dicko have you made further progress and finished your ROV, I was thinking of starting a new thread to relating to building and using ROV'S in MD
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Don't get your hopes up waiting for an answer here. There's been no activity on this thread since 2009 aside from yours. I suggest that you contact him via PM since most users get notified by e-mail when a PM comes in. Also, see if he has e-mail messages allowed.

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« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2011, 11:23:39 am »
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Thanks for the suggestion

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