Build Manuals
ROV Development Class Build Manual
Getting Started
- Design Brief (PDF)
- Unboxing your ROV (PDF)
Frame
- Frame Assembly (PDF)
- Frame Troubleshooting (PDF)
Power System
- Power Cable (PDF)
- Power Sources (PDF)
Propulsion System
- Propulsion System Overview (PDF)
- Attaching the Motor Mounts (PDF)
- Propellor Assembly (PDF)
- Wire Management (PDF)
Control System
- Development Controller Overview (PDF)
- Switch Installation (PDF)
- Wire Preparation – 1 (PDF)
- Building the X on the back of Each Switch (PDF)
- Wire Preparation – 2 (PDF)
- Attaching the Power Jumpers (PDF)
- Attaching Stress Relief (PDF)
Tether System
- Tether System Overview (PDF)
- Tether Preparation (PDF)
- Tether Wiring Scheme (PDF)
Buoyancy
- Buoyancy Theory (PDF)
- ROV Buoyancy & Ballast (PDF)
- Testing for Buoyancy (PDF)
Re-Using the ROV
- Re-using the ROV Control Box (PDF)
- Re-using the ROV Frame (PDF)
Submarine Build Manual
3D Models
- STL Files (ZIP)
AFT Cap
- Waterproof your Servos (PDF)
- Bottom Aft Cap Assembly (PDF)
- Installing Control Surfaces (PDF)
- Thruster Installation (PDF)
- Servo Wiring (PDF)
- Final Assembly (PDF)
- Components Supplied in the Kit (PDF)
- Components to be Manufactured (PDF)
Ballast Tank
- End Cap Assembly (PDF)
- Peristaltic Pump Installation (PDF)
- Ballast Tank Wiring (PDF)
- Final Assembly (PDF)
- Components Supplied in the Kit (PDF)
- Components to be Manufactured (PDF)
Fore Cap
- Waterproof your Servo (PDF)
- Bottom Fore Cap Assembly (PDF)
- Installing Control Surfaces (PDF)
- Installing Waterproof Connector onto Servo (PDF)
- Final Assembly (PDF)
- Components Supplied in the Kit (PDF)
- Components to be Manufactured (PDF)
Hull & Buoy
- Bottom Hull Preparation (PDF)
- Top Hull Preparation (PDF)
- Buoy Installation (PDF)
- Components Supplied in the Kit (PDF)
- Components to be Manufactured (PDF)
Power & Processing Module
- Mounting the Components (PDF)
- End Cap Setup (PDF)
- Ballast Tank ESC Wiring (PDF)
- Servo & Satellite Receiver Wiring (PDF)
- Thruster ESC & Battery Wiring (PDF)
- Final Assembly (PDF)
- Potting Process Guide (PDF)
- Components Supplied in the Kit (PDF)
- Components to be Manufactured (PDF)
- Wiring Diagram (PDF)
