Image Gallery

Welcome to the Hobby Submarines image gallery. This gallery contains Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) related images with brief descriptions, any questions or comments can be posted in the My Blog section and I will answer as soon as I can.

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Image ID:031
Title:Underwater Light
Description:This is the assembled underwater light. It has not been fully tested yet and I'm not sure if I will be using a 20 watt bulb or 50 watt bulb.

Image ID:032
Title:Buoyancy Control
Description:This is the setup I use to control the ROV's buoyancy. The 1-inch round steel bar stock is cut to the weight needed for neutral buoyancy and placed inside the 1-inch PVC piping on the bottom of the ROV. The 3/4-inch PVC pieces are used to position the steel inside the PVC piping and prevent it from sliding back and forth. The 3/4-inch washers are t

Image ID:017
Title:Buoyancy Control
Description:This is a detail shot of the 1/4-inch bolts and flat washers on each upper corner of the Seafox ROV. The 3/4-inch washers are then placed over the bolts to achieve neutral bouyancy quickly and without disturbing the ROV.

The density ratio of salt water to fresh water is 41:40, so if the ROV weighs 10Kg and is neutral bouyant in fresh water

Image ID:008
Title:Seafox ROV
Description:This is the completed Seafox ROV with lights and camera.

Image ID:010
Title:Seafox ROV At Como Lake
Description:This is the Seafox ROV with its "support" dolly at Como Lake Coquitlam BC, Canada, during the first test dive.

Image ID:011
Title:Seafox ROV At False Creek
Description:This is the Seafox ROV with dolly at False Creek Vancouver BC, Canada during the third test dive, first dive in salt water. Science World is in the background.

Image ID:012
Title:Seafox ROV At Buntzen Lake
Description:This is the Seafox ROV at Buntzen Lake Anmore BC, Canada during the second test dive. The lake was much clearer than Como Lake.

Image ID:013
Title:Seafox ROV
Description:This is an underwater image of the Seafox ROV at Buntzen Lake.

Image ID:014
Title:Seafox ROV At Buntzen Lake
Description:The Seafox ROV in Buntzen Lake during testing.

Image ID:015
Title:Seafox ROV At Como Lake
Description:This is the Seafox ROV in Como Lake during the first test dive. The water was very dirty.

Image ID:026
Title:Buntzen Lake
Description:Seafox ROV at Buntzen Lake during second test dive.

Image ID:027
Title:Buntzen Lake
Description:Seafox ROV at Buntzen Lake during second test dive.

Image ID:020
Title:CCTV Camera Screen Shot - Buntzen Lake
Description:This is a screen shot from the Buntzen Lake video and color corrected in Photoshop using Levels and Curves. I edit all videos with Microsoft Movie Maker, which is a very good free video editing program.

Image ID:021
Title:CCTV Camera Screen Shot - False Creek
Description:This is a screen shot from the False Creek video and color corrected in Photoshop using Levels and Curves. I edit all videos with Microsoft Movie Maker, which is a very good free video editing program.