Home Built ROV- Remotely Operated Vehicle

I built this ROV using ideas from around the web, mostly, but then adapted them to my own dimensions, and added a few ideas of my own. The majority of the concepts here, and the wiring of the motor control solenoids, are those of Stephen Thone of I also found the ideas and adaptations of Nathan Broman very good and helpful, too. You can see his work on Youtube at and But there are many great ideas out there, and many different concepts in ROV design and construction, from the fine professors at Youtube and Google Universities. Thanks to my friends Berj Ensanian / KI3U, and Greg Stachowski, both of whom gave me great advice along the way. Probably the only addition I will make is to mount a small “ball“ compass to a stalk, so that I can see it in the video. This will give me some orientation while the ROV is underwater. It was suggested I add protection for the pro