The Seafox Retrofit

The Seafox worked good in it's original configuration but it was underpowered using the Standard Bilge Pumps with the way I had them wired so I've decided to Retrofit it with some new upgrades. I could have just used thicker gauge power wires for the pumps and that would have made a vast improvement but I have decided to upgrade the pumps to run Propellers for optimal thrust.

I'm also going to be using the Seafox as a test bed to finalize my software and try out some new features I will be using on the new Rov I am designing.

The main thing I wanted to test out was the Camera, Manipulator, and Auxiliary Lighting pivoting on the same mount, I also wanted to add a digital compass for navigation.
The Features pages to the left show the brake down of the different aspects and components of the Rov. I've also went into a little more detail of how I did things that were never shown on the original Seafox Pages. I still need to fix a few issues and I haven't fully tested everything out yet, I have only had the Retrofit in the water for a quick 15 minute test so I still may add more detail as I get farther into testing. If there is anything you would like to know that I haven't shown yet just e-mail me and I will try to explain things.

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