Admiral III Specifications
-
Electric Box
- Material Type of box: the box made of aluminum to resist water and prevent rusting
- Material Type of box cover: the box cover is made of artinol known by its high stiffness that is used to give the required pressure on the gasket when fastened
- Material Type of box cover window: the box cover window is made of transparent plastic (acrylic) to give the ability to see the electric circuits inside
- Glands: two glands are used made of aluminum to give a smooth connection between the electric circuits and tether that will prevent any water leakage
- Gasket: 5mm thickness black gasket is used between the box flange and the box cover to prevent any water leakage
- Silicon 999: is used with gasket to give extra safety for electric circuits
-
Weight Calculations
-
Electric circuits box
- W = 4.275 kg
- LCG = 14.5 cm
- KG = 41 cm
-
-
Thrusters
- W = 4*1.5 kg (every single thruster weighs 1.5 kg)
- LCG = 5.8 cm (for the two aft thrusters)
- KG = 9 cm
-
-
Arm fixation
- W = 2*0.6 kg
- LCG = 70 cm
- KG = 33 cm
-
-
Vertical thruster
- W = 2.4 kg
- LCG = 36 cm
- KG = 30 cm
-
-
ROV’s main structure
- W = 7.6 kg
- LCG = 30 cm
- KG = 33 cm
-
Method of Control
- Controller: PC Keyboard
- MCU: PIC Microcontroller
- Programming was done in MikroC
- Hardware was designed in Proteus
-
Video Recording Unit
- 4 Channel A/V to USB converter
- Maximum 50 fps
- One channel real time
- 4 channel unreal time
-
Tether
- 16 meter cable
- 12 terminals each 1.5mm diameter
- Terminals have color code
- All terminals are grouped in a single black PVC cover
-
Distribution of terminals
- 3 terminals for 48V
- 4 terminals for GND
- 2 terminals for communication signals
- 1 terminal 12V from ROV to the control outside the ROV
- 2 terminals for the vertical thruster