Rat Shack sells a remote control submarine that works with RF and has removable ballast... Good to over 3' deep! Just a few minor modifications and you'll be on your way! Mike H. >Does anyone have some ideas for building a homemade cable-tethered RV that >can withstand pressure depths of 500 feet in salt water. I was thinking of >using small propane cannisters as air ballast tanks. and machining a >plastic lens bubble for the camera enclosure. The propeller motors (3 >axis), PIC based controls would be in a water tight enclosure. I was >thinking of standard PVC Pipe and end caps. I would machine O-ring groves. >I suppose I need enclosures for standard flood lamps. >I will use PIC based controls to limit the number of conductors from the >boat to the RV. > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics >(like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics _________________________________________________________________ Working moms: Find helpful tips here on managing kids, home, work and yourself. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/workingmom.armx -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics