Remote Control PVC Submarine With Onboard Camera

While the yellow submarine pictured above doesn’t get marks for pretty looks, put it in the water and the miniature submarine makes up with performance. It’s a powerful remote control beast which also boasts an onboard camera. While it’s not early as impressive as the Star Trek U.S.S Enterprise Submarine we featured, it’s still a superb DIY build.

The PVC sub is a functional ROV with an on-board video camera. It has also been built as a platform for future add-ons such as leak detection, temperature and pressure sensors, torpedoes, grabbing arms etc. The underwater vehicle is made up of PVC pipes and propulsion is with the help of 6 pumps.

The entire sub is controlled by an Atmel Mega32 microcontroller. The video feeds and system info are fed to the surface using a cable (wireless video is a future feature). As you can imagine, the PVC makes the submarine naturally buoyant, but the platform is fully capable of underwater diving. Bonus: detailed schematics are available for reference.