Poor man’s ROV
3 March 2013
We received a quote for a diver for bottom inspection on site. It was a little higher than usual so I joked we should just drop a GoPro over the side and have a go with that. My project manager thought it was an excellent idea. So we went to the hardware store and bough a few 2 meter spars of glassfibre reinforced PVC pipe, angle pieces and rope. Then we bought the cheapest GoPro and mounted it on the frame with a diving lamp. Voila! A poor man’s string operated ROV.
