Depth testing

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Status: IN-PROGRESS
[open, in-progress, needs-analysis, conclusion]

Description
The OpenROV is currently designed to reach depths of ~100m, but the depth rating hasn't been validated yet. So we're looking into conducting a full pressure test to see how deep the OpenROV platform can actually go!

Discussions

 * Crush depth of tubing
 * Tools for calculating pressure

Pressure Chamber at OpenROV HQ
Colin, David, and Eric and currently building a pressure testing chamber to simulate forces at depth.

Progress
Unknown

Conclusions
None yet

Progress

 * http://openrov.com/profiles/blogs/pressure-testing-main-tube

Conclusions
No leaks at 120 PSI (~270' depth) for 2 hours

Overall Conclusions

 * No leaks at 120 PSI (~270' depth) for 2 hours