What would be the best way to place thrusters on an ROV to get forward, reverse, vertical, horizontal and turning movement. I am trying to limit the amount of weight on my ROV so it i want to use < 6 thrusters.
Hi @NIW,
The minimal way to do this is with two thrusters for forward/reverse/turning and a single thruster for vertical and a single thruster for horizontal lateral movement. This is the configuration used on most Seabotix LBV vehicles like this one:
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09bermuda/logs/sept25/media/0925_lvb_600.jpg
You can see the horizontal thruster in there.
-Rusty
Thanks for the help!