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Hovercraft Group #1
Matt Walker
Travis Smith
Melissa Huynh
Mark Reimer Jason Rubin
Davi Duncan
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Desi!n "rocess
irst couple of meetin!s $ere spent brainstormin! an
votin! on ieas%
Decie to first buil a prototype to test ieas on so that
$e on&t have to $orry about perfect imensions an
appearance%
inal version is the one $here $e carefully measure
everythin! an use color coorinate materials%
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'ase Desi!n
1st ( Meat packa!es%
•Found that it wasn’t
aerodynamic enoughand the lip wasted thelift by having to fill up alarger volume for the
same distance off theground.
• Also, it just didn’t lookthat cool!
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'ase Desi!n
)n ( "ointe *ose
his design wasinherentlyunstable andhad issues withdirectional
control.
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'ase Desi!n
+r ( Roune *ose
his design provedmore stable andmuch easier tocontrol the side to
side motion but itwasn’t uite what weneeded.
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'ase Desi!n
inal Desi!n
his final model is the
perfect balancebetween weight andstability.
he longer body adds
stability and e"traroom for components.
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*umber of ans
&ince the new motor and its battery weighedconsiderably more, we decided to use two fans forlift.
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an "lacement
We ori!inally thou!ht of t$o fans- one in front of theother% This cause the craft to be unstable an toolon!%
The sie by sie esi!n !ives !oo stability an allo$sfor a shorter len!th%
.astly- $e ha to move the fans a couple of inchesfor$ar because the thrust of the lar!e en!ine pushesthe nose o$n%
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Skirt Desi!n
We consiere an open- full- an tubular esi!n%
The tubular esi!n $as too complicate%
The open esi!n in&t hol enou!h air in%
We finally ecie on a full skirt $ith holes to letsome of the air out because it is simple an reliable%
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Ruer
We ecie to a a ruer because $e alreay ha all the
parts an it !reatly increase
the maneuverability ancontrol%
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'earning to steer
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/ppearance
or the final esi!n- $e
chose an all black an
yello$ appearance%
When $e looke at the craft
from above it remine usof "ac(man so $e
ecorate accorin!ly%
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0hallen!es
Greatest challen!e $as $orkin! as a team 2chan!in! ieas $ithout steppin! on others
*ot killin! each other%
'urnin! out the smaller motors 3$e $ent throu!h 45
Havin! the batteries char!e $hen $e neee them%
The t$o batteries have ifferent connectors%
Shorte out the receiver an ha to replace it%
inin! the center of !ravity%
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(uipment 'ist)
* sheets of core board +.-
/ motors +*./0 switch +*.-
battery connecter +.0
rudder kit +*.0 big motor free
* batteries free
#adio controller and receiver free
otal) +*0.1*
OU Engineering: Priceless
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5ersion .0
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