Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Vessel propelling through water

Video of vessel with motor, propellers, and battery moving through the water

Testing

model in water to make sure it is balanced and floats

model in water with weight of MM's camera apparatus 

vessel in water tank: floats and does not sit too far in the water
top view of vessel in water with out any of the motors or other components

vessel in water with motors, propellers, and battery

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Construction






Top: Measuring the side of my vessel
2nd: Final model of my vessel
Third: final rendered CAD drawing of my vessel
Bottom:The pieces for my vessel not yet put together; with the angle measurer

The wood slides into the grooves made so that the vessel is more watertight with less seams.
propeller from the RC boat
RC motor components
RC motor components
RC propellers
inside of RC boat; blue cooling tube on the left
motors, propellers, and battery out of boat
left: frame for bottom of vessel that I had to remake (right) because the wood was splitting through
spray painting frame for bottom of vessel in systems shop
vessel all put together and painted with glass bottom sitting in bottom
plexiglass bottom for vessel: I removed the protective sheet from just the perimeter so that the center of it would not get ruined
vessel with plexiglass attached to the bottom and the frame overtop of it and the caulked seems

 
The pieces fit into each other perfectly so that they are secure and stable.