Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Vessel propelling through water
Video of vessel with motor, propellers, and battery moving through the water
Testing
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| model in water to make sure it is balanced and floats |
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| model in water with weight of MM's camera apparatus |
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| vessel in water tank: floats and does not sit too far in the water |
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| top view of vessel in water with out any of the motors or other components |
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| vessel in water with motors, propellers, and battery |
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Construction
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| 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 |
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| The wood slides into the grooves made so that the vessel is more watertight with less seams. |
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| propeller from the RC boat |
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| RC motor components |
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| RC motor components |
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| RC propellers |
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| inside of RC boat; blue cooling tube on the left |
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| motors, propellers, and battery out of boat |
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| left: frame for bottom of vessel that I had to remake (right) because the wood was splitting through |
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| spray painting frame for bottom of vessel in systems shop |
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| vessel all put together and painted with glass bottom sitting in bottom |
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| plexiglass bottom for vessel: I removed the protective sheet from just the perimeter so that the center of it would not get ruined |
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| vessel with plexiglass attached to the bottom and the frame overtop of it and the caulked seems |
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| The pieces fit into each other perfectly so that they are secure and stable. |
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