Hi All,
we are beginning a new serie of articles about hovercrafts. In six months we are going to produce a really working RC hovercraft.
This new serie of articles will be "Discovering hovercrafts". You can subscribe the feeds to follow the serie.
We are going to discuss about
- materials
- gps
- RC
- microcontroller boards
- motors
- propellers
- fans
- video cameras
- photo cameras
- video transmission
We'll also publish video and design about our project.
We'll publish an article every fifteen days. If you want to public your experiments send them to me and I'll publish them.
Just to begin, here you are some information about hovercrafts:
From the wikipedia:
"A hovercraft (air-cushion vehicle, ACV) is a craft capable of traveling over surfaces while supported by a cushion of slow moving, high-pressure air which is ejected against the surface below and contained within a "skirt." Although supported by air, a hovercraft is not considered an aircraft.
Hovercraft are used throughout the world as specialized transports. They can also be used after a natural disaster for emergency purposes. Because they are supported by a cushion of air, hovercraft are unique among all other forms of ground transportation in their ability to travel equally well over land, ice, and water. Small hovercraft are used for sport or passenger service, while giant hovercraft have civilian and military applications, and are used to transport cars, tanks, and large equipment in hostile environments and terrain…..
- Propellers
- Air
- Fan
- Flexible skirt
…… Hovercraft can be powered by one or more engines. Small craft, such as the SR.N6, usually have one engine with the drive split through a gearbox. On vehicles with several engines, one usually drives the fan (or impeller), which is responsible for lifting the vehicle by forcing high pressure air under the craft. The air inflates the "skirt" under the vehicle, causing it to rise above the surface. Additional engines provide thrust in order to propel the craft. Some hovercraft use ducting to allow one engine to perform both tasks by directing some of the air to the skirt, the rest of the air passing out of the back to push the craft forward."
Keep in touch,
Gg1