Wireless Programable Hovercraft

ShadowDragon

Hi, I am fifteen and i love the radio controlled world. I wanted o integrate an hover craft into my basic stamp. I decided to use transistors in order to simulate the pressing of the button to make each fan go forward or backward. I attached some pics of it, and if you have any questions, post it here. If you want a .mov of it contact me on instant messenger at : initialdrivegtr

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I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night,
shining with the light from the sun,
The sun doesn't give light to the moon,
Assuming the moons gonna owe it one,

Bean

Cool project.

I noticed that you may want to use resistors between the stamp pins and the transistors, this is prevent the stamp pin from being burned out if you miss-wire something.

I would be even better if you could attach the stamp directly to the hovercraft, but weight might be an issue.

Nice proeject though.

Bean.

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ShadowDragon

thanks, what resistance should i use? i have alot of resistors, so any value is good. I attached it to the back in order to still let the person get a grip on the contoller. the stamp can be manually over ridden, as in the event thaat sothing does get missconnect, and malfunctions.

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I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night,
shining with the light from the sun,
The sun doesn't give light to the moon,
Assuming the moons gonna owe it one,

Paul Baker

220 Ω is a commonly used value.

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ShadowDragon

cool thanks

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I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night,
shining with the light from the sun,
The sun doesn't give light to the moon,
Assuming the moons gonna owe it one,

ShadowDragon

btw, the led's indicate the current direction of the caft, and which motors are active. just as a fyi.

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I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night,
shining with the light from the sun,
The sun doesn't give light to the moon,
Assuming the moons gonna owe it one,

Amaral

ShadowDragon

in this picture " http://forums.parallax.com/forums/attach.aspx?a=3289 " shows a Black brilhant thing on the breadboard ,, what is that ?

Amaral

ShadowDragon

oh i am very good with my glue guns. i got a 2' x 2' x2' box of colored glue sticks for christmas, and used the black ones to secure the wires onto the breadboard.

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I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night,
shining with the light from the sun,
The sun doesn't give light to the moon,
Assuming the moons gonna owe it one,

Microman171

Thanks so much dude i have the exact same hovercraft that until recently was pulled apart. I reassembled it and had a great idea: On a cold day and you wanted to play with it you get a camera and hook it up to your TV and have the laptop in front then watching the TV you control it with the laptop. I'll post ppics when mine is done althought mine wont be permanent (Tape everywhere )

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