Propeller Catamaran
Ale
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I'm building (something at last) a Catamaran, a boat with 2 hulls. I'm planning on using brushless motors, so I bought 2 with controllers. I did not receive the components yet, but I read somewhere that these kind of controllers, some input cables, 3 wires output, not very descriptive, eh?) are handled like a normal serve with a 50 or so Hz PWM signal. It is that so ?
I'm planning of using one of my propellers to control this motor, a servo to control that thing that changes direction, whatever is called in English (timon in spanish). I know a stamp can do that, but the neat thing is I'd like to use an ultrasonic sonar to scan the surroundings and build a 2D map of that lake or water pool, and to send that to the remote control. I was thinking that a pair of 433 MHz transmitter recievers will do the trick.
What you guys (and gals :-D) think ?, the hulls for a small proto are ready
, motors show up next week, hopefully, and a propeller, not the micro, the other one... I did not buy yet.
Photos of the progress as soon as something more than the hulls are ready, maybe when the deck is mounted.
Gru
I'm building (something at last) a Catamaran, a boat with 2 hulls. I'm planning on using brushless motors, so I bought 2 with controllers. I did not receive the components yet, but I read somewhere that these kind of controllers, some input cables, 3 wires output, not very descriptive, eh?) are handled like a normal serve with a 50 or so Hz PWM signal. It is that so ?
I'm planning of using one of my propellers to control this motor, a servo to control that thing that changes direction, whatever is called in English (timon in spanish). I know a stamp can do that, but the neat thing is I'd like to use an ultrasonic sonar to scan the surroundings and build a 2D map of that lake or water pool, and to send that to the remote control. I was thinking that a pair of 433 MHz transmitter recievers will do the trick.
What you guys (and gals :-D) think ?, the hulls for a small proto are ready
, motors show up next week, hopefully, and a propeller, not the micro, the other one... I did not buy yet.Photos of the progress as soon as something more than the hulls are ready, maybe when the deck is mounted.
Gru
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So..you'll have a propeller driven by a motor that's controlled by a propeller!
Sorry...couldn't resist.
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The more I know, the more I know I don't know.· Is this what they call Wisdom?
It's a rudder (that steers the boat).
Yup, just use any of the servo objects to control the ESCs (Electronic Speed Controller).
Watch-out for water getting at the ultrasonics; someone else on these forums (his name escapes me right now) had problems with that on his yatch.
Keep us updated, and good luck.
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Cheers,
Simon
www.norfolkhelicopterclub.co.uk
You'll always have as many take-offs as landings, the trick is to be sure you can take-off again ;-)
BTW: I type as I'm thinking, so please don't take any offense at my writing style
Another useful english word: tiller
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Cheers,
Simon
www.norfolkhelicopterclub.co.uk
You'll always have as many take-offs as landings, the trick is to be sure you can take-off again ;-)
BTW: I type as I'm thinking, so please don't take any offense at my writing style