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Hovercraft Group #1

Matt Walker 

Travis Smith

Melissa Huynh

Mark Reimer Jason Rubin

Davi Duncan

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Desi!n "rocess

irst couple of meetin!s $ere spent brainstormin! an

votin! on ieas%

Decie to first buil a prototype to test ieas on so that

$e on&t have to $orry about perfect imensions an

appearance%

inal version is the one $here $e carefully measure

everythin! an use color coorinate materials%

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'ase Desi!n

1st ( Meat packa!es%

•Found that it wasn’t

aerodynamic enoughand the lip wasted thelift by having to fill up alarger volume for the

same distance off theground.

• Also, it just didn’t lookthat cool!

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'ase Desi!n

)n ( "ointe *ose

his design wasinherentlyunstable andhad issues withdirectional

control.

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'ase Desi!n

+r ( Roune *ose

his design provedmore stable andmuch easier tocontrol the side to

side motion but itwasn’t uite what weneeded.

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'ase Desi!n

inal Desi!n

his final model is the

perfect balancebetween weight andstability.

he longer body adds

stability and e"traroom for components.

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 *umber of ans

&ince the new motor and its battery weighedconsiderably more, we decided to use two fans forlift.

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an "lacement

We ori!inally thou!ht of t$o fans- one in front of theother% This cause the craft to be unstable an toolon!%

The sie by sie esi!n !ives !oo stability an allo$sfor a shorter len!th%

.astly- $e ha to move the fans a couple of inchesfor$ar because the thrust of the lar!e en!ine pushesthe nose o$n%

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Skirt Desi!n

We consiere an open- full- an tubular esi!n%

The tubular esi!n $as too complicate%

The open esi!n in&t hol enou!h air in%

We finally ecie on a full skirt $ith holes to letsome of the air out because it is simple an reliable%

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Ruer 

We ecie to a a ruer because $e alreay ha all the

 parts an it !reatly increase

the maneuverability ancontrol%

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'earning to steer 

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/ppearance

or the final esi!n- $e

chose an all black an

yello$ appearance%

When $e looke at the craft

from above it remine usof "ac(man so $e

ecorate accorin!ly%

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0hallen!es

Greatest challen!e $as $orkin! as a team 2chan!in! ieas $ithout steppin! on others

 *ot killin! each other%

'urnin! out the smaller motors 3$e $ent throu!h 45

Havin! the batteries char!e $hen $e neee them%

The t$o batteries have ifferent connectors%

Shorte out the receiver an ha to replace it%

inin! the center of !ravity%

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(uipment 'ist)

* sheets of core board +.-

/ motors +*./0 switch +*.-

battery connecter +.0

rudder kit +*.0 big motor free

* batteries free

#adio controller and receiver free

otal) +*0.1*

OU Engineering: Priceless

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5ersion .0

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Final 5ersion

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