Beginning the Design

Nick Sylvia and Josh Morris will be doing an arduino power fan boat. We plan to use two motors as a turning system with corresponding lights to indicate the direction of turning.

Nick- Began drawing up the truss structure that will support the motors and the arduino above the boat structure.  We plan to laser cut the two trusses from 1/8" acrylic.

Josh- Did some calculations to make sure that this would actually float in water.  It looks like we will need to add an outrigger to help support the boat and keep it level.  He also wrote a program for the first of the 3 preprogrammed routes that the boat will move along.

First Update

Our project will involve using a milk carton to create a boat like structure and arduino fan blades to move the boat around similar to an airboat.

To start:
Nick- Began created the blog and began documenting our progress on the project.
Josh - Created a general overview of how we would like to arrange the boat and motors in solidworks.