We have made a radio controlled hovercraft. First we controlled it with a PlayStation 3 controller using Arduino. Unfortunately the hovercraft didn't move controlling it that way. The hovercraft was lifting up, and we could steer with the rudder, but the motor on the back didn't give enough power to push the thing forward.
Actually, the motor wasn't running at it's topspeed. Reason was, the ESC (speedcontroller) wasn't calibrated in the right way. It was very difficult to calibrate the ESC again, using the PS3 controller. (the ESC seemed not to react).
Therefore, our idea was to controll the hovercraft with a radio transmitter. We removed the Arduino part and calibrated the ESC again this way en tested the hovercraft. This is what it looked like:
Hope you enjoy it!
PS: should I make an step by step instructable?
EDIT: I've made one, find it here: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-RC-Hovercraft/
Actually, the motor wasn't running at it's topspeed. Reason was, the ESC (speedcontroller) wasn't calibrated in the right way. It was very difficult to calibrate the ESC again, using the PS3 controller. (the ESC seemed not to react).
Therefore, our idea was to controll the hovercraft with a radio transmitter. We removed the Arduino part and calibrated the ESC again this way en tested the hovercraft. This is what it looked like:
Hope you enjoy it!
PS: should I make an step by step instructable?
EDIT: I've made one, find it here: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-RC-Hovercraft/
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I've made a step by step instructable of it, which you can find here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-RC-Hovercraft/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-a-PS3-Controller-to-control-an-Arduino-NXT-Bot/
This instructable helped me a a lot understanding the communication between PS3 controller, laptop and Arduino. But, he used NXT motors for his bot and I used brushless motors for my project. In my Arduino-code, the Arduino recognizes these motors as servo's. So just write a servo code, as for the rudder, for your brushless motors.
If you have questions about the Arduino part, leave a comment, I will try to answer it.
So if you want, I can make a step by step guide for just the building part?
I personally think that it should be mandatory. :)
It's amazing xD
Absolutely!