Archivio mensile: luglio 2010

First version of PESCOLINO

 

Problems:

  • the boat does not keep the route
  • the boat is too light and therefore less stable
  • the boat becomes unbalanced in the emptying of the bowls

Solution:

  • enlargement of the hull
  • creation of keels with silicon
  • more weight with heavier woody material
  • placement of bowls on the centroid

Presentation: how does PESCOLINO

Pescolino is a project created by Rice Cipriani.
Pescolino is a hovercraft that has a fan direction and three bowls propelled entirely controlled via Bluetooth by a mobile platform Android. Pescolino uses a platform ArduinoBT AMARINO with libraries to help connect with the phone via Bluetooth. Available commands are:
1) Rudder
2) Direction fan
3) Clearing bowls