It’s not in any respect unusual for hobbyists to create their very own radio-controlled (RC) vehicles. Customized hovercrafts, however, are fairly onerous to come back by. Regardless of the extra challenges concerned, YouTuber ValRC just lately got down to construct a customized RC hovercraft, utterly from scratch.
Nearly all of the car is 3D printed. All the pieces from the physique to the fan mounts was designed and printed, earlier than ValRC assembled them to type the bottom of the hovercraft. This was to be greater than a show piece, so naturally some electronics have been required as effectively. A pair of drone motors and propellers have been included for raise and propulsion, with a servo being put in to regulate the path of the highest fan for steering.
The {hardware} is pretty easy (📷: ValRC)
Subsequent, an off-the-shelf RC receiver was put in within the hovercraft in order that it may very well be managed with a regular RC transmitter. To complete issues off, a chargeable battery pack was put in, and a skirt constituted of a plastic bag was screwed to the underside of the body.
Whereas testing the car, ValRC discovered it to work higher than anticipated. Nevertheless, the drone motors have been a bit overpowered for the sunshine body, so it did are likely to flip over on tight turns. No worries, although. That’s nothing that may’t be mounted with somewhat extra tinkering.
