Swath Movement & Operational Controls
Overview: We need to build a movement and operational control system that can be used in a swath vessel. Here is a 1:20 scale model we built. A full size model is about 30% complete at our factory. Here is background on what a swath vessel is.
Requirements:
Here is the Project Management Page.
Sensors:
- Movement (9 axis sensors)
- Water/Air temperature
- Additional sensors are optional
Project Prizes:
- Level 1: Outline of Proposal (Up to 3 winners will be choosen: $100 paid in bitcoin)
- Level 2: Basic proof of principle with 2 sensors & 2 motor controllers works some components
- Level 3:
We need to be able to control:
- Between one to four thrusters (electric motor driven propellers or RIM drive motors).
- Control surfaces like rudders and fins so we have directional control and they could potentially be used for stabilizing movement when stationary in the water.
- Keep
- Four Trim Control Tanks: We will have multiple tanks which can be filled or emptied rapidly with water. There will be 4 small tanks to adjust trim. Two tanks will be at the front (one on the left and one of the right). Two tanks will be at the back (one on the left and one of the right). These tanks do not need to fill or empty water too fast as the trim will not need to be changed often or rapidly. They will help keep the vessel level when weight is moved around on the passenger platform. We will need pumps to move the water or air from tank to tank.
- Four Bouyancy Control Tanks:
Additional controls
Participants:
Project Manager: Grant Romundt (temporary)
We have a full scale size fiberglass model that is about 50% complete but currently on hold.
We have a very futuristic/fancy design for the top passenger section (below). The part that goes on top is mostly just for show and isn't so important in terms of the engineering that needs to be done. This area only has a conceptual design ready at this point and can be changed/modified as needed.
My fiberglass expert is going to start investigating the feasibility of making the passenger section this week.
From you, I would love to see what you could do on the engineering side for the base (under the water section) to see what kind of buoyancy we would have and how much weight we could support on the top passenger section above the waterline. We would ideally like to carry 2-4 people + some baggage. We are using electric thrusters so we will need space for enough lithium batteries to make 20-40 mile+ trips. Feedback and suggestions on how to modify the swath base to improve buoyancy, stability, maneoverability, etc are very welcome.
We are using 2 PR212 motors from here: https://static1.squarespace.
All of our files are here: https://www.dropbox.com/
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