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Rc Hovercraft Project!

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Allright, what started as a crazy, outlandish idea has started to take shape! This is still very early in the WiP stages, still throwing around some ideas. In the end expect a lush desert landscape around the track. So far it is working as I planned! This is a very expensive and ambitious project and I hope to complete it someday, this is no doubt going to take alot of trial and error.

 

What I would really like to do is have 2 of these tracks, so the hovercrafts can race one another! That would call for a ton of extra cash though, maybe, just maybe...

 

The setup:

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Battery box and IR receiever:

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Overhead view:

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It really floats:

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Craft underside:

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Checking each magnet to ensure the polarity is correct, and weight are my main concerns. The craft itself might not have many details. Any ideas/help would be great so feel free!

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Aanchir

Technically, that's some type of mag-lev vehicle. A hovercraft would actually float on a cushion of air, not on a bed of repelling magnets.

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Ghostie
:wired:

 

That is so freakin' awesome. Just one question: Where do you order these parts?

 

-=< :s: >=-

The site's got forums.

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The Last Cowboy!

Wow. O_o. Feakin' insane. Pound it.

*Virtual Pound*

I'd love to spend time making those crafts look cool. It can be done. And an entire track? Beast. Love the desert idea.

 

-ToC

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Sumiki
:wired:

 

That is so freakin' awesome. Just one question: Where do you order these parts?

 

-=< :s: >=-

The site's got forums.

That's too bad. :(

 

-=< :s: >=-

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GreenBioGuy

Sweet ingenuity! That's one hefty design idea you've got there! Two questions: how is it propelled forwards, and how are you going to make the track curve?

 

I can't wait to see this completed one day! :D

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pompomperson
Cool, I did something like this in 5th grade. Except it wasn't Lego. It was something about 2 feet long and a light push would have it go along the entire track. There is something like this at the science museum of MN. Although the tracks are 4 feet-ish. Bunch of hills and everything. It was cool because every once in a while you hit a station thing and it goes super fast.
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