RACING PADDLE BOAT
Hi everyone!! This week I designed and built a racing paddle boat that hopefully will perform better than my last boat. It is a differential steering design with a servo actuated linkage system to adjust the height at which the wheels reach the water. Please leave your predictions in the comments because next week we'll try to do a test of this thing.
Thanks!!
Comments (8)
Aren't you worried about the batteries heating up too much due to the narrow space and no ventilation? I am not very experience with that large battery, so I'm just guessing
Well, I don't expect much speed change with bigger "paddle-wheels" - they will be "in the shadow" of the hull... and therefore don't get much water to work with... But surprise me :-) ;-) I do like the design and aesthetic of the boat!
Maybe extending the paddle-wheels inwards instead of outwards (as Logan Vinson suggest) will have greater impact on the speed. But as you wrote, you'll start with the narrow wheels and judge the "bite"...
Wave Hopper now has a new meaning. Looking good, can't wait to see it in action. Cheers, JAYTEE
I hope that it is not too back heavy!
With the battery at the front the COG and the COB (center of buoyancy) are exactly in the middle. I'll have to tape the battery so it stays there though.
Do you think the dead space between the paddles should be used? Like having the paddles go cover the motors as well?
I'm worried about the wheels having too much "bite" on the water. There's indeed a lot of space left for paddles there. Once I see how it performs I'll see if there's torque left on the motors to use wider wheels.