[diy] Rc Blimp/airship

[wenshen]

any sifu here willing to help?

basically.. we're trying to find helium now.. which is hard to get.. and custom made balloons.. for the blimp body..

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[SkYwAlKeR]

wow... thats interesting...

i think the important part is it's all direction steering and the weight distribution...

 

[wenshen]

haha.. yeahlo.. quite hard to do actually.. the blog journal oso lazy to post.. damn busy la.. but we are conducting tests all the time.. and currently looking for sponsors..

 

[wenshen]

done.. 4 months.. thanks for those friends who keeped up looking..

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

haha... i can only see a baloon??... where are the fans to guide it??...

 

[wenshen]

haha.. since u ask lidat no choice la..

 

[imoloq]

Are you still doing your project or not? Or already finish already? How to control ascent and descent?

 

[wenshen]

done with the project already
but.. trying to improve it everyday la.. ;)

now planning to attach wireless camera..

my gondola(plane body part) is made in a way that the fans are 45 degrees to the ground.. so when the lift and weight balances each other.. the fan will control the blimp to fly around with 3 degrees of freedom.. ;)

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

haha... know we know who is wenshen... vr lengchai wo...

 

[imoloq]

done with the project already
but.. trying to improve it everyday la.. ;)

now planning to attach wireless camera..

my gondola(plane body part) is made in a way that the fans are 45 degrees to the ground.. so when the lift and weight balances each other.. the fan will control the blimp to fly around with 3 degrees of freedom.. ;)

Oh nice solution. How do you swivel the fans sideways to rotate the craft. Are you using servos?

 

[imoloq]

haha... know we know who is wenshen... vr lengchai wo...

Ya better put his pic in the "Post pics of yourself thread". Lots of lengluis will pm him hahahaha

 

[BLaCkHoWLiNG]

dat doesnt look like a blimp... looks like a baloon attached with 2 electric propeller motors...

 

[wenshen]

hahaha.. well.. its not really a blimp.. blimps are the same thing but using ELONGATED balloons..
so called BLIMP la.. but its off the same species.. ;)

im the guy on the left.. light blue shirt..

 

[wenshen]

Oh nice solution. How do you swivel the fans sideways to rotate the craft. Are you using servos?

the fans are both running on independent controls..
so basically if i want it to turn left i just on the right fan.. vice versa..
to go forward on both.. and to reverse on both reverse.. ;)

not servos.. RF channel controls..

 

[imoloq]

the fans are both running on independent controls..
so basically if i want it to turn left i just on the right fan.. vice versa..
to go forward on both.. and to reverse on both reverse.. ;)

not servos.. RF channel controls..

Doh! Didn't think of that. :X-:

 

[wenshen]

haha.. took me 2 months to finalize the design of the gondola.. so that its the most simple and lightest.. ;)

this design can run with 1 IC chip and 2 motors.. ;) but can do all the magic.. hahaha..

 

[imoloq]

What's the IC for?

You use a wireframe or platform for the gondola?

 

[wenshen]

the IC is the heart of the microchip that powers our friend the gondola.. ;)

a picture speaks a thousand words..

 

[imoloq]

the IC is the heart of the microchip that powers our friend the gondola.. ;)

a picture speaks a thousand words..

So your blimp can navigate itself? Or does it rely on rc? What's the aim of your project?

 

[wenshen]

self navigation requires a much bigger and heavier chipset..

my objective is to make an airship with 3 degrees of freedom.. controlled by RF controls.