CDIO/Propeller

Problem Statement
Follow a previous work documents to run a smaller model of a propeller. Testing two motor with a Zagi 5 ESC to see which one is better for the ball

Designing the Implementation Process
Follow the instruction from the documents made by Shatton9111:

Videos of me Figuring out the Newly Connected Thunderbird 9 ESC and Motor:


 * Part 1: Not Working
 * Part 2: Still Not Working
 * Part 3: Is it dead?
 * Part 4: Success & Confusing Results

Later, I made another ESC/motor pair. This time I made two mistakes. First, I had crimped too close to the center of the butt connector and missed the ESC's wire. This let it slide out of the connector. Then, I tried again closer to the wire. I found out after this that the motor's connector didn't have enough room to fit inside the connector's inner conductive sleeve. So, I cut the ESC's wire at the end of the connector, stripped 2 - 4 millimeters, inserted the motor's connector into the conductive sleeve first, inserted the ESC's wire, and then crimped just the ESC's wire. This allowed the ESC's wires to be permanently attached to the connectors and let the motor's self-adjusting connectors to also be used. This way, the motor could still be reused.

Work flow
Connect the wires from the ESC to the Arduino as instructed in this picture

This motor runs slower and weaker but lighter. Its light weight would make it easier to control the drone. However its base is complicated and unbalance so it would be difficult to attach to the bottle

Test, Verification, Validation, and Certification
Here are the videos showing the test results of the two motors

Extra motor test

As predicted this motor runs faster and stronger, however I discovered more that it creates wind upward. This is not good since we need the wind to go downward to push the ball up

Zagi5 motor test

Also as expected this motor runs slower and weaker, contradict to the extra motor this one creates wind downward, which is what we need to fly the ball

Implementation Management
According to the test the Zagi5 is the most qualified motor that the ball drone needs. However the biggest problem is it is very difficult to attach it to the drone. Its unbalance base surface would not fit the head of the empty bottle.

Maybe I should try another material. I'm thinking of designing something with the Makerbot. Something to place the motor into that would make its base balance

Poster
Next I'll try to figure out the shape to something to build from the Makerbot that would fit the motor and the head of the bottle. Or it would be easier if I could find another material, like wood or a lot of duck tape

Next Steps
I would try replacing the wires and get a usb cable to power up the arduino