User:Emabit17/ENES100/myHoverCraft

Write problem/project Goal
For this semester, My team and I will be working on a hovercraft that uses Vertical Take-Off and Landing. Basically, it is a hovercraft that can land and takeoff on its own using fans to generate power.

My First Task
This first week, I was planning on talking to the team members to come to an agreement on what we are going to do for the upcoming weeks. I talked to Tim about the project and shared ideas on what it should be.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
I met with the team members and discussed what we'll be working on next week. We talked about the building of the body with insulated foam.

Week1 Narrative
I worked on the materials list for the team page. I also worked with Tim on the fans and motors, attaching them to plywood. We are going to present them to the class on Wednesday.
 * Propulsion
 * Propeller Calculator
 * Concept of a hovercraft

My Second Task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the second weekend.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week2 Narrative
Program for Accelerometer and Gyro

Gyro Sketch

My Third task
For this weekend, I will conduct research on the speedometers and how to wire them, and also quad-copter schematic to get an idea of how to connect everything to the arduino. I am also looking for a program that will help us to control the fan blades through the arduino.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
We worked on exactly what we planned to do for last week. We found some information on the speedometers on the castlecreations website. We got the specs for the Thunderbird 9 from its user guide which can be found on through this link thunder bird user guide Last week we also worked on cutting the board to the dimensions that Tim Fries made for the hovercraft.

Week3 Narrative
This week we worked extensively on the hovercraft board and building it. We also had our focus on how we will later connect the speedometers to the fans and using the arduino with its program to communicate to the fan blades. Website for Arduino to speedometer connection Arduino Programming

My Fourth task
''Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the final weekend of project work. ''

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week4 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Complete Team Page
Fill out the Team Form (should have already copied the form, created the team page, linked to it and started filling it out).