- Building the PC Power Monitor
- Designing the PC Power Monitor - Part II
- Designing the PC Power Monitor - Part I
- Taking the GPS for a walk in the bush
- Talking the GPS for a drive
- Power Distribution board
- Re-Mapping my GPS data
- Hey, the site has been upgraded to Drupal 4.7!
- Steering the Mark-I boat
- Pool testing a model of the Mark-I
Steering the Mark-I boat
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Mon, 2006-01-30 09:02.
Ok, this has had me stumped for some time, however, writing up the last blog, I had a flash back to the tourist Amity Brig down at Albany. The steering ropes and windlass are all out in the open, so the kids and dad's love to peer over the edge and see how moving the wheel makes the rudder turn.
This is my go at it. Well, at least it's a start.
Proposed system for controlling the steering of the Mark-I. The pulley's are brown, gears are orange, and the continuous servo is black.
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Using a DC Motor instead of a Servo
Well, maybe a servo will not be able to drive the steering assembly, so perhaps a DC motor might be in the order of the day. Due to possible slippage of the guide rope, an encode would be needed, so positional feed back could be read.