Monday, June 27, 2005

Skids, 4 way float / sink control, Styrene, Powered USB Hub

  • Skids
    • You want skids because you are going to be negatively bouyant by default. By having skids about 1' off the floor you don't have to use energy to stay down
  • 4 way float / sink control
    • There are 4 floats. For, Aft, Left, Right. They are hooked up to a single prop arm on a geared DC motor that rotates left and right which allows the lure to roll and two floats on the arm located far forward / and far aft. By changing the rotation of the propellor (at most 180 degrees) you can control the pitch and roll of the LURE
    • Motor must be geared way down so the bouys are forced into their positions.
  • Styrene
    • Styrene tubing is supposed to be great for hooking up drive trains.
  • Powered USB Hub
    • If USB signal strength has a problem turn on the used a +5v powered hub instead of a passive USB2 hub at the end of the tether.
  • Centrally located stabilizing weight
    • One weight at the very center of the LURE can be further lowered down to create a the most negatively bouyant resting point for the LURE.
    • Reel out the weight and it allows the LURE to hover at a much height height then its skids?
    • Maybe skids are needed if this allows you to sit off the shore a certain length? I don't think I need skids, but the centrally located weight acts as a variable height skid.

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