Boat Design
How to 3D print a boat
If you’ve read my previous posts, you’ll know that I’ve already built the full size boat, so why am I 3D printing a smaller one? Well my initial test boat was a very simple wooden Read more…
Construction
Building a fibreglass hull – Part 3
In part 1 we walked through the design, part 2 covered the making of the plug and in part 3 we’ll be covering how to make the mould and hull by learning about: Applying a Read more…
Construction
Building a fibreglass hull – Part 2
You can read about how the hull was designed in part 1. Now we’re going to be discussing how the plug was made, which is the starting point for producing the mould. We’ll go over: Read more…
Boat Design
Building a fibreglass hull – Part 1
This will be part 1 of a 3 part series which talks about the process of designing and building a fiberglass boat. The electronics and a basic system was tested on a small prototype boat Read more…
Engineering
Video: Hull construction overview
The hull has been built! After many months of sculpting, sanding, filling, spraying and fibreglassing, the hull has finally been built! Considering it’s my first attempt ever at building a hull and fibreglassing, I’m pretty Read more…
Milestone
The first test on water!
With an initial prototype complete, it was time to test it out! In terms of functionality, the rudder and motor speed can be manually controlled, data is sent back to a live dashboard and data Read more…
Electronics
Creating the first boat system
I needed to build a basic system which I could test out on a lake as a small prototype. The system was able to control the motor and rudder as well as know it’s speed Read more…
Engineering
Motors, propellers and experiments – Part 2
Read part 1 here Choosing a propeller and motor Now we know how much force the boat requires to move along, we can choose a propeller that produces this force, however manufacturers don’t include this Read more…
Engineering
Motors, propellers and experiments – Part 1
The first thing I wanted to tackle was the motor and propeller, which ones to choose. Naturally I wanted to do this the scientific way, calculate what force is required to move the boat, then Read more…