I built and tested a LEGO Technic paper plane catapult!
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Project Paper Plane Catapult
I've been thinking of building an aircraft carrier that can launch RC aircraft for quite some time, so the process has begun! The first step was building and testing a working catapult system that can launch RC paper planes, powered by a single POWERUP 4.0 module, from the deck of a ship. My catapult system uses a single LEGO RC Buggy motor that drives two wheels through a simple gearbox. The wheels "grab" the plane and accelerate it to takeoff speed in a fraction of a second, making sure it clears the deck and doesn't lose much altitude before pitching up and climbing.
The second step will be incorporating the catapult system in an old-school carrier ship. The carrier will most probably resemble old seaplane tender ships and the catapult will probably have an adjustable pitch angle, for optimized takeoffs.
After the second step is also complete, the sky is the limit...
Paper plane catapult specs :
Catapult system : 1x LEGO RC Buggy motor
Battery : 3-cell LiPo
Remote Controller : FlySky FS-i6 with 6-channel receiver
Electronic Speed Control (ESC) : Hobbywing Quicrun 880
Paper Plane specs :
Paper plane design : Slightly modified Nakamura
Power : 1x POWERUP 4.0 module
Controller : Google Pixel 6a smartphone
Footage was shot on DJI Action 2 (onboard), LG G6 smartphone (takeoff shots), and Google Pixel 6a smartphone (build process).
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This was so entertaining to watch! Congratulations on your success 👏
Thank you! Let's hope the system works well on a boat next week!
Really cool bro!!
Thank you!
Awesome
Thank you!
Ασχετο φιλε μ αλλα που βρισκεις το αφρολεξ που βαζεις στα πλοια σου και επιπλεουν? Εχω κανει και εγω προσπαθειες για τετοιες κατασκευες αλλα δεν βρισκω τα καταλληλα υλικα.. Ωραια τα βιντεο και σε ευχαριστω εκ των προτερων!
Παίρνω ότι κομμάτι βλέπω να μένει στην άκρη από το τμήμα που κάνει παραλαβές και αποστολές δεμάτων στην εταιρεία που εργάζομαι, και μετά θα κόβω στο μέγεθος που θέλω. Από εδώ και στο εξής όμως θα χρησιμοποιώ 3D printed κουτιά που θα τυπώνω στο μέγεθος που χρειάζομαι. Έτσι θα έχω μεγαλύτερη ελευθερία σχεδιασμού.
Why didn’t you start by folding the paper in half before folding the corners in?
I’m sorry, I’ve done so much origami that it pains me to see people fold stuff in ways that don’t always result in >99% accuracy
Btw if the plane arcs down too much, move that sliding bar back a bit; it’ll help it pull upwards and counteract that issue.
The paper plane you see me fold in the video is not the same I used for the tests. It's just a quick and crude fold I did to show in the building process of the video. The plane I used for the tests took me quite some time to fold (I kept measuring every fold with a ruler to be sure), as I'm not very experienced and needed it to be as precise as possible. The same goes for the paper plane I'll use in my next video, which will take off from a boat using the same catapult.
@@AMomentofParadise-Walker39989could you be a bit more specific? The plane does dive sometimes (not enough to be dangerous, but it does) and I need all the advice I can get on the matter. My boat launch is nearing and I need to keep it as safe as possible for my plane.
At 2:51, you slide a bar piece back towards the tail and away from the nose. If it dives downwards, you’ll want to move it further away from the nose by tiny increments until it doesn’t dive downwards. If you move the bar too far from the nose and too close to the tail, the plane will arc upwards too much, stall, and dive straight down.
@@AMomentofParadise-Walker39989 Oh, you mean the bar of the POWERUP unit! Thanks for the tip! I'm new to RC paper planes, so any tip is instrumental. Today I'll make my final tests before tomorrow's boat launch!