I have built the first prototype of a boat with rudder steering. IMG_1455

This video shows the rudder steering in action. We ran the boat four times and obtained these results:

  1. When the rudder is straight, the boat goes (relatively) straight.
  2. When the rudder is tilted to the left, the boat veers to the left.
  3. When the rudder is tilted to the right, the boat still veers to the left. This is not the result we wanted.
  4. When the rudder is tilted to the right, the boat veers right; this is what we intended.
  5. When we tilted the rudder back to the left, the boat veered to the left, again.

I also converted the old RoCo boat with servo mount into new RoCo. Screen%20Shot%202021-07-27%20at%209.56.36%20AM

I am currently working on implementing the remainder of the paper components into new RoCo (rudder and ESP stack mount, for now).

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