29 Sep

I improved the design of gondola that the current version has a lighter weight than before. And the motor drivers are fixed onto the gondola to be more stable. Also, 1'' jumper wires are used to reduce the total weight. Before: After:

31 Aug

This week I did an integrated test of blimp to achieve horizontal and vertical actuation. The gondola is shown as below: The vertical and horizontal actuation: Your browser does not support the video tag.Your browser does not support the video tag. Next step would be testing a whole integra...

24 Aug

I tested the wireless control of the motors. As long as the raspberry pi zero w is under the same wifi network as of my computer, we can wirelessly control the motors. Your browser does not support the video tag. The gondola is also a simple version using pla to print. The weight of it is 8g.

19 Aug

This week I conducted test of sticking 3D printed gondola to the envelope which is the mylar balloon. The material of the gondola is PLA and the material of the balloon is mylar. The test assumes that the interacting surface of gondola is plane, however, the surface on the balloon is not always...

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