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Arduino RC Boat
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I found my old wooden boat and decide make it RC controlled. So I make ribs from balsa
and glued them to make voluminous body allowed heavy load like battery, arduino, motor
and more.

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Step 1: Planking
I used many narrow balsa strips to planking. Using pins I hold them on their place until the
glue has hardened.

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Step 2: Grinding

After glued all strips come on grinding. Hours and hours grinding to make smooth
body.Then I varnish 3-5 times to make it waterproof

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Step 3: Making Keel

I glued some balsa o!cuts and then I cut them to requested shape with sharp knife.
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Step 4: Counterpoise

I found that the ship is unable to sail, so i must cut away the keel to "ll body with some
piece of "shing lead, to set centroid down.

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Step 5: ...
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But after I glued it back, I tried the boat on water and it still #oated bevel. So I must cut o!
keel again and use more lead. (I used 0,5kg of lead)

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Step 6: Painting
For paint i used paint in spray.

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Step 7: Controller - Wiring and Function

This is my controller to control my boat. It can be more simpliest to control boat but my
plan is controlling plane in the future.

Materials:

1. Arduino nano
2. 2x jostick
3. 5x led
4. 3x button
5. 4x switch
6. Battery
 7. Srews and nuts
8. Perspex or another material
9. Glue
10. Battery connector
11. Rezistors
12. Capacitor 10 uC

About nrf24l01:

Info about nrf24l01: https://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/Nrf24L01-2.4GH... (https://ar-

duino-info.wikispaces.com/Nrf24L01-2.4GHz-HowTo)

Library RF24: https://tmrh20.github.io/RF24/ (https://tmrh20.github.io/RF24/)

Demo code: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=381973.msg.. (http://forum.ar-

duino.cc/index.php?topic=381973.msg2638162#msg2638162)

Program function:

1. Left joystick:
2. vertical is forward and backward motor
3. horizontal - nothing

4. Right joystick:
5. vertical - nothing
6. horizontal is left and right steering

7. Buttons
8. buttons are connected to one analog pin. Every buttons has di!erent resistor value,
so arduino identify, which button is pushed. It can be programed to anything in
receiver side

9. Orange leds
10. These leds tunr on whned button or switch under the led is on.

11. Green led

 12. Led is lighting when controller is succes connected to boat

13. Red led

14.
Led is fadeing, it signaling that controller is tured on, it'll turn o! when green led will
turn on

master.ino
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Step 8: Boat Wiring Materials

1. arduino
2. nrf24l01
3. 4x transistor (or H-bridge L298N)
 4. *LED strip
5. battery
6. proppeler
7. servo
8. wires
9. motor
10. *tranzistor - 2x

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tiago.rodrigues.christovam
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Question 3 years ago

Good night, Daniel.

I'm a beginner in Arduino and electronics.
I really liked your project.
However, in the development I found some difficulties.
In the control I'm doing only with Joystick modules, do I need to use all those buttons?
And to assemble the electronics of the Boat, because I'm using a bridge (L298).
Could you show me an electrical diagram with her.
Thank you.

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dineshsindhav6830 (/member/dineshsindhav6830/)
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Question 3 years ago on Step 6

What is prosiger of make a remote

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(/member/surajmisal/) surajmisal (/member/surajmisal/) 6 years ago

hello Daniell,
how should i use flysky rc remote for this boat instead of your remote

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(/member/panto52/) panto52 (/member/panto52/) 6 years ago

Hello DanielIR34, nice work!

I'm starting out with Arduino, but always passionate rc model planes.
I wanted to ask if you can edit your listings for running two joystick and four servi,
and with the Arduino joystick buttons to drive on and off of lights etc.
Thank you

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(/member/samern/) samern (/member/samern/) 7 years ago

This is very cool. I am going to borrow your ideas for a submarine I am building. Outstanding
work.

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 (/member/rambrus/) rambrus (/member/rambrus/) 7 years ago

Like your picture with Horalky ?

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(/member/Funky+Diver/) Funky Diver (/member/Funky+Diver/) 7 years ago

Favourited, thank you :)

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(/member/seamster/) seamster (/member/seamster/) 7 years ago

This is a really cool looking boat. I love how you made the hull out of individual strips of wood.
That looks like it was a ton or work! :)

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