Several people have asked me to make boats, cars, or planes from tin foil or aluminium foil. I was also asked to make paddle boats and I was asked to use my Hard Drive motor to power a boat. This project combines all these requests in one. Unfortunately it really struggled on the lake with the wind blowing it off course.
If you have a question it is probably worth reading my video description first because the answer may already be there. To help you find my videos I made a YouTube search guide video /watch/wgcHOoOSBecSH or checkout my playlists page /user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/playlists?flow=grid&view=1
Main components
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Aluminium Foil Tray
Polystyrene Pizza Trays
VHS Tape Cassette
Paperclips
Pen tubes
Hard drive motor
ESC
Receiver
Servo
Here are the eBay listings I have used. I am not endorsing these products I am just answering the questions people have asked.
The radio control transmitter and receiver listing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190888163364
Last time I bought servos I got 10 on this listing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261521757538
Brushless motor ESC listing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321038189943
Here is the video where I first used this hard-drive motor and it has some information about how to connect to it with more info in it's video description /watch/Mz3-msSKuThK-
Main Tools
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Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
Soldering iron
Filmed using
HTC One Mini mobile phone
Edited using
Serif MoviePlus Starter Edition
Aluminium Foil Boats Cars and Planes /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB1MkF27XAD9XCZOi2zhKjik
Radio Control playlist /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB13Xcquw4Ff09MQzTPjeVkI
Toy Boats /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB24vUS9E8zkSgjZysEL00zr
Paddle Boats /playlist/PLA5a2xPRSrB31jBvsqUJFUtWJ4QiPSLjV
I have over 2000 videos on YouTube covering a wide range of subjects. To find them follow my YouTube search guide /watch/wgcHOoOSBecSH or see my playlists
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Generally my projects are for my grandchildren to enjoy. OK, I enjoy them too. If anybody else likes them, that is a bonus. I like to keep my work as simple and basic as possible so that it can be copied easily and improved by anybody who wants to try themselves. I recycle or repurpose items rather than buy new and when I do buy I like to keep it cheap.
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