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paddle wheel concept

2,539 squideater56  6.2 years ago
19 downloads

a concept for making a car drive through water without the bulky props to push it forward, this is what i came up with, throttle to drive normally, once floating in the water, hit ag 1 and vtol up, the paddles should slide out from the tires, once set, throttle to spin paddles. i built a car using these and found that the mod and the paddles in general dont like being attached to a hinge rotator and will lock up. so having paddle wheel steering doesnt work right now, the solution is a gyro to steer instead an remove paddles from front wheels, the current max speed acheivable by my current design is 5 mph. This is just a demonstration of what the wheel does. To test full functionality use the test car here.
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https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/7S2p4B/paddle-wheel-test-car

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 11.5ft (3.5m)
  • Length 19.6ft (6.0m)
  • Height 13.0ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 2,740lbs (1,242kg)
  • Loaded Weight 3,005lbs (1,363kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 279.3lbs/ft2 (1,363.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 10.8ft2 (1.0m2)
  • Drag Points 5948

Parts

  • Number of Parts 54
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 163

Required Mods

  • EngineOut by WNP78
    Version 1.0 (5/27/2017 1:47:41 PM)
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