HoverCruiser

Even thought I didn’t feel as productive I’ve done a lot of polishing of the project and added Fasteners to BOM, made technical drawings and exported everything needed for building to a folder.

The fasteners were pretty relaxing, because it was a pretty simple task and I had searched for in on a supplier site and then pasted over some random din number and other stuff.
After that I had reviewed the BOM and found out that i was missing the silicon cabling so I’ve asked gemini and it had a great idea of choosing a local model shop instead of aliexpress and it was cheaper and better quality! I wouldn’t have looked there otherwise but this time it worked out perfectly.
And while I was at it i have also checked of they have other parts and they had it and you wouldn’t have guessed it - it was actually also cheaper.

And after a lot of small tweaks, I felt like it’s all done!

So instead of shipping rn I had made technical drawings! It will help everyone get the scale of this project and help them with building it.

I’m super exited to actually start making it!!!!!!

Basically I’m finishing up! It’s actually turning out great. Oh the price it’s like $1500 but I’ve managed to slash it to something like $500 by using parts I already have at hand.

The CAD model is now completed and looks it should be final.
I had a lot of issues with containers in FreeCAD bc part mirrors are like eating up the base geomerty - I was able to overcome this by making copies of the base geometries, but I lost the colors though.

Next up is the wiring of the electronics. I’ve thought of using cheap FOCer ESCs because they are better and smoother but once price and second integration issues. So at the end I’ve opted in for the origianl ESCs with a standard RC reciever, it isn’t as clean and beutifull as with the VESCs but it should do.

BTW: edited the draft devlog, also how did it do so well bc it has like 45 views and 2 likes. And secondly I’m super sleepy rn.

AaaAaAaAaaAAaaahhh got way too stuck on the ESC.

So basically I wanted to merge one cheap FOCer to for it to have 2 channels but that turned out to be the wrong rabbit hole bc I got way too deep and with 3 days left I lost a substantial time.
But on the other hand I’ve learnt about git submodules, older version of KiCAD and porting them to newer ones and type FOC!er!
And I also wanted to make quite a bit of changes to justify it bc I can’t submit others project’s to HC! So I wanted to add USBc make the board 4 layer for better heat disapation make it 2ch and ideally run it with just one mcu.
and all of it was thrown out of the window as I wasn’t able to make it work in short time frame. No worries thought.

the top and bottom cover is on!
it took me way too long, but I’ve managed to model it.
The flat part was pretty good but the holes were a nightmare as I needed to start from a corner and not the middle. but I like it.

Noice the axle assembly is finally designed!
I have mirrored the other sides but the mirror for everything mirrored but it didn’t mirror the parts I was mirroring before GGs.

I’ve been working on the axle!
It’s pretty hard but its going on nicely.
Also I’m taking inspiration from the czech guy.
The bases of this mechanism were from the czech guy and trampa trucks.
Alo set colors for different manufacturing tecniques.
Blue and orange - CNC
gray - AL extrusion
Green - bought
RED - mirror

It looks to be solid atleast I hope.

Also I wanted to complete thw whole axle assembly but stardance cut me off. Also I’m running out of time a bit. 3 days to go and I still need to do way more.

Oh I’ve got too locked in!

So after a bit of design on the onewheel and a few onewheel reviews it occurred to me that onewheels are super dangerous and they have a lot of other caviats. Like SW and etc.

Soooooooooooooooo I went with making a skateboard bc it seems way more fun and less of a SW hassle, but more of a HW hassle, in which I’m more comfortable.

So I’ve began with researching how skateboards work and tried finding inspiration. At first I found a video explaining how turning works. And after that tried finding inspiration on the turning mechanism. At first I haven’t found much but after I’ve found a great video by Czech creator making his own mountain board! He said that it weights wayyyyyyyyyyy too much, so I’m going to make it out of aluminium extrusion like I’ve originaly intened for FOSSwheel.

And there was CAD. At first I’ve tried sketching up the deck (Before much research). And nothing worked.
And after that I have found the mountain board along with a cad model and I was hooked, so I’ve sketched it out of aluminium extrusion and then started transfering it into CAD.

:yay I love how this project is going RN.

OH this is a first devlog.

I’ve stared by a lot of research, like it began a year ago when I’ve seen a video of a guy making his own onewheel out of an old hoverboard. Not to mention that I was timkering with howerboards for like four years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdHUSAQd6hc

Also I’ve ridden OneWheel at Open Sauce which was amazing, also while signing a waiver lol - it was my first time in the states

So I’ve began by researching all about it. And I still haven’t fell into the OneWheel rabbit hole.

Yeah after research I’ve began working on the CAD for this project. it should be well documented as it’s supposed to be in the FOSS OSHW spirit.
First were the 20x40 extrusions for which I have found a dxf file and with the help of some tutorial extruded … after trying to find a plugin for it - well sometimes the best solution is the simpliest.
Then found the motors on grabcad along with the tire. And that’s it for now. Like I wouldhave continued but today was pretty packed.

PS: I’m building a prototype OneWheel in parallel with the scaps I have laying around to learn from the mistakes and make it better.
I now know that plastic wheels along with making the tire airless raised a bunch of challenges.