Boat Bot – a movie about my electric canoe.
I modified a canoe with two electric trolling motors that are controlled with a wii nunchuck via custom software on an arduino board. Robot servos and a battle bot motor driver control direction and speed. Two golf cart batteries allow for about 6 – 8 hours of cruising with a top speed of 4 miles per hour. [Update] Learn more about this boat at instructables.com http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-Canoe/
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This is a really …
This is a really cool hack. I wonder if you considered extending the canoe’s capabilities with GPS & autopilot (let the boat take you to your favorite fishing hole & then go into a holding pattern)
Thats really cool! …
Thats really cool! I especially love the pic at the ending on the beach.
beautiful sailing
beautiful sailing
No PFD. For shame. …
No PFD. For shame. Sweet project though.
hye thats logn …
hye thats logn point!
how do i rig up my …
how do i rig up my canoe? a great video and very innovative
woww!! that is like …
woww!! that is like the cooollest thing i’ve seen in like 2 years
well i cant be …
well i cant be obvious cause you cant do it since your calling him a geek and just plain dumb.
EXELLENT VIDEO
EXELLENT VIDEO
jesus walking on …
jesus walking on water!,,,now there is a strange thing
good eye good eye.. …
good eye good eye….
Amazing.
Amazing.
forward to 2:04 of …
forward to 2:04 of the video, look at the reflection on the side of the canoe….Jesus Christ.
You were rated down …
You were rated down -4 exp points until I read this. That’s funny right there, I don’t care who ya are.
If you can do this …
If you can do this wirelessly you would be a tech god. Until then, you’re just an opponent Hahaha.
Where can I buy one?
Dood ! That has to …
Dood ! That has to be one of the most practical and obvious geek/tech/hacks I’ve ever seen. Excellently done
This is sooo tight, …
This is sooo tight, i thought the canoe motor being contolled by the Wii nunchuck was cool, but the trailer you built is ingenius, good music too, really nice vid
Those batteries …
Those batteries weigh over 120 pounds, so even in the middle, they are significant ballast. Also, they are slightly forward of center for a single passenger. Normally there are two of us. Also, the motor setup weighs only about 30 – 35 lbs. So its not as much of a weight as it might seem.
how do you balance …
how do you balance all of that weight out? the battery box in the center of the canoe is enough? i’d think you’d need that in the very fore of the canoe with the weight of those motors and electronics (and human) in the back…
regardless of all that, fantastic setup!
Nice it’s …
Nice it’s surprising what 2 electric motors can do handling wise over one. Short of a internal combustion motor, thats the best handling I’ve ever seen in a boat.
It’d be great for navigating in shallow water, where theres a lot of debris.
People will pay good money to have that mounted on their canoe, jon boat, kayak or any other small freshwater vessel with a shallow draft.
If you found a way to market that, it could be the future of waterfowl and fishing boats.
My comp does the …
My comp does the same thing more than 50% of videos say “were sorry this vid is no longer avaliable” it me off, some comps do it more than others and some don’t do it at all!!!!…weird
DUDE i make …
DUDE i make homebrew/mods ect but this is ABOVE AND BEYOND! kudos BEST MOD EVER BRO! I would love to see more with the new WIRELESS NUNCHUCK involved! subsribed! thanks for the amazing vid shared this with my whole gaming forum!
Tried to watch this …
Tried to watch this video but it said “We’re sorry, this video is no longer avaialbe.”
Everything else in YT downloads fine, but I haven’t been able to watch a video for about a week. Obviously other people aren’t having the same problem.
Is it security settings? (Haven’t changed anything on my settings, though.) YT “Help” sucks.
Does anyone know the cure for this? Please help.
Thanks
If the wind starts …
If the wind starts blowing his will be VERY wet.
Very nice video! …
Very nice video! And steering of course ^^