Great work Gobbla on design and the silicone bead concept!
I have been debating a seal similar to that or rubber gasket, your way definitely makes it simple but looking into rectangular o-ring shape that slides into the grove?
Thanks, your concept is nice, do you plan to install remote inside or just electronics from remote?
For the o ring rectangular , it should work, just need to adapt grove.
In my case I did not choose such rectangular o ring due to difficulty to weld it and to follow the cover shape. In my job before we was using it, but due to leakage, we now use cylindrical o ring. Disadvantages of cylindrical o ring is you need more accuracy on grove and cover surface.
For Silicone bed i m just afraid about life time, a lot of experiments to test
we are trying to do a new approach and steer it with a gyroscopic chip inside. So you add power by presing a button and turning the whole remote which is just like a finger ring you put around your finger…
If averything works out shoul be finished by spring, and we would make it available for everybody… elevate remote
Interesting, I see that it can control the throttle with arm movements if that is what you are using it for?
I see that product here for skateboards: https://longboardlife.org/2017/12/24/interesting-gear-jaykay-e-trucks/
Know that when we foil our arms move and rotate to keep the balance of pitch which skateboards don’t require and wondering how this will affect the throttle as its tied into are movements?
Yes they help us getting it ready
Same as with skateboard…you balance as well but acceleration is done with turning your hand left-right.
If you have the right wings, hydrofoi riding is much easier than skateboarding… We will post a video soon where I´m sitting on it while flying and doing turns…
Unrelated to this conversation, but I’m looking at a COTS controller for our efoil. Specifically this one. I am a total newbie to this R/C electronics life, how can I tell if the controller will work with our ESC. Will it be as simple as hooking up the receiver to it, or will more have to be done? Thanks
Had to look up COTS and learned a new acronym: commercial-off-the-shelf. Good way to start and yes that should work fine. I used the same GT2B controller. Inside big freezer bags.
If you get that ESC be sure to follow the fine print as its designed out of the box for 2 pole motor and most of our motors are 6+ poles MantaRay, hate to see motor get fried because a standard setting
**Note: Standard software is suitable for 2 pole motors. Customers using 4 pole or higher should use the 4 pole firmware set under files tab and set acceleration to low.
Thank you Giloris, we are very excited about this because the remote control is such a key component of any electric surfboard or efoil and they are not easy to create or produce in bulk.
Our waterproof remote control does not use silicone and it’s made of ABS via injection mold for a stronger, waterproof, and lower cost per unit than 3D printing. The waterproof cap at the bottom screws off to plug in USB cable to charge. We have been able to design something that is very affordable. We are finalizing the waterproof remote control production costs and to be on the safe side it will be priced between $150 - $225.
So I am starting with the remote now. I will try to use a 20mm long linear poti to build a trigger like on a cordless drill. That trigger can be actuated through a condom unlike a gun trigger. Features are:
*acceleration
*remote on/off
*battery connect/disconnect
*cruise control (not sure yet how this will work. Activating it is easy, but when I deactivate it again, it could cause jerky acceleration or deaceleration. Depends in how hard you press the trigger)
Waterproofing will be with just a condom. I might even make it penis shaped for easier application. : ) Finding compact buttons is hard and expensive, waterproofing too.
Do you know any other buttons or features I should add?