Brainstorming Drawings

The following pictures are sketches of ideas AC and I had while researching over the summer. Most of the pictures don't have scales because they are just ideas and possibilities that have not been developed further or have been drawn in more detail in a different post.(If you click on the picture it will open up bigger in a new window).

Rough Sketch of Propulsion and Steering Ideas

This drawing represents multiple solutions for the problem of propelling and steering the hovercraft. In some cases, steering and propulsion can be combined

Rough Sketch of a Potential Motor and Battery System

This drawing is an average sized motor that may be used in constructing the hovercraft.

Rough Sketch of a Hull Design

• Composed of three Jupe Skirts (bottom of sketch) and a rounded, convex top (top of sketch).
• A slit in the convex top will be cut out to place a mechanized wheel system that can deploy and retrieve the plankton net by unwinding and rewinding.

Rough Sketch of a Hull Design

• Composed of two Segmented Skirts (bottom of sketch) attached to a low, flat top (top of sketch).
• A slit in the top will be cut out to place a mechanized wheel system that can lower and raise the plankton net into the water.

Rough Sketch of a Hull Design

• Composed of a Bag Skirt (bottom of sketch) and a trapazoidal prism (top of sketch) will sit on top of it.
• A slit in the top will be cut out to place a mechanized wheel system that can deploy and retrieve the plankton net by unwinding and rewinding.

Rough Sketch of a Hull Design

This drawing shows the top front and left side views of the exterior. It has a structure to hold a plankton net and the motor for it. This structure resembles those used on research vessels that pull nets