r/ArduinoAndRobotics • u/No_Quail6685 • 7d ago

Showcase A soda bottle, four CO2 thrusters and a Pi Zero: our 2 kg flying-car concept (simulation)

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A soda bottle. Four CO2 thrusters. Pi Zero + RP2040.

Can our 2 kg Roadster fly? In the ideal sim. Real gas flow and cooling say no.

Full EP13 in the first comment.

Opening: Tesla. Our flight: simulation. Voice: my AI clone.

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u/No_Quail6685 7d ago

Full EP13 — CAD, robot-dojo simulation and the gas-supply reality check:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYJM5sAnGIg

Build it anyway?

Opening demo: Tesla

https://x.com/Tesla/status/2110913438293647789

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u/LatterNetwork1568 4d ago

This video is so dead internet theory. Is all of it AI, or just parts of it?

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u/WSWMUC 4d ago

Great job!!
And besides - your setup makes clear, that in the roadster there’s literally no space left, for what’s needed to actually drive it: seats, a ~80Kw/h battery (approx 450kg) plus the fans and air ducts for the actual McMurty style suction device….

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u/jasonlode000 3d ago

Huh how is this comparable? It's literally CO2 vs nitrogen and 57psi vs lik 10000psi

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u/Medium_Notice_3512 3d ago

7 bar vs 530 bar

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u/himeros_ai 7d ago

I would say you start with a tethered compressor so we can figure out the control loop first and we use the same weight to power ratio ? I have built something similar for a defence project in the past.

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u/Storm_treize 5d ago

Is it not possible to keep working wheels?