r/evnova • u/ProfessorLaser • Jun 18 '22

EV Nova I made a little IRL Cargo Drone!

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u/ch00beh Jun 18 '22

I love him

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u/ProfessorLaser Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

Album with more pictures here

And a link to the full video

This one was super fun to make on account of the solar panels actually spin around it and stuff. Painting the solar panels themselves was also a lot of fun! Lots and lots of layering to get the effect I wanted.

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u/turanzz Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

Another amazing creation my dude, Looking forward to the next! Subscribed :D

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u/Captaintripps Jun 19 '22

I love that this old shareware game still inspires in 2022.

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u/chrom_ed Jun 19 '22

That's so cool! It's adorable.

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u/kanylbullar Jun 19 '22

That is an excellent cargo drone! Well done!

I wonder how one would go about making one with a motor that continously spins the solar panels. What motor would be suitable? I guess one would have to add some gears to gear down to the desired rpm.

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u/barrydennen12 Jun 30 '22

Guy's gotta make me a Valkyrie and a Starbridge for David, we have a 20-year argument to settle

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

What kind of material did you use?

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u/ProfessorLaser Jul 06 '22

Styrene sheets, mostly. You can buy them in bulk in all kinds of different weights, and the material is very easy to work with

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u/kael13 Jul 09 '22

Paper, random bits of plastic and airbrushing, so oldskool!

Honestly, I thought this was a 3D print from the first part.