Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Improving a wind tunnel

Improving a wind tunnel
This project is the continuation of a previous project , where I made a very rudimentary wind tunnel with a hairdryer and some wood panels. In that project, I barely covered how the wind tunnel was constructed, and the end result gave less than satisfactory results, so I am revisiting that project h…

Monday, 13 October 2025

Designing and building a rubber band powered plane for under £5

Designing and building a rubber band powered plane for under £5
My first thought when thinking of an efficient glider is the balsa wood planes with structural techniques similar to real planes, with longerons and airfoil profiles throughout the wings. I started here, 3d printing some basic airfoils to act as struts to get a general shape of a wing through wrap…

Monday, 18 August 2025

Making a telemetry system for a go-Kart

Making a telemetry system for a go-Kart
Ever since a friend and I obtained a used go-kart from Facebook Marketplace, we have wanted to emulate the feel of a real Formula-style kart as closely as possible.  When sitting in the kart, you get the sense that you are in a machine that can propel you to speeds that you cannot imagine, just cen…