I want to make a gizmo for my motorcycle Basically I want an

>>1129155
follow up question:

What is the title, or what kind of credentials would I seek in someone who I could ask about shit like this? About... materials.

Some guys on youtube seem to know all about this kinda stuff but... would I look for a person in the pastics industry? In like... product fabrication? I dont know if its necessarily a plastic even...

I have literally no clue

Why would you just not use a drone that you can set to follow you at a specific angle/distance?

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>>1129155

>>1129155
so basically, a kite

so it is a problem of engineering the pole and the string and the kite itself to be strong enough to bash around while your car is moving basically

you will want everything to be made from thin sheets of metal, perhaps aluminium, because it will be bashing around and against itself and the car

you will want it to be small enough so it wont cause a huge safety issue

to start with, why not tie a string to a paper plane and see how it behaves approximately, then go from there

but for a car, you are talking about 0-80mph and anything in between, no kite will be able to stay afloat with that kind of wild range, best you can do is make something that dangles and will just be aerodynamic enough and light enough to follow the car just from the wind, forget about an actual kite or generating lift from the wind, you want something light that dangles and no more

>>1129267
>Drone battery dies while you're riding
>Never find it again

>Drone is too big and hits things

>Drone is too small and can't keep up with a motorcycle (even the best consumer drones would struggle to keep up with a Prius)

>>1129284
In what way is this constructive? If you have nothing but shitpost to contribute, minimize the thread and fuck off, Ideally, to another board altogether.

>>1129155
If you had a retraction system that would pull the plane in when stopped and let wire out when you're in motion, it wouldn't be dragging along on the ground and hitting cars all the time. A spring powered winch of some sort

>>1129155
>>1129374

Oh so you're wanting the airplane to be connected directly to the end of the pole?


Cb radio antenna might work. Could do double duty as a radio antenna too

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>>1129155

helium balloons

>>1129387
Came in to post this. Lol

>>1129309
Yeah kind of a kite, calibrated to be "at altitude" by 25mph

I would make it so the lift generated at like... 70mph or 100 wouldnt make it go any higher

Maybe have a little turbine in it with an arduino that can move flaps/wings around based on the registered RPM.

also I could make the cantilever so that it cant bend past a certain point

>>1129387
i actually tried this already. i tried to do that exact photo with my motorcycle

They sell a mylar missile balloon at dollar stores, so I bought a few and bought a helium tank from a party story.

The balloons were too heavy to lift the mylar even filled with helium =/

>>1129375
yes, the plane would be connected to the pole. as the plane generates lift, it lifts up into flight position. when the vehicle its attached to slows, the pole goes limp and it dangles like a rooster tail

I need a material that can be the pole with the right flex properties.

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>>1129387
lol found it. had to scour for a pic.

tried to use a second balloon to lift it -just- to see if even that'd work.

rode around, was super gay and flopped all over the place