I have two tidbits of good news to share!

First, I have a Hovercraft Controller App! This makes driving around the Hovercraft MUCH more easier and fun to test and drive around. This is ideally the point I would have liked to been at at AMMF, but oh well. It's easy enough that I can give my phone to friends, and they can drive the Hovercraft around (unfortunately, that's still not that easy to do).

The second piece of news is even better! Yes, better than an App. Version 3.1 of the Hovercraft is working! I modified the Hovercraft to have a fixed base, and it seems to be holding up well. The asphalt doesn't do too much damage (from what I can tell), but it works!

There's still more I'd like to fix and improve before the Sparkfun AVC. For one, the hovering isn't consistent, which causes the Hovercraft to get stuck every once in a while.

There is also a larger issue that needs to be addressed. While the Dual EDFs ended up working better, the response time for the EDFs isn't what I'd like it to be. This could be a side effect of my command set, or the Android App, or the EDFs themselves, or a combination of everything above. Also, there are still times when an EDF simply cuts out, which I'm not sure if this is a firmware issue or hardware issue.

It's looking good, but there's still more to do.