@Jesserosco
Did you eventually built the pressure sensor remote?
Someone uses a tongue to push the trigger:
'Foil Drive Adventure – FoilSurfing.Net
https://youtu.be/hm2zYTenIBo?feature=shared
No. Haven’t had time these days with a new baby and 3 year old. I’ve just been tow booging in the little free time I have.
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All the guys I know that foil drive do that. They put padding on the sides of the remote and just use their tongue and have it on an upper arm leash to spit it out
Yes, interesting that the only reference I have found to such foil drive practice is of the person in the above link…
And when you finish with the wave you are pumping to the next one?
As I understand people usually use the motor to connect waves, that is why they continue holding the remote.
Updated the wrong link for that person FD build and tongue throttle activation.
'https://foilsurfing.net/foil-drive-adventure/
If the main use of this remote is to be tongue or jaw activated, maybe is it time to give up the pistol-styled remote and redevelop a more pebble style design. Would the electromagnetic waves of this new remote be low enough not to affect our brains or our tongues ?
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Grips and leash to use for biting
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latest update I did a proof of concept hack to maytech remote to show that a glove remote can be easily made
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Is that a DF Robot Flex sensor?
To avoid sudden throttle changes some ramp-up/ramp-down detection algorithm needs to be applied I guess
It can be easily made, but it will be way harder to control and way more dangerous.
Try falling without bending a finger or swimming for the board etc.
Do you have plans for two handed control? that could solve safety issues if one hand needed a specific pose to allow the other to engage ppm etc
What they really want is a simple launch control. With a launch control you could temporarily clip a remote to your chest or hold it in your mouth then just grab it once up. Also the remote can then override the launch control input if you fall and loose signal etc. Funnily enough this could be coded into the Maytech remote easily.
it would only be easy for maytech ! yes there are uart pins available but I would need their firmware and programing chain to alter or add functions.
I guess with anything, money becomes the issue. Even DIY E-skate remotes eventually become monetised if they are successful enough.
Create a custom one capable of pairing with a foil drive and you sorted.