About this project
Who Is Mr.Toasty?
Mr. Toasty will be a long range, self-piloted toaster with wings. He will soar above the ground leaving the fresh aroma of breakfast in his wake. No one will be safe from his peaceful gift of sky toast.
How He Works:
Mr. Toasty is designed to include four automatic toasting bays across two toasters installed in the fuselage. He is powered by a 12-inch prop, driven by a brushless motor and controlled by a microcomputer with the ability for long range autopilot, or remote control. His wings span four feet in each direction for a total of 8 feet, generating upward of 50 pounds of lift.
Mr. Toasty will have a maximum flight time greater than half an hour and a flight range of 20 miles in autopilot. His expertly programmed onboard computer fitted with GPS, acceleration and gyroscopic sensors gives him unprecedented flight control and autonomous flight operation.
Mr. K: our aviatic consultant. ex Navy pilot, model aircraft enthusiast:
You'll always be able to see how this aeronautic toaster project is coming along by visiting our Youtube channel.
Stretch Goals
"We can make him better" With the bottom line goal of $1,200, we will only be able to build the bare bones of a flying toaster, but if we exceed that goal, we have set the following funding milestones:
Two Thousand Dollars: Autopilot "We can make him smarter" Two thousand dollars in funds will give us the capability to add a raspberry pi into Mr.Toasty, connected to a stylish micro controller hat. We will also be able to add a GPS receiver and a long range radio to replace his stock receiver. Both Reginald and Jimmy are raring to go on his autopilot software.
Five Thousand Dollars: Carbon Fiber "We can make him stronger" Mr. Toasty's wings are set to be extruded foam board with fiberglass. With additional funds, we can coat his pre-structured wings in a layer of carbon fiber to help with crash recovery, and impact damage. We will also double his power plant for extended range and faster cruising.
Where Are We Now
Mr.Toasty is currently in the final design and proof of concept stages. We have gone through multiple prototypes and are ready for the final push towards completion and the finished toaster.
Who Are We?
Well, good question. Labyrinth Technologies originated from a high school FIRST Robotics team. Our team consists of Charles, the founder, Reginald, the builder, Jimmy, the multitasker, Joanne, our business manager, and Cool-Whip and Dursley, the programmers. We all bring certain elements to the team that amplify our productivity and success rates. We are excited to share our love of toast and robotics with the world!
We are all high schoolers on our local robotics team with over twenty years of engineering experience between us. We decided to get together and form Labyrinth Technologies so that we could make the world a more beautiful place to live through STEAM. We have only a few designs concepts under our belts, but we plan to make this a strong starting point for our group and we already have toaster loads of great products for the future including new apps, new quad-rotor designs and more.
Risks and challenges
After hours of long debate, we have yet to come to an agreement as to the type of toast we will be producing. I, Charles, prefer honey oat, well toasted with cream cheese. However, Jimmy has been strongly advocating rye, suggesting that its stiff nature will aid in the recovery after launch. So the question remains open, what bread will we use? We would love it if you could continue this debate into the comments.
As with most of our previous projects, the hardest, and most fun part of our engineering journey is building the hardware. Mr. Toasty is our first winged aircraft project. We have done other flying machines such as helicopters, but airplanes are a new field for us.
To cope with this, we have contacted and plan to work closely with aircraft hobbyists and a local aviation club to develop Mr. Toasty's airframe and get him aloft.
Stay Toasty.
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