Summary of AIR FOOTBALL LOOKS PRO
This article describes an interactive "Air Football" game, resembling air hockey but with a football field aesthetic. The project is powered by an Arduino and features a case crafted via laser cutting and 3D printing, decorated with stickers from a Roland printer. It utilizes a 3,000 RPM brushless fan for airflow, repurposed line trackers to detect the ball in goals, and a touch display for scorekeeping.
Parts used in the Air Football Project:
- Arduino
- Laser cutter
- 3D printer
- Roland printer
- 3,000 RPM brushless fan
- Line trackers
- Touch display
If you are an American, you’d probably think of [Silas Hansen’s] project as “air soccer” but most people will prefer air football. Either way, it is like air hockey but more of a football field feel. The project looks great — if you saw this on the shelves of the local toy store, you wouldn’t think anything of it. You can see a video of the game in action, below.
Unsurprisingly, the brains of the game are an Arduino. The case looks good thanks to laser cutting and 3D printing. A Roland printer produced the stickers that really dress the case up, but you could find another artistic way to do the decoration.
You could probably pull this off without all the fancy fabrication gear, but hand drilling all those air holes would be a pain. The air is from a 3,000 RPM brushless fan and a pair of line trackers are repurposed to sense when the puck — er, ball — reach the goals. A touch display handles the scorekeeping.
Overall, a great-looking project and one of those things that doesn’t use anything too high-tech, but still looks great and seems to work well.
We’ve seen hockey tables before, of course. If you are too antisocial to have an opponent, you can always build one.
Source: AIR FOOTBALL LOOKS PRO
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What does the project resemble compared to air hockey?
The project looks like air hockey but offers more of a football field feel. -
How is the game controlled or processed?
The brains of the game are an Arduino. -
What fabrication methods were used for the case?
The case was made using laser cutting and 3D printing. -
How were the stickers on the case produced?
A Roland printer produced the stickers that dress the case up. -
What provides the air for the game?
The air comes from a 3,000 RPM brushless fan. -
How does the system sense when the ball reaches the goals?
A pair of repurposed line trackers sense when the ball reaches the goals. -
What component handles the scorekeeping?
A touch display handles the scorekeeping. -
Is high-tech equipment required to build this project?
No, you could pull it off without fancy fabrication gear, though hand drilling air holes would be painful.
