Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to CosmicSail
RC Boats extended by an autopilot and smartphone control
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CosmicSail launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I am not sure if this is fits the HN community, but I am posting it here if people are interested. This is the current iteration of the car: http://i.imgur.com/ko8YBh.jpg Details: I wrote a simple android app that streams the accelerometer data from the phone to the pi over a simple socket. The pi then uses this data to drive the DC motor and the servo motor. Tilting the phone to control the car feels very natural. In this[0] pic you can see the wifi dongle I've used. I am using Adafruit Occidental v0.2[1] as my OS because it has support for my wifi dongle. It also makes some hardware…
2012 · i.imgur.com · its alternatives →
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Wanted to share a project I've been working on. Basically lets you drive an RC car remotely over the internet with live FPV video. I'm arranging outdoor time attack tournaments with friends, somewhere in woods or in the open field. The setup: - Raspberry Pi Zero 2W mounted on the car with a wide-angle camera - ESP32 on the transmitter generating joystick voltages (needed because ARRMA's 2-in-1 ESC/receiver has no accessible inputs) - Cloudflare for the networking magic (TURN, Tunnel, Workers) - Browser-based controls - works on phone or desktop What it does: - ~100-200ms control latency…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ESP32 RC Cars▲335This is a projected I started that blends both the fun of playing a split screen multiplayer driving game and controlling real rc cars. The cars can also be controlled via bluetooth gamepads and is meant to be easily hackable.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Quadrofoil▲72Fly above the waves with this battery powered water craft
2014 · quadrofoil.com · its alternatives →
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OnCourse▲79Boating made easy! Advanced navigation on your smartphone
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Remote control all your Smartphone devices
2015 · openstf.io · its alternatives →
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Autonomous RC car using Raspberry Pi and ANN. Contribute to multunus/autonomous-rc-car development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · runmyrobot.com · its alternatives →
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Found that you can actually run a 35B Qwen model on a Pi with very impressive intelligence and stability. Built connectors for car ODB to read all about car internals, and manufacturer's cloud service for stuff like changing AC or opening/ locking doors. Gave it info such as the full car manual. And then hooked it up with my other agents in our discussion room! So now it can answer car questions such as "when should I add oil and what kind of oil?" and help you fully offline, and when online talk with the agent family that includes all the most powerful models so they know how the car…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Surfwheel▲64Land surf on a single-wheel stabilized electric skateboard
2016 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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Smart plant watering you can control from anywhere
Jul 2026 · its alternatives →
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Tingbot▲119Transform your Raspberry Pi into a platform for creativity
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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