I am super excited to resurrect this thread from 8-10 years ago as I have a pretty cool update.
After 10 years of operation, my old (and the very first ever built, I might add) truly hovering training remote got a much needed face lift. Technology has improved a great deal since I originally built this thing and I can now 3D print my own parts for this remote to make it much more accurate.
For those of you who might not have seen it or remember, several years ago, mostly on the challenge of "it can't be done" I successfully made a Jedi Training remote that could really float. I slapped it together using bits of craft foam, chapstick caps, parts from bic pens, thumbtacks, etc. The main purpose was to make a "good enough" but keep it light enough that it would still float under the electromagnet of the base. The end result wasn't pretty, but it worked so I was happy.
Here's the old / ugly original version made from junk around the house.
It has since sat either turned off on the bottom shelf because it wasn't working properly, or in my storage closet because I didn't have room for it in the collection but I recently got the itch to make it even better.
The end result is pretty cool and I'm super happy about how it turned out. I'll post progress pics and a video of the end result.