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Re: Newbie has an idea
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:49:51 GMT
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Niall McCaffrey <niall.mccaffrey@uds.se#saynotospam#>
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> If everything goes fine I'll be getting a RIS 2.0 it will be
> my 1st LEGO MINDSTORMS set. I have an idea but may is not possible to
> do specially a newbie like me won't be able to do it but I whould like
> to know if is possible to do a remote control plane?
Very unlikely.
Some guy tried controlling a kite to make it work like a hangglider, you can
check that here, its cool
http://jpbrown.i8.com/gliderpilot.html
I tried making an airship/Zepplin using helium balloons to create the lift,
and having fans to steer the thing around, but I didnt have much success as
it just seemed to spin around at random
> May be no if what about a car?
Should not be _too_ hard. One of the expansion kits contains a remote
control you could use, and it could even be possible to get your PC with a
joystick controlling it (lot of work with alternative firmware such as
BrickOS)
> Does there robots work only if the pc is on or can they work with out
> using the pc once they are built?
Both. If you use BrickOS (and maybe others I am not familiar with) you can
have programs downloaded to the robot, so it obeys a program all by itself,
or you can send instructions to it constantly by the PC, or a mixture of
both.
One problem you will find, building these style of things, is that the IR
communication used is not very reliable, and the range is only a few meters.
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> What baterries I need for this RIS 2.0 set?
six 1.5v AA
> Thanks for answers
no problem :) have fun :)
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| Do I have to buy the batteries seperatedly? How long can they last? Want can the robots do since they are so basic not like r2d2, c3po...? I whould like to read some ideas for this RIS 2.0 set specially. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| If everything goes fine I'll be getting a RIS 2.0 it will be my 1st LEGO MINDSTORMS set. I have an idea but may is not possible to do specially a newbie like me won't be able to do it but I whould like to know if is possible to do a remote control (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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