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| (...) Heh, yeah. I left an unfinished six-foot long ship sitting for about four months before I got off of my duff and finished it. I've yet to photograph it, though it's been sitting in my room for about six or seven months. The main reason is that (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) The radiation generated by a nuclear detonation will release much energy in the visual spectrum, unprotected eyes could easily be blinded by such explosions (it's exactly akin to looking directly at the sun while in space). As for visual (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Hey, this question is going off on a tangent, but can angular momentum be represented by the standard p=mv (with v represeting angular velocity)? Regarding gyroscopic inertia, can gyroscopic momentum be treated normally in order to calculate (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) These pictures are quite excellent in real life, but this was the first time I used my new scanner, meh.. I'll rescan it tonight. I took these pictures early in the evening, and the ones I scanned were taken without a flash. My camera takes (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Theoretical Question: Missile Design
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| (...) I was referring to a fighter, where being able to quickly rotate would be an advantage. Thrusters appropriately placed could be used to stop the rotation at the optimal time. (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (URL) know, I scanned in these pictures at 1200x1200 DPI, but they still came out looking like crap, perhaps because I had to reduce the size.. Hrmm, Ozbricks.net is down, does anyone know how long it's been unavailable? I don't want to have to move (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I sure hope that bubble automatically darkens, as the pilot would otherwise be blinded by the many nuclear explosions that will occur in any space battle. Visual sensors are far less useful in space than on Earth anyhow.. :) Anyway, nice li'l (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Placing the engines far from the central axis wouldn't do anything, but placing them far from the center of mass would give them some mechanical advantage. (...) As others have said, a sphere would be the ideal, though in practice probably (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (URL) is a VERY excellent rendition of the Hyperion cruiser from Babylon 5.. (21 years ago, 24-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: White Tower -- Under Construction
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| (...) Jordan, That's a very nice scene you have made. Posing minifigs in action really brings a MOC to life, even an unfinished one. Reminds me of a sky scraper construction scene I built with a friend when I was much younger. It won a ribbon in a (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| Jordan: My approach to a MindStorms 3.0 would be more distributed. The system I came up with is called RoboBricks and can be seen here: (URL) Each sensor/actuator has a dedicated microcontroller that deals with any real time sensor issues. -Wayne (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| (...) Jordan, I guess I'll represent the populace of the Official Lego MindStorms Forums here. We've had a discussion going on this very topic (mechanical and mindstorms-specific) for about four years now on and off. As with most forums we often go (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi everyone, I did take a look at LNP, but I need to be sure that the RCX received the packet. As far as I Know, LNP is an UDP kind of communication. LLC is more reliable way to communicate as it uses ACK. I’m thinking know in recompile the RCXPort (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| (...) That should be no problem. Just hook up a mic to your PC, sing the song unaccompanied, save it as an MP3 and transfer it using Kazaa! Could be a hit... (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.fun)
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| (...) Hi there, Jordan, For ships under 50 studs, I generally start with what piece I will be using for the cockpit canopy. I sometimes will base a model on a sketch that I have drawn but other than that I just have a look at what colours I have (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) You have just motivated me to upload my sets to Lugnet and register for peeron. Could you add another two buttons? 1. "What can I build?" It would have the same function as "Try to build" but it would list each of the possible sets which I (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: Weird RCX electrical ideas
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| <snip> (...) Well Jordan I know a little about DC motor theory. In essence a DC Motor and a DC Generator are the same thing. The amount of ripple (i.e. the frequency of the pulses although frequency is a bad term to use) is dependent on 2 things: (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Whoa! How about having a larger standard internal diameter for vertical corridors? That would allow a bit more flexibility on how the corridors transport things vertically. I'd hate to have the standard mandate ladders or "antigravity (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) It's a simple matter of keeping the center of mass over the support base, in this case, the legs. Mark likely experimented to accomplish this, it's only a quaint matter of geometry and masses anyhow. (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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