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| | | The following post prompted me to resurrect an idea I dreamed up a some time ago... (...) I have had an idea for quite some time, but one significant problem... Wouldn't it be very cool to design and build LEGO Mindstorms Skydivers! These skydivers (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Phillip Ogden
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| | | | | I'm not sure which is scarier... the concept of dropping an RCX or the fact that you would have to "test" the design. I'd really be interested in seeing details of your results, but only if you succeed. hugging my RCX, :?) bishop Ian Sinclair wrote (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Soh Chio Siong
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| | | | | | (...) I would suggest making the RCX do a bungee jump first, before taking to the skies.If anything should go wrong, at least you would have a finite length of rope. -- C S Soh (URL) where air is power (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Jean auBois
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| | | | | (...) One might recall the old engineering class competition (MIT? somewhere else?) that involves dropping a protected egg some distance onto a hard surface or the one where the egg is catapulted. In any case, if one presumed that an egg was at (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Jack Gregory
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| | | | | | Jean auBois <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:4.2.0.58.199911...ail.com... (...) A bit off topic, but the tie-in is there: The class you speak of is "270" (course number at MIT) a Mechanical Engineering class, the creation of Prof. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Christian Jacobsen
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| | | | | (...) I know an accomodating balloonist in the Seattle area. He always has people flying interesting things from his balloons... Let me know if anyone is interested in contacting him. - Christian ---...--- Christian Jacobsen Net-Collect.com (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Robert Munafo
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| | | | | The tough parts are going to be getting the RCX to sign the legal form and pack its own parachute (-: (...) Another idea you should consider, if you are at all up to the technology, is to build a balloon (or blimp) that can lift the RCX/Cybermaster (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Pete Hardie
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| | | | | | (...) I dunno. Some coworkers and I were investigating home-made helium blimps for a homegrown robotic dirigible race competition, and the amount of helium required to hold up a few ounces was staggering. (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Robert Munafo
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| | | | | | Either my calculations are wrong, or you have a different concept of what is a "staggering" amount of helium. Here are my calculations: Each gram-mole of gas at STP [1] takes up 22.41 liters (cubic decimeters) of space. The weight of a mole of air (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Pete Hardie
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| | | | | | (...) Mostly my hyperbole.... Still, getting envelopes for that amount of helium is difficult. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Chris Osborn
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| | | | | | (...) What about from Edmund Scientific? --- Chris Osborn FozzTexx Enterprises 707 226 7629 - Voice 2136 Coronado Ave. 707 581 1797 - Fax Napa, CA 94559 <fozztexx@fozztexx.com> (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Jonathan Brown
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| | | | (...) Ummmm... I am acutally finishing an RCX controlled hang-glider at the moment. (Well, maybe "controlled" is pushing it a bit far, but it does bank it right and left.) The RCX is heavy because you have the six alkaline AAs in it, so I took the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Ian Sinclair
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| | | | | Excellent. I would really like to see pictures of your hang glider and close-ups of the control system. Great idea. <ICS> (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Marco Berti
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| | | | (...) (Well, (...) left.) The RCX (...) out -- then (...) from a 9V (...) connector to one of (...) juice to (...) carbons are about (...) has any tips (...) know. (...) time was 4.5 (...) Wright (...) glider torn (...) here in (...) copes. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Jonathan Brown
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| | | | Hi Marco The RCX is slung underneath the "glider" (actually a 2 meter delta stunt kite). It has one micromotor plugged into OUT_B (i.e., the micromotor contacts are fitted directly onto the OUT_B contacts so the center of the motor's rotation is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Lego TV —Rich Thompson
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| | | | | I am spending a few hours building the new supercar (8448) and I turned on the robot cam to watch (its Lego TV!). I am still testing the live robot cam so check it out and help me test the connection and setup at (URL) Thompson (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego TV —Robert G. Fay
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| | | | | | Well done, Very boring though. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Thompson <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:NDBBKHCOCLIFPFJ....rr.com... (...) cam (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | RE: Lego TV —Rich Thompson
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| | | | | | Yeah, Hollywood will not be knocking on my door for the movie rights ;) Thanks for helping me test the cam system though... Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Bob Fay Sent: (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Andy Gombos
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| | | | | JP, How do you attach the RCX to the kite? Is it taped,or does it use legos? Andy (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Marco Berti
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| | | | | (...) kite). It has (...) directly onto (...) upwards). A cam is (...) attached to (...) second, and (...) relative to (...) spiral. The RCX (...) time. If you (...) Hi Jonathan I am a very curious man and so ... here are some question for you :) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Rick Kirkwood
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| | | | | I was really skeptical of this whole concept when I saw your first post, but this sounds GREAT! I'd love to see your creation in .dat form. Is the micro motor strong enough to recover from a spiral as well? Some specs on your kite and bridle set up (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers —Jonathan Brown
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| | | | Dear All Wow, thanks for the interest. I have taken some pictures of the RCX in flight today -- I have not had them developed yet, so don't know how they look. Anyway, I'll keep shooting until I get some decent ones and post them on the web (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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