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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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