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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 vertically upwards). A cam is
fitted on top of the mocromotor with 2-stud axle -- the far end of the cam is attached to
bridle lines which go to the left and right spars of the delta.
I don't directly control the RCX, it is programmed to to stay straight for one second, and
then shift the cam slightly to the left -- this shifts the wieght of the RCX relative to
the center of gravity of the kite, thus putting the kite into a banking spiral. The RCX
also beeps every half second so that I have a way of calculating the flight time. If you
want more info, I can post a dat of the RCX to one of the CAD sections.
Cheers
JP
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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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| 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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| 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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