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(...) Yes, it has a bridge rectifier, I use the 10V AC supply that comes with the LEGO train controllers. ROSCO (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Acroname has a line following mat, which I believe is made of the same material. It costs $65. (US) I didn't see the dimensions. (URL) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello John, thanks for your help. I have found the link and I will reinstall cygwin. Since I am a 'beginner' here, are there any guidelines for me how to work with the prebuild binaries? As I say, I have no unix experiences and would need to know (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Your cygwin installation is not working correctly. You shouldn't be experiencing any instabality as a result of running cygwin & unix commands. I would uninstall cygwin and try reinstalling it. And then I would not try to build the gcc cross (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Having no luck getting BrickOS and the cross compiler package to build under Mac OS X 10.2.2, I thought I'd try moving my previously working djgpp directories and LegOS 0.2.4 directories to a Virtual PC DOS session...only to remember that djgpp (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) The FLL mats have a different material on the back, and I doubt you could actually print on the front. That type of mat would be great for this, but I'll bet it's expensive. Steve (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Dan, (...) ok, I think that now everyone knows that I like hovercrafts... never had one... but then, I always liked helicopters and never had one also. hmmm... I just remembered I have a cpu cooling fan laying around... maybe... well, it's (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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There was an excellent episode of JunkYard Wars where they demonstrated just how easy, relatively speaking, it is to build a hovercraft. (URL) Now piloting it once it's built, there's the tricky part... Dan Novy Technical Supervisor Flash Film (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) First Lego League uses a plastic mat made by 3M for their competitions. Every team gets one to practice with when they register. I don't know how expensive it is since 3M donates it to FLL, but it does have several redeeming qualities for this (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Don't try to build it yourself in Windows - you'll go insane. Download the prebuilt binaries. (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I am trying to install brickOS-02.6.09 under Windows XP using the latest instructions (version 1.2, 19.09.02). When building the gcc compiler I get the attached errors. Afterwards I notice that I constantly get 'permission denied' when I type any (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Why do you need the accuracy? Dead reckoning type navigation? Just curious. (23 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi, I'm not sure whether this would work or not but one possibility is using an inner tube from a mountain bike tyre. They are strong, reasonably light and look to be just the right size. Also small holes could be made on the inside of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Joe, Thanks for your reply, I guess that is the solution to use in this case. I'll still just get values every 20ms. By changing the timeslice I could have this go a bit faster though. Thomas (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Have a variable remembering if the 'bot found the line turning left or right and try that direction first instead of random. This way the bot will go much fast through long turns but will always seek wrong direction for the first correction of (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hey! That's a really cool function not seen in a modelteam MOC before AFAIK! (...) I've been considering building a trailer of some sort when mind-planning a few MOC's in order to fit all stuff and still be able to remote control the MOC. Your (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) (URL) is a nice project, they built a human-powered hovercraft that was just able to lift a person from the ground. I read a dutch article on it, they also refer to a few books on hovercraft design. (...) The project above uses styrofoam to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Rob :) (...) Yes, I *think* that's the only way. (...) That's my first approach. I'll deal with motion next. (...) 100% LEGO yes, but I'm planning on using LEGO (maybe ZNAP at first, then a mix of Technic) as the "wire-frame" and then use plastic (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Andy :) (...) Well... I tried last night various solutions, with the two types of motors, gearing, LEGO (useless) and non-LEGO propellers and... the best I could do was a contraption that only lifted with a counter-weight (something like the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Several of the original hovercraft didn't have skirts, they were the running board sitting on the ground. There is a simple childrens science experiment to demonstrate the effect. Take a sewing thread spool (the old wood kind work best) and (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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