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Re: Newbie has an idea
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:49:51 GMT
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Niall McCaffrey <niall.mccaffrey@NOSPAMuds.se>
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> If everything goes fine I'll be getting a RIS 2.0 it will be
> my 1st LEGO MINDSTORMS set. I have an idea but may is not possible to
> do specially a newbie like me won't be able to do it but I whould like
> to know if is possible to do a remote control plane?

Very unlikely.
Some guy tried controlling a kite to make it work like a hangglider, you can
check that here, its cool
http://jpbrown.i8.com/gliderpilot.html

I tried making an airship/Zepplin  using helium balloons to create the lift,
and having fans to steer the thing around, but I didnt have much success as
it just seemed to spin around at random

> May be no if what about a car?

Should not be _too_ hard. One of the expansion kits contains a remote
control you could use, and it could even be possible to get your PC with a
joystick controlling it (lot of work with alternative firmware such as
BrickOS)

> Does there robots work only if the pc is on or can they work with out
> using the pc once they are built?

Both. If you use BrickOS (and maybe others I am not familiar with) you can
have programs downloaded to the robot, so it obeys a program all by itself,
or you can send instructions to it constantly by the PC, or a mixture of
both.

One problem you will find, building these style of things, is that the IR
communication used is not very reliable, and the range is only a few meters.

> 
> What baterries I need for this RIS 2.0 set?


six 1.5v AA

> Thanks for answers

no problem :) have fun :)



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Do I have to buy the batteries seperatedly? How long can they last? Want can the robots do since they are so basic not like r2d2, c3po...? I whould like to read some ideas for this RIS 2.0 set specially. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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If everything goes fine I'll be getting a RIS 2.0 it will be my 1st LEGO MINDSTORMS set. I have an idea but may is not possible to do specially a newbie like me won't be able to do it but I whould like to know if is possible to do a remote control (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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