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Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 5 Nov 1999 05:00:55 GMT
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Jean auBois <aubois@trail.+Spamless+com>
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At 03:23 AM 11/5/99 +0000, bishop wrote:
> I'm not sure which is scarier...
> the concept of dropping an RCX or the fact that you would have to "test"
> the design.
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 least as fragile as the skydiver you could get
a partial test. It would be important to note, however, that if a parafoil
was being used something has to steer the thing & I don't think an egg
would be quite up to that task! <grin>
JaB
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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. (...) (27 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LEGO RCX Skydivers
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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 (...) (27 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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