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Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers
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Sat, 6 Nov 1999 05:00:48 GMT
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The tough parts are going to be getting the RCX to sign the legal form and pack
its own parachute (-:
In lugnet.general, Ian Sinclair writes:
> [...] Wouldn't it be very cool to design and build LEGO Mindstorms
> Skydivers! [...]
Another idea you should consider, if you are at all up to the technology, is to
build a balloon (or blimp) that can lift the RCX/Cybermaster and the mechanisms
to control its own movement through the air. I would guess one could be built
small enough to test indoors, say in a high school gym.
- Robert Munafo www.mrob.com
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Message has 1 Reply: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers
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| (...) I dunno. Some coworkers and I were investigating home-made helium blimps for a homegrown robotic dirigible race competition, and the amount of helium required to hold up a few ounces was staggering. (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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22 Messages in This Thread: ![LEGO RCX Skydivers -Ian Sinclair (5-Nov-99 to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers -Phillip Ogden (5-Nov-99 to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: LEGO RCX Skydivers -Soh Chio Siong (5-Nov-99 to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif)
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