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Re: Six Shooter
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Date: 
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:13:43 GMT
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If I remember, correctly this Japanese site has some projectile launchers :
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/6264/mindstorms/

Also look at Mario Ferrari's site:
http://www.geocities.com/~marioferrari/lego.html

I like your idea of the axle-firing system. The axles would allow for
(theoretically) some really fun automation and rapid-fire.

Just a thought: A flywheel would probably be of use in such a system.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Harri 'Junkarn' Manni <junkarn@wombat.ludvika.se>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 12:31 PM
Subject: Six Shooter


> Hello!
> 
> I wonder if there is anyone else that has built a Mindstorms robot that
> "shoots" stuff around? I wanted to build something that I haven't seen
> made before with RIS. (Like if that would ever happen)  :)
> 
> It started with a idea to bulid a Lego version of the "Pitching Machine"
> at SLR. (http://www.srl.org/machines/pitching/index.html)
> 
> I made a version that piched Lego axels but as I don't own that muck lego
> (yet) it was a bad idea.. :)
> 
> Here is a link to some pictures of the creation:
> http://wombat.ludvika.se/~ham/ris/
> 
> The AVI file gives a better wiev of the function. (Sorry for the size of
> the file)
> 
> Bare in mind that this was my first version and the that construction
> most likely can be improved.
> 
> The hard part was to make the "bullet" magazine to keep the "bullets" in
> place when the turret moves and at the same time the "bullets"  should be
> easy to knock out from the magazine.
> 
> Please mail me if you have made something similliar.
> 
> Regards:
> //Harri Manni - 070-5850517
> -"Do not take life too seriously.You will never get out alive."
> 
> 



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