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The guys are coming around on Sunday the 6th of Feb. All welcome with safety glasses. They expect to turn up at nine which should put them on the water by 10.30. Finish time is slated for 1.30 or 2.00.
Marauder wont be there but the shed floor is available for any non-spinner robots. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:03 pm
Philip Experienced Roboteer
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Today was fun. There were only two boats but they worked well and battled for about two hours with only two stops for one of the boats to repair bullet holes. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
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No, unfortunately.
The splashes of the cannon fire look good on video. The listing of the boats as they run for shore full of holes, pumping water as their captains sweat also comes across well.
I needed a Kero or two. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:43 pm
Philip Experienced Roboteer
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Could I please get some help from a technically minded person. I would like to put some elctronic aids into the warship, Yamato, that I am building for Alex.
The cannons have to fire after a set amount of seconds, 8 seconds for 1/4" and 4 seconds for 3/16". I would like to be able to move one control stick and have all of the cannons fire then, after a four second delay, the 3/16" would fire again, if the stick is still in the fire position.
Range assistance is also allowed to depress the guns. Does anyone have any good ideas for a system that could turn a servo depending on the range of an enemy ship?
You see some guts trying to turn two or three sets of cannons individually while adjusting the depression of each of them and pressing multiple sets of fire buttons all while adjusting their steering and speed. Too hard for me. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:14 am
Valen Experienced Roboteer
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my thaught would be this.
put a PIC either on the boat or on the radio
it is now your "weapons officer"
program it with a matrix of elevations and angles for each gun.
IE elevation + angle = X,Y impact point.
build that array for every gun with a decent number of points (how to do that is left as an exercise for the reader)
you then add some smarts to fire controll.
get your 3/16th and use it to fire ranging shots, you use your controlls to specify bearing and range to target.
when you have their range with the small ones, press the button and the big ones open up, and due to your calibration work all aim and fire with the same impact point as your small one, (nice theory eh)
basically all your shots will then try to land on the same point, there should be enough random fluctuation that you get a decent spread. _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:29 am
Philip Experienced Roboteer
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Sounds good to me. How much would something like that cost? The electronics can aim the gun but are not allowed to shoot the gun.
I have no idea about PIC control. How much data processing can it do? Will they cop being submerged in fresh water? What sort of sensors could find other boats? _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:14 pm
Philip Experienced Roboteer
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There is a Big Gun meet pencilled in for Sunday the third of April. Marauder will be attending. Yamato, Alex's boat, is not yet built. Stuart will be bringing a spare boat for anyone wishing to drive it. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:52 am
Knightrous Site Admin
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I wonder how high Marauder can flip one of these boats
Would you be able to get some videos of these boats? I wouldn't mind having a look _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:30 am
Philip Experienced Roboteer
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I will ask if anyone has a video camera. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:06 am
Philip Experienced Roboteer
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I have just received conformation of the 3/4/05 battle. It is set to start at 10.30. All welcome with safety glasses.
Marauder would like a test if any robots can attend. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:19 pm
kkeerroo Experienced Roboteer
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Location: Brisbane
quote:Originally posted by Philip Taylor:
I will ask if anyone has a video camera.
Are you looking at us when to say that?
Actually I wanted to ask you some questions about my pneumatic setup so at least one of us will come down for a look. Shame Scarifier Cam isn't water proof. _________________ Get Some!!!
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Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:55 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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Location: NSW
quote:
Shame Scarifier Cam isn't water proof
Nothing a bit of Silicon cannot fix It would be awesome to see some onboat video _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:38 pm
Philip Experienced Roboteer
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I went to the camera shop and asked for a kkeerroo twin pack, but they didn't have one.
Will you bring a bot? _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:36 pm
Philip Experienced Roboteer
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I have just found out the Big Guns day has been cancelled. I will hang around here for an hour os so just incase anyone shows up. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
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