Re: Bring on the infantry [TANKS]

[lionelandme-at-aol.com]

Cool. The Mindstorms 2.o or the RX? Both are expensive though. I can't 
imagine the motors are that strong but, I don't have them so I can't 
say how strong they are.
Kevin F.

-----Original Message-----
From: sockless67-at-gmail.com
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: Bring on the infantry [TANKS]

   i might buy a lego mindstorms and test waking with that

On 1/31/07, Doug Conn <dwconn404-at-comcast.net> wrote: All this infantry 
talk has raised a rules question in my mind. Infantry can
have a single-shot bazooka type armament, right ? So they shoot their 
rocket
and then what ? Do they need to get loaded on a supply vehicle and 
taken to
a supply base to reload ? Then dropped off again ? How does it work ?

        Thanks,
        Doug

-----Original Message-----
 From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com 
[mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On
Behalf Of  lionelandme-at-aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:45 PM
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: Re: Bring on the infantry [TANKS]

I see you are also a lego nut. So am I. I attempted three times in one
weekend to make a bi-pedaled mecha but it did not due so well. I NEED
MORE PARTS!

-----Original Message-----
From: sockless67-at-gmail.com
To:  tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: Bring on the infantry [TANKS]

    haha im building prototype walkers with my bionicales and testing
them out by moving thier legs with my hands... its not rocket science
but i works, im up to my second prototype right now, i wish i could
show you pictures but i cant find my camera

-Greg "rocket scientist" Kampjes

On 1/30/07,  strangebut-at-aol.com < strangebut-at-aol.com> wrote: The thing
about anime is, it doesn't have to work!

  There is not a great deal out there on the Internet, as far as I can
see, for walking robots per se. There are shops that sell equipment
such as this one:
http://www.robotstore.com/store/product.asp?pid=235&catid=1562 ; I've
found another in the UK which will be more convenient for me.

  What there is in terms of walkers tends to be electronics-based
programmables, whereas I am looking basically for a mechanical
 solution. This is simply because I'd rather spend my evenings fiddling
around with bits of metal and plastic rather than trying to learn
programming.

  The two big issues as I see it are speed and stability. To get
stability you need big feet, unless you are going to have an onboard
gyroscope (bulky and heavy) I have calculated that if I have a centre
of gravity (CG) 18 cm from the ground, then an 8cm diameter foot should
 be able to cope with an obstacle as thick as a pencil (6mm). The foot
will probaably be circular, so that it can turn to provide steering.

  Speed is important. The clockwork robot I had as a child (you can
 still get them on ebay) used a simple cam system for the feet which was
fine, but very slow- each pace advanced the robotless than1 cm. I am
trying to achieve 13 cm paces which at 2 paces asecond will give me a
real speed of about .49 mph- that's nearly 3mph at scale speed, a brisk
walking pace. I doubt if I will actually be able to achieve more than
1-1.5 paces per minute, but we shall see. 13 cm paces seems to be the
maximum i can obtain with a robot which has 22cm legs on a 2cm radius
 cam.

  If people are interested and when I get a moment, I can put up photos
of my current 2 test rigs.

 Phil





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