Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02724
To: "BEAM Mailing List" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Nicholas Smith" nik@resourcekt.co.uk
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:03:47 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Flying BEAMers?
Yep I have! I got myself a radio controled "UFO", well really it was an 36"
foil envolope balloon filled with helium with two small duct fans on the
bottom mail order from some company in canada (shipped to england) for about
50 quid.
All I did was connect its two fans to a photopopper, glued the solarcell to
the top and tie it to a bit of thin fishing line (trust me the line IS
needed) and my "UFO" was soon flying arround on its own.
Sorry, I can't remember what the company was called but I do remember they
had a website (I will send you the URL as soon as I find it)
Adios.
Nik.
>Has anyone created a flying BEAM robot yet? I am working on a design
>and was wonderng if anyone out there has had any success. It wouldn't
>be capable of sustained flight of course... Then it could fly away!
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