Remote Control Car SUCCESS!!

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by Solace

last time i talked to arp, he gave me the impression that they weren't going to work on it much anymore. sorry to dissappoint anyone.

Too bad, but the project's original purpose was a success and is over with. I wonder how many miles they put on the odometer in RC mode!

[Astronouth7303]

I live in a rich neighborhood. I'm going to borrow someone's Ferrari 911. After that, take it down to a track, and me in the stands!
(Scary part: we still can't get funding!)

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

I'm going to borrow someone's Ferrari 911.

That makes me cringe...Ferrari 911???? What the hell are you thinking? The 911 is a Porsche...and there are no Ferraris with numbers in the 900's...or any numbers close. All Porsche's have numbers in the 900's to identify them. The closest number tagged onto a Ferrari is the 550 Barchetta. The 911 is a very well known car (especially for people in rich neighborhoods) and should never be associated with Ferrari.

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by tkwetzel

All Porsche's have numbers in the 900's to identify them. The closest number tagged onto a Ferrari is the 550 Barchetta.

In general, you're right, but in the spirit of pedantry , the Cayenne and Boxster don't have numbers, and there's a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti...this thing:

(from Car and Driver)

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

In general, you're right, but in the spirit of pedantry , the Cayenne and Boxster don't have numbers, and there's a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti...this thing:

(from Car and Driver)

I do have to say that I did forget about the new 612 Scaglietti. But I do know that at least the Boxster has a numeral designation, and I would believe that teh Cayenne has one too. They are just used internally by the company. I work with a mechanic who used to work at a Porsche dealership, and I have picked up some interesting knowledge about them from him. I do not however know the designation number for the boxster offhand.

[DanL]

Originally Posted by tkwetzel

I do have to say that I did forget about the new 612 Scaglietti. But I do know that at least the Boxster has a numeral designation, and I would believe that teh Cayenne has one too. They are just used internally by the company. I work with a mechanic who used to work at a Porsche dealership, and I have picked up some interesting knowledge about them from him. I do not however know the designation number for the boxster offhand.

Not really on the topic of this thread, but I was at a Porsche autocross event a few weeks ago and for kicks, this guy took his Cayenne out onto the course. He was getting 10, 15 seconds longer than all the other Porsches, but it was pretty funny to watch an SUV try and do the same course that all the boxters, 911's, GT's, etc. were doing. I didn't get a picture of him on the course, but here's a picture of him at the queue line:


To give you guys an idea of what he was trying to do:

Notice all those skid marks.

And finally, to give you guys an idea of who he was up against when he was trying to do what he was trying to do:


I mean, granted, the Cayenne is a Porsche, but made in Germany or not, there are certain things that SUVs just can't do. Regardless, seeing that thing on the course made my day.



Anyways, on to the topic of this thread... thats a pretty crazy senior project. They did the same thing on Junkyard Wars once, only the winner of the two teams was decided after they put the two cars up against each other in a ring. Man - there's nothing quite like seeing two beat up cars beat themselves up even further by remote control. Props to you guys - this is an awesome thing to do!

[greencactus3]

well im reviving an old post, but i just stumbled upon this video.
http://www.the-nyx.net/videos/cars/f...CCar_video.wmv
they have a very interesting way of moving the pedals with a normal servo. wish id found this vid while these guys were still working on their project lol

[Jay H 237]

I also thought of this thread a short time ago. I don't remember what channel it was on but there was a story on a place out west. I missed the first part of the show but they buy older (still running) cars and modify them to be remote controlled. Then people pay to "hunt" the cars as they're being driven through the desert. I believe it was called "Car Hunt". The people are riding in a truck that rides along side the cars and they continue to shoot at the car until it becomes immobile. When I saw it they had an early 70's Oldsmobile wagon with a mannequin in the front seat. It took quite a bit for that car to finally give out.
If anyone remembers the movie called 'The Gauntlet' with Clint Eastwood when he drives the bus down the streets as everyone is shooting at it, and all you see is nothing but holes all over the bus, that's what the wagon looked like at the end as they walked around it. All the main controls in the car were mounted on the drivers floor surrounded by steel sheets to protect them from the bullets. That way they reduced the chance of losing the remote capabilities of the car from a stray shoot. They kept the car as stock as possible, most of the interior, the dash, and seats were still in it. I was amazed the engine held out for so long. They never did say exactly what finally gave out on the car that stopped it but they did mention that part way through the chase they started having difficulty steering it as the car had lost power steering fluid.

[Mike]

About a year ago, wasn't there a contest in New Mexico (or somewhere around there) where people built remote controlled cars and they had to follow this 110 mile course. The winner got $100,000 I think. Not one car was able to finish.
It was for the Army I think... sorta sad that some people on here can do what the army can't =/

[greencactus3]

Originally Posted by MikeWasHere05

About a year ago, wasn't there a contest in New Mexico (or somewhere around there) where people built remote controlled cars and they had to follow this 110 mile course. The winner got $100,000 I think. Not one car was able to finish.
It was for the Army I think... sorta sad that some people on here can do what the army can't =/

are you talking about DARPA? thats not remote controlled. its autonomous. and its pentagons game. theyre gonna do it every year until someone manages to get it and the prize is the total of the stacked money of the years they didint have a winner

oh and theres a couple threads on darpa i think

[Gamer930]

Funny this came up today. . . I think he is talking about DARPA. There was an article about it today in our local newspaper. Seems like an interesting but expensive competition. Very cool technology. If you have time do a Google search of DARPA and you will find some cool information.
This is the article that was in our newspaper today: http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/dec04/281246.asp
Do a Chiefdelphi search on DARPA and you will find quite a bit

[Mike]

Yeah thats what I was talking about.

[Noah Melamed]

All the Downloads seem to be clogged . Could someone upload the file to bittorrent or Waste or some other p2p network. I think p2p is the way to go with files like this.

sorta sad that some people on here can do what the army can't =/

The Darpa robots had to be autonomous not R/C I thought. Which is much more difficult.

[greencactus3]

Originally Posted by MikeWasHere05

It was for the Army I think... sorta sad that some people on here can do what the army can't =/

well they havent been able to yet either remember

[krhs_programmer]

what school do you goto that you made this remote controll car in? i want to go to your school!