I started tinkering with robotics 3 years ago... but before creating a revolving non-rc hammerbot that malfunctioned after the semi-finals of our high school battlebot competition and before applying for a magnetic lock-activated sensor patent in 3rd year, I started out as a simpleton blasting out fireworks together with other family members each new year. Now I thought of infusing electronics with pyrotechniques. Thus, I modified my revolving robot design to fit the dimensions of a decrease-retrograde rocket that wasn't used last new year. In simple terms, I'm going to make a rocket that will spin while being blasted and has a built-in parachute...
But to my dismay, to propel it properly while spinning is stupid. (As it will burn the parachute, melt the wires and mess with the circuit; since i'm using an altoid can as a circuitboard case) So i anchored it to uncle's most powerful firecracker straight from Bulacan, the Atomic Buster.
Here's the video of our 5th trial. You can't see the bulky rocket as it is underneath the atomic buster (the slim firecracker) But you can see two lights in the sky (the slim firecracker fades out while the bulky rocket's parachute is opened to slowly go to the ground while the rocket is changing colors.
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Ang angas mo na ngayon ha. hehe
Hala.... ang bilis maka-amoy na balita ahhh... hahaha..... anong bago sa robotics jan?
Yo Ferdz...
Psst!
Sorry2x... Si Stella may cofeemaker w/ weather forecast device (pero hndi natapos), Si Dante may Hydrophobic slippers, ako, yung usual Robotic Octapod (based dun sa hindi mo natapos na hexapod). Yo, aalis muna ako.
tnx sa info though.
Oi! Terrorist! hahahahaha. Pero nice hack though. 5th trial? dat ment you made at least 5 prototypes? That's rily costly.
Sorry Late Rep. I didn't attach the whole of the device in each trial. Technically its a partial prototype. When a partial prototype effectively takes off, like in the 4th trial, that's the time i'll attach the rocket (yellow thing) and the parachute. The drag of each trial is simulated by rocks whose weight is hand estimated. So, the 5th trial should work. And it did.
ohhh... teka... How much is the entire stuff with all the other prototypes? What are the stuff needed? I want to replicate it...
Dunno... But I can tell you the basics of it. Find two fireworks: one is the pulling pyro (the one that drags the heavier pyro to the sky and ignites it at its peak) and the prolonging pyro (the one that gets dragged and ignited. You can tell it by its non-cylindrical shape and usually yellow or orange color). Put them together via relatively thick metal wires. Add the fireproof and shockproof stuff you want (risky) or buy such stuff over Ebay. Sorry for the very late rep.
Oh, for safety reasons, ignite it with an extended igniting device (aka candle taped on a long stick).
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