Electromechanical Lunar Lander
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Electromechanical Lunar Lander
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#2A "sweded" Lunar Lander with a moon that looks like a prop from an elementary school production of The Little Prince.
I love it.
Now, let me gently suggest they put the lander closer to the poles so I can see the distance between the lander and the "moon" more clearly.
Also, put a Go-Pro on the lander and give me a touchdown display.
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#3This was one of my rare projects that was as fun to use as it was to build!
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#4A "sweded" Lunar Lander with a moon that looks like a prop from an elementary school production of The Little Prince. I love it. Now, let me gently suggest they put the lander closer to the poles so I can see the distance between the lander and the "moon" more clearly. Also, put a Go-Pro on the lander and give me a touchdown display.
Seconding adding a camera to the lander. Then have “expert mode” where you play using only the video feed!
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#5Arcade game play + some ports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plS_BH2ecS0
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#6Cute. :)
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#7Video from a camera fixed on the surface of the "moon" would be cool to see here.
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#8Reminds me of a toy I had back in the 70's where you attempted to drop bombs into cut-outs in a rotating horizontal disk by looking through an eyepiece with an attached 90deg mirror. The only controls were a lever that moved the mirror side to side and a trigger to release a bomb. It used a wind up spring motor and was entirely mechanical - I played it for hours.
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#9Reminds me of a toy I had back in the 70's where you attempted to drop bombs into cut-outs in a rotating horizontal disk by looking through an eyepiece with an attached 90deg mirror. The only controls were a lever that moved the mirror side to side and a trigger to release a bomb. It used a wind up spring motor and was entirely mechanical - I played it for hours.
That's awesome sounding - I love how creative people got with mechanical designs before everything went digital.
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#10This brings to mind a vague memory of a physical game in the 70s where you had a bomber above a rotating plate with landscape drawn on it. With target holes maybe? I'm not sure. You had to drop little heavy bombs, probably with lead in them, and had to try to hit the targets. The bombs may have been magnetic?
Weird game, but in the same vein of mechanical simulation.
EDIT: It was called "Chutes Away". Work blocks access to any board game site so I can't verify whether there's a good article on it...