[757labs] Steam engineers?

[Dave Johnson]

Phalanx does that by analizing the penetration of three planes, or
"squares."  One before, one on top of, and one behind the target.  As the
round passes through the three planes, it makes aiming adjustments
accordingly.

See the end of paragraph 2:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-15.htm

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Trevor Lewis <trevorl.salad at gmail.com>wrote:

> It would be interesting to create a robotic self targeting and correcting
> trebuchette... :)
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Dave Johnson <proletroll at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This is true.  Now that I think of it, lobber Vs. water balloon zeppelin
>> would be a better match-up and an easier one for me to build.  I think we
>> should make a short film: "Pumpkin Vs. Zeppelin 2012"
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Trevor Lewis <trevorl.salad at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Tell ya what though, if that lobber manages to hit your copter, I can
>>> pretty much guarantee that there will be very little left of it. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Dave Johnson <proletroll at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been wanting to built a 'copter that drops water balloons on my
>>>> neighbors, I bet I could drop a balloon on your pumpkin lobber before you
>>>> could shoot my chopper down...
>>>>
>>>> =Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Steve Nelson <snelson at webapper.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A steam capacitor with a pumpkin dialectric? Nice.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Trevor Lewis <
>>>>> trevorl.salad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've always wanted to make one, both a trebuchette version and a
>>>>>> compressed air/giant robot/nuclear powered version. I got a really nifty
>>>>>> desktop desktop trebuchette that I still need to put together. Picked it up
>>>>>> from http://www.em-labs.com/ when they were still on Kickstarter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, yes, you would need a container of some sort. But it doesn't
>>>>>> necessarily need to be very big. It would be a good way to make a capacitor
>>>>>> of sorts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Dave Johnson <proletroll at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This was nearly derailed into a punkin chunker thread, which isn't a
>>>>>>> bad idea in itself.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> =DaveJ
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Steve Nelson <snelson at webapper.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yeah, that's right, this is for my solar boiler. It needs to be
>>>>>>>> steam to use with the system I've designed so far.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I guess air could be pressurized by heating it inside of a closed
>>>>>>>> system. But wouldn't I need a giant vessel of air to store up any serious
>>>>>>>> amount of energy?  I was never good at chemistry.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Adam Crosby <adam at uptill3.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think he's built a solar boiler, and is looking to use it?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Trevor Lewis wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > Does it have to be steam? A standard compressor will get over
>>>>>>>>> 100 PSI,
>>>>>>>>> > and the bigger ones can do 200+. You can generally find them
>>>>>>>>> pretty
>>>>>>>>> > cheap on craigslist.
>>>>>>>>> >
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