You could use microwave or millimeter wave radar to detect a tank, plus get a range measurement. In general, terrain wouldn't interfere with microwaves any more than it interferes with optical. Certain radar techniques, such as Doppler measurement using a CW radar (eg police or baseball radar gun) do get interference from leaves moving in the wind.
There are legal restrictions on operating pulsed radars at certain power levels and frequencies. With lasers too, there are eye safety issues. It would be better to stick with passive sensors - video cameras with image processing, and passive rangefinding techniques. Stereo/parallax is the most obvious passive rangefinding technique, but there are others. On May 19, 10:45 pm, Mike Måne <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. It seems like a good plan. > > What are the chances of actually using live microwave radar? Would the > terrain interfere with that? > > -Mike M --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
