I believe some company has developed a personal radar system. The display isn't much to look at (just a series of LEDs) but it can be used on your car bumper or even to detect intruders around your property. Unfortunately for its minute size, it only sweeps about 45' and less than 50 feet. Perhaps a system like that could be modified to fit an RC tank?
-Mike M 2009/5/20 HV <[email protected]> > > 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 > > > > -- -Mike Måne @ http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
