Thread: LASER or GPS?
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Old 07-01-2013, 07:17 PM
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Default Re: LASER or GPS?

I love all the brainstorming ideas!

If I had a typical size dozer like some of you I think I would have simply tried an RC car gyro. You guys can tell me why it ought not work, but my thought process would be this...

If the guys that run the drifting tuner cars are using a gyro to help control the steering servo, why can't I put the same gyro on my blade servo and orient it in the vertical plane instead of the yaw like it must be on a car?

And, my goal was simple (to me anyhow), I just would want the blade to react to the uneven ground as the dozer moves forward.

In a lot of the videos you see of dozers, they get stuck for just a bit when the blade digs too much. As soon as the operator raises it a bit you are back moving again. If this was assisted by a gyro, wouldn't it help minimize that issue?

I'm not trying to lay out a parking lot with grade to all the drains. Although that would be cool, I don't think I'd expect anything like that.

Really cool discussion!

PS. Really cool looking dozer D8R!


Jim

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