RE: Sumo turns into...

Lit Wong (lithangw@MICROSOFT.com)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:42:21 -0800

With the loader, just lower the front shovel all the way down. When it
can't go any lower, the front shovel kicks forward, and in turns kicks the
ball in front of it if it is close enough. The ball can go far with a good
kick. I don't know of any other vehicle that can do this. Not the sweeper,
not the gripper. May be the dozer can, but I don't have one.

-Lit

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Bennett [mailto:fiji@ayup.limey.net]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 5:36 PM
To: Lit Wong; roken-list@ayup.limey.net
Subject: Re: Sumo turns into...

How did you 'kick' the ball?

Did you have to hit it with the side of the loader, or did you do it
by raising the loader? Or maybe you pushed it then turned quickly to
shoot it forwards? Please clarify, sounds neat.

-ben

On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 05:16:18PM -0800, Lit Wong wrote:
> It worked fine. There were some problems when the ball was in the corner.
> Sometimes it also got out of the court. So we can to face off again. I
> could shoot with the kick motion from the loader, but aiming was hard or
> just by luck. For the goal, it was put in the middle of the short sides,
> using 2 short beams and a long beam. So it looks just like a real goal.