USB Missile Launcher "Rocket Baby" driven by Perl Script

Here's a quick demo on how the "Rocket Baby" USB missile launcher works with the "center-fire" Perl script, published by Mike Schilli in Linux Magazin 05/2009 and Linux Pro Magazine 06/2009. The turret first goes all the way to the left and down, then all the way to the right and up, then to the middle of both the horizontal and the vertical range, then fires three rockets one after another, and finally turns the motor off.

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[cspm111]

how far do the missiles go???????????????'

[schtonk]

The reach depends on the incline the barrels are set to and how high the cannon is positioned. On a 30 degree angle and the cannon positioned on a table, I'd estimate they're going about 5-8 meters.

[wherermyspeedos]

how much was it

[schtonk]

$24.95

[schtonk]

Actually, you can easily write your own software and

make it do whatever you want.

[rx8579ryan]

i have this and mine doesnt shoot nearly as fast and it doesnt shoot in that pattern. you can choose where to shoot and when to shoot.

[mechwarriorbob]

sweet ness