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Blogs of Snoopy Sloop Robot Boat Attempts, Tests, Repairs, and Changes.

Robin

"I always wanted to be an engineer, and now I are one !"

Updated 2115 BST ( 2015z GMT/UT/GPS Time ) Friday 23rd August 2024 UK time.
The latest Blog is Blog11 - Preparing Snoopy for the 2024 Trans-Atlantic Attempt

You probably reached this "Blog" page from that called GPS Guided Trans-Atlantic Robot Boat, or the Design of Snoopy Sloop page . If not, click on a link to know more.

Each "blog" page describes detailed work preparing for the next Atlantic Attempt. i.e. covering a period in the region of a year: less if more than one attempt is made. The Blog pages were started after the first 2012 Attempt, where Snoopy's boat was lost. All later attempts were with the same boat, sometimes after major repairs. The blogs provide online "Engineering Notebooks", providing a day-by-day account of repairs, changes, and testing: mostly testing.

Origin of wheels for Snoopy's trolley click here for more on the Horse who snatched Snoopy These blog pages are mostly about numerous repairs to the boat, results from "Bray Lake Tests", or 24/7 reliability testing on Bray Lake. i.s. Snoopy sailing back and forth over a 24/7 waypoint in "Snoopy Corner". This is typically for several weeks, in all weather, including gale force winds. Sometimes, a few things happened which resulted in amusing pictures or stories, such as countering human-intervention, or testing the wheels for Snoopy's trolly. Click on the pictures either side for larger versions, or visit earlier blogs above. BlogX, the "blog of experiments", shows ideas and products, some of which may appear in future boats.

Snoopy's Bray Lake Test ... sail 530 metres automatically, through 5 waypoints ...


Bray Lake used for testing of the robot boats

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Drones: Tap or Click on pictures below, to enlarge or play video. The picture is based on braydron.jpg , from www.braylake.com . Video is from Snoopy's Drone page shot years earlier :-) white strip Snoopy's Bray Lake Test on Drone Picture Utube video white strip

Snoopy can do 24/7 testing between "24/7 North" and "24/7 South" at western end of lake. The topic is discussed in depth on the BlogX page, but, in July 2024, Robin realised he needed to look at the Autopilot source code, near the end of his Design page. Perhaps we only get Snoopy back if it fails, and drifts into shore, or something or someone goes out to rescue it " :-)

Panorama of Snoopy's 24/7 test on Bray Lake

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