Hi, I'm a 23 year old software engineer from Norway. My name's Simen, and I arrived here through random googling a couple years back (least I think so, I'm not good at measuring time). I thought, hey this looks pretty cool, but never got around to building anything, as I found no others who found the idea of RC naval combat interesting (weird people, I know). Then, about a year back, I managed to convince a few friends this could be fun, and we started planning. 1/96 it was. One year later, we're still planning, and no real work done. That's not the whole truth. My Yamato mold is coming along, and the Musashi's hull will be started as soon as the first Yamato hull is done. I study media and games programming at the University College of Hedmark, Norway, and have always been very interested in computers and electronics. I guess that's why I'm planning to control my ship with a laptop or custom built wi-fi remote (my receiver is a Linksys WAP54G wireless access poin), and also making my own PIC-based servo controller (I know, I should have used Atmel, as AVR was invented by norwegians . But Microchip gave me free samples much easier). -- Simen
Very cool, Simen! I'd hate to go diving for a sunken Yamato in Norway Last time I was there (pulled in to Tromso), it was _cold_. Very beautiful country you have!
Welcome! As a Sw/e myself.. I'm sure your familiar with agile methodologies. I recommend them for boat building. Work in simple cuts. Sprint 1 Get the hull looking right. Get the water channel Get the transmission Get the drive electronics Test Beta (in water) Sprint 2 Get the guns get the pneumatics get fire control Test Release 1 (Fight) Release 2 Planning ... advanced electronics ...
