Makers: Randy Glenn, Rudie Shahinian, Chris Johnson
Date: Aug. 2010
Description
The Turret one.oh is what happens when a trip to Walmart goes horribly, horribly… right. Killing some time checking out the local wares of our locally situated Walmart the three of us discovered something; There are a lot of parts for not a lot of money at Walmart. It was in the Airgun aisle where Chris pointed out to Randy that most Airsoft operate from a single electric motor attached to some gearing. Exactly the kinds of motors that were dead simple for some of Randy’s electronics to control.
THIS IS LIKE QUAKE TEAM FORTRESSSSSSS!!!
- Chris Johnson
Walmart had almost everything needed with the exception of the computers and some mounting hardware. A stop in the home electronics department yielded the mini-tripod that eventually formed the legs of the turret. An impulse purchase at the check out gave us the laser pointer/flashlight combo that would be mounted under the barrel. The only other thing we need were some l-brackets and zipties for mounting the Airsoft to the tripod… Elegent was not a requirement.
A few motors, an Arduino, a Wii nunchuck, a tripod and an Airsoft gun are enough to make a Saturday fun, and just about anyone rightly nervous
- Randy Glenn
About four hours later we had a turret ready for the house party we were due to attend later that evening! Huzzah!