Alice Campbell wrote: > > wow, what a way to go. > by the way, an easy way to stabilize those tripod thingies is > to tie a 2-liter soda bottle (full) to the base with a bit of > string. then you get the soda, too. I'll have to remember that :-) > does that thing have brakes or just accelerator? Yes it has brakes. You can't see it in photo #2, but there is a hydraulic ram connected to the brake pedal. Thats what the air bottle is for in photo #6. You can see that the PIC has the brakes on in photo #9 just prior to starting. -- Best regards Tony mICro's http://www.picnpoke.com mailto:sales@picnpoke.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu