On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Alan Shinn wrote:

>As others have mentioned, he can spring (or gravity) load the door and
>then pull a pin etc. somehow.
>As mentioned, using the current radio set, a solenoid (with a diode so
>it only pulls on one of the two states) would work.
>Also, Radio Shack has lots of RC toys that don't go at all till you push
>a button or such so you can ditch the diode.
>Also, as far as RC goes, there is a remote doorbell gizmo that even has
>settable addresses etc - could be made to work.
>Someone mentioned a wire to trigger the solenoid.
>BUT, I have to wonder, why not just pull a string? (I know, I know, no
>PIC! no electrons even!)

How do you make a hummingbird that weighs 2 to 4 grams and hovers with its
beak insied a flower without practically touching it pull a string. I
think that if it flies into a spiderweb it crashes or gets stuck. These
things are SMALL. Think slightly oversized bee when you think hummingbird.

Peter

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