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Blogs of Snoopy Sloop Robot Boat Attempts, Tests, Repairs, and Changes.
"I always wanted to be an engineer, and now I are one !"
Updated 2200 BST ( 2100z GMT/UT/GPS Time ) Tuesday 20th June 2023 UK time.
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.
- BlogX1 Experimental work from 2008 until the March 2015 Atlantic Attempt.
- BlogX Background experimental work from 2015 Attempt until now.
- Blog1" from February 2013 until Boat9's October 2013 Atlantic Attempt.
- Blog2" from October 2013 until Boat10's September 2014 Atlantic Attempt.
- Blog3" from Boat10's September 2014 Atlantic Attempt, until the good November 2014 Attempt.
- Blog4" from Boat10's November 2014 Atlantic Attempt, until the March 2015 Attempt.
- Blog5" from Boat10's March 2015 Atlantic Attempt, until the October 2016 Attempt.
- Blog6" from the October 2016 Attempt that on 15th December 2017.
- Blog7" from the 15th December 2017 Attempt until that in June 2019.
- Blog8" Snoopy's June 2019 Attempt until & Preparing for next Attempt.
- Blog9" Snoopy's August 2022 Attempt.
- Blog10" Preparing Snoopy for the 2023 Atlantic Attempt.
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 ...
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