Adding a LASER GUN to my DARK RIDE

Adding a Laser Gun to My DIY Trackless Dark Ride

In this video, I show how I designed and built a custom laser gun for my homemade trackless dark ride. Starting with a $4 Nerf gun, I integrated a Raspberry Pi Pico, infrared sensors, and a Wi-Fi control system to enable accurate shooting and real-time scoring. I walk through the engineering process, from modifying the gun’s internals to connecting it to the ride’s central computer via CANbus.

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Watch the rest of the videos in the series:    • Trackless Dark Ride  

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:25 How it works
2:41 The build
4:14 Programming

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