USB Rocket/Missile Launcher testimonials
I’ve had such great feedback about the USB Missile Launcher software that I thought it would be great to share it.
Sean – 8 December 2006
Bless you David – missiles launched all over the troposphere, biosphere, the Van Allen belts and beyond. Fantastic – thanks.
Marcus - 21 November 2006
I just got the Missile Launcher today and purchased a Logitech QuickCam Chat USB connected and them used the maccam drivers and it seems to work just fine. I do have a question: Can I make the video screen any bigger because right now it seems rather small? As for the controls, the launcher seems to respond quite well! I used the camera mounted to the launcher with some very strong rubber bands and it zeroed in well with the launcher.
Frederick – 17 November 2006
Thank you so much! 
BTW, your other software looks awesome!
Michael – 16 November 2006
This thing is tremendous fun- I’m really enjoying.
Graeme – 31 August 2006
I can testify that the Missile Launcher works as it shot me in the chin from a foot away while I was watching it turn in Test mode and it fired when I was not expecting it!
bedouin – 27 November 2006
I’ve had mine for a while now. It gets great distance on a full charge, and terrifies my cat.
omg – you guys just gave an even deeper meaning to the words ‘geek’ and ‘nerd’. Keep on the good work mates!!!
Need help guys
got the missile launcher for xmas , running windows xp stick the cd in and for some reason it says the system files is not suitable for windows
try downloading the software from this site and its in a format my pc doesnt understand .dmg
can anyone help
Ditto what Paul said. Got the same problem.
Launcher accepts one command and then locks up.
Help!
I also got this for x-mas, bundled software was a bit messed up. The updated software from http://www.dreamcheeky.com looks right, but locks up in Windows. The software runs fine in Linux using wine, but doesn’t move the launcher.
It’s been discovered that you have to plug the Dream Cheeky launcher directly into the USB ports on the motherboard — front connections are typically hubs and those are problematic, so it seems.
Here’s the thread that discusses it:
http://www.cosky.com/usb_missile_launcher_of_the_year_award_2006
working copy of the software can be found here
http://ul17.rapidshare.com/files/3247241/USB_Missile_Launcher.rar
you can either pay to download immedialty or if you wait 10 minutes you can download for free
Thanks a lot~
It’s really cool for mac user!!
I’d appreciate your great job. thanks a lot.
from Taipei,Taiwan. Paul Chen
Just an update on a recent project kinda completed made my own software with webcam support gonna be used out side wen i gt the time to set it up hhahaha anyway nack to my point it is working on the first genaration missile working the one with out lazer support the programe need a little work done but i will be happy to give the vb.net source code on request also the rocket control function at the moment is running a dos back end to pipline commands to the launcher will change that in time
teach me !! please -the boss is pissing me off and I want to shoot !!!
I am running os 10.4.6
I downloaded 1.4.10 and it wont even launch !!!
I recently got a Wireless Missile launcher by DreamCheeky and I cant seem to get it to work. Any Comments?
Hi There!
I’ve never received any feedback about these launchers before, and unfortunately I do not have one to test against.
I’ll see if I can contact the manufacturers and see what they say about the control sequences for the launcher.
In the mean time, I would recommend that you connect the launcher to a windows box and test it to ensure that it does actually work (I am aware of people that have received new launchers in a faulty state).
Good luck.
- David
David,
I have the same problem with the Wireless Launcher. Am running 1.4.11 , so your programme will start but doesn’t seem to recognize te launcher. Do you have an update on the way that would enable wireless-users the same satisfaction you have given to so many frustrated office employees?
Thanx,
Niels
David,
I do have a wireless launcher. I think the problem is that I just need to add it to the kext so that way the HID manager doesn’t grab it, however I can’t find the kext source! Any pointers?
Daniel
Hi Daniel…
I’ve updated the source code package online…
Refer to the downloads section on this web site. The released source code now matches the 1.4.11 release.
David,
I’ve just tried Daniel’s idea above with my wireless launcher, it does work.
Altering the plist of the DreamCheeky kext to reflect the product/vendor IDs below, then recompiling worked fine for me, set up in the interface using the DreamRocketII control scheme.
Product ID: 0xff01 (65281)
Vendor ID: 0×0a81 (2689)
Hope this confirmation would help to build in Wireless launcher support for your next release.
Thanks a million for your work!
Hi Guy,
I also have the same problem, but I don’t fully understand what you did (I’m not an expert programmer…).
Could you elaborate a bit more on the procedure ? I would really appreciate.
Thanks,
Martin
Hey David,
Good to see a fellow kiwi!
I was able to get my missile launcher running on Linux with Perl. I have made it publicly controllable along with a robotic arm and a beetle.
You can take control of the items via http://www.kennedytechnology.com
Enjoy!
Hi,
I got the Satzuma missile launcher, and I saw it working in your video, but my software won’t detect it. I’ve put in fresh batteries.
Please Help!
Hi Austin…
Unless this is a new version (refer the USB Product and vendor ID’s) then the only time these have not worked with the Mac software has been when they are broken.
To check this, you need to test the launcher by running it on a PC (Windows) with the supplied vendor software.
Hope that helps.
I just received one of these for xmas and it sais it’s for PC. I want to use it at work on my MAC – does anyone know where I can get the software for the MAC?
Carol
Mac software is available from my web site (which you have been too).
http://dgwilson.wordpress.com
See the downloads area on the left hand side of the page.
I have the wireless missile launcher also. I bought it myself, thinking i’m sure not to be the first person with a mac who wants to use this … and that there MUST be some driver out there …
Seems i’ve come to the right place.
I downloaded 1.4.11 … which didn’t work.
I read the forums, and saw the post where you have to configure the launcher’s product / vendor IDs in the prefs of the program:
Product: 65281
Vendor: 2689
This is a step forward …
Now instead of not being able to unlock the program at all (that little slide bar) … I get an error saying the launcher is not connected. (But at least I can unlock the slider … which is progress).
I’ve tried all the channels, replaced the batteries, toggling on/off … restarting … everything.
Still won’t work.
Can someone … ANYONE!!!!! please help us Mac users with the wireless USB launcher!!!
P.S. – I looked on the site (and I’m no programmer) and couldn’t find these magic numbers anywhere … nor does “oh, just go look in the source code of this and that and find the tags of whatever in the system file of the launcher” mean much to me …
Are there working Product/Vendor IDs that will fix this, easy as that?
Thanks
Any chance your program accepts controls from the command-line? I have a webpage up with video feed from the Dream Cheeky mounted cam, and would like to issue commands to Missile Launcher NZ via PHP’s system() call
Thanks