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Unread 06-02-2011, 00:57
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Re: pic: FRC488 Octocanum.

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Originally Posted by Madison View Post
A new picture of the entire drive is pending in the gallery, but here's a video of our first test of the articulation mechanism. Our cylinders finally arrived, so we were able to get this hooked up and tested today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQgri...e_gdata_player
I really like your articulation setup. I'm admiring the elegance and simplicity of the long connecting link between the two up on top (using the height of the module as your torque arm).

I struggled with something similar in the pre-season, and just ended up using 2 cylinders (I got too caught up in using the cylinder without a connecting link somewhere inbetween the modules, but the force vectors never worked out. This is a much better way to solve the problem!

Kudos!
-John
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