pic: 1390 Ramp

[miketwalker]

I got a look at this last night coincidentally as they were taking the picture of this thing when I went down there to work with their programming students. It's pretty impressive considering 1390s very limited resources. I'm not gonna comment much on the plans but I know the weight-to-benefit ratio was pretty good, the whole base without anything else was like between 55-60 pounds they said (I forgot the exact number). Considering that it was all made by hand I thought it was very well made and an excellent example of what you can do with some tools and ingenuity. You could stick their entire team on this thing and it probably wouldn't break, very robust... simple... and I'd imagine when the motor is on it will be quite reliable. I can't wait to see it in a week or so when things are starting to move motor-driven. Watch out for the new 1390, they're definitely on their way to being a fierce competitor this year!