pic: Teeter-Totter

[Andrew Blair]

One bit of advice: shield those transmissions. The aluminum casting *will* break if hit bluntly, and I will almost guarantee they will be at some point. Because you're using them for weight support as well as power transmission, their structural integrity is even more important. I would imagine some stiff bent perf. plate or Lexan should suffice.


Great idea guys, very elegant!

[Alex.Norton]

I'm well aware of the problem with the casting cracking. Last year we did a similar design but didn't protect them very well and the bosses on the inside of the transmission cracked off in all four in the exact same place. We're fixing that for this year.

And just so everyone knows, we would have used the same teeter-totter even if this years game didn't have a ramp...

Alex

[Chriszuma]

It's going to be amazing watching that thing climb the ramp if sanddrag is correct...