30-01-2005 11:46

Ianworld

Re: pic: Now thats a silly place for a Pneumatic

And this pic: Bigger picture here.

I said i'd post a teaser on friday that would have you guys thinking, but I was late so I decided to post two of them.

Pic 1: In an attempt to stress the kit chassis in new and exciting ways, we decided to hook up some pneumatics and use their force to twist push on the transmissions. I expect things will get very interesting when the 2 inch bore ones we ordered come in. Or maybe there is a method behind 694's madness?

Pic 2: What moves in funny arcs, uses the grate from two years ago, and is the greatest innovation since turning air cans upside down to cool motors? Why the magic device you see here. Although to be honest the magic is weak in this version which is extremely prototype(despite being made today.) The older versions are much more capable users of their magic. I'll let you decipher what that magic is.

30-01-2005 14:29

Jeff K.

Re: pic: [#694] Now thats a silly place for a Pneumatic

That is really cool, but why would you have to shift the motor around on the chasis? Is it for when your arm is extended, does your robot tend to fall over and so you have to use the motor to balance it? But since that's not really a big move from the mounting bracket...so it doesn't really look like it has much of a mechanical use...but just physically looks appealing and is also cool saying you have one. Oh wait...is that going to act as tensionor? If it's a tensionor...then 2WD because if you tighten one side, you will losen the other side...I dunno...But overall it looks pretty cool.

30-01-2005 17:26

Ianworld

Re: pic: [#694] Now thats a silly place for a Pneumatic

Exactly...