Uh, guess we'll be sticking with rivets & duct tape for awhile.
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Showing posts with label Duct Tape. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Introducing the Walking Machine
First posted on http://HattenBlog.blogspot.com
Dad here. Still trying to build a race vehicle for the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race which is on May 2nd this year. To the right is the inspiration for the design. The race requires that the vehicle be human powered, complete the 13 miles course, and even swim through part of the Baltimore Inner Harbor... which as you can imagine causes many, uh, unintended baths.
I've got a book full of design details that I've been working on for almost a year now (since 'K' and I cheered on last years race) however we just now started building... only about 3 weeks to go, and some of that time is already taken for gymnastics, bus conversion, soccer, etc.
Dad here. Still trying to build a race vehicle for the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race which is on May 2nd this year. To the right is the inspiration for the design. The race requires that the vehicle be human powered, complete the 13 miles course, and even swim through part of the Baltimore Inner Harbor... which as you can imagine causes many, uh, unintended baths.I've got a book full of design details that I've been working on for almost a year now (since 'K' and I cheered on last years race) however we just now started building... only about 3 weeks to go, and some of that time is already taken for gymnastics, bus conversion, soccer, etc.
Here is a pic where you can see the quality engineering that is going into this monster... anybody out there know the sheer streangth of duct tape? We are building beams from drywall studs for lightness; duct tape for the prototype / layout, rivit & welding for the build. Stay tuned for more disasterous details! w00t!
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