Less talk, more torque

by | Aug 16, 2014 | Design

Over on the Star Citizen website I’m experiencing some feedback and not all of it good. Apparently it is quite impossible to do what I want to do without hydraulics, industrial servos or $3k linear actuators… it just cannot be done. Over at x-sim.de, where...

Rotation and G forces

by | Aug 15, 2014 | Other sims

Let see if I can figure out what the other sims available have in their specifications to see what I need to aim for. CKAS Thruxim static overload (G-force) = up to 0.5G dynamic overload = up to 2G Blue Tiger “BlueTiger provides ±20° of independent pitch and...

Laser quote!

by | Aug 15, 2014 | Design

Well, that was easier! 20 hours to get a quote on cutting up my panels, pretty good. As for the prices, well I’d like to pay less but it’s not outrageous. I could fit both the panels and laser cutting on one credit card… not that that’s the...

Laser brains

by | Aug 15, 2014 | Design

So 21 laser places email, 10 replies, 5 replied ‘no we only cut flat objects’ AFTER I told them it wouldn’t be flat in the first email… One place, which I won’t identify can’t cut metal, despite having the word ‘cut’ in...