by news | Aug 5, 2014 | Design, Engineering
Although we”ll ideally be able to place the user near the center of the sphere there will inevitably be a different center of gravity. Depending on how the user sits they would probably settle back at a 45 degree angle or so. This might be fine for some games...
by news | Aug 5, 2014 | Design, Engineering
I spent a day thinking about the basic design after some comments on reddit expressed scepticism that there wouldn’t be enough traction to move the sphere. Now rather than hope that they’re wrong, I have to accept the fact that they might be right. Does...
by news | Aug 4, 2014 | Design
I found a nice page talking about various DC motors for sim projects other than the usual wiper motor type. It also has a link to petrolscooter which has a big range of moderatly priced DC motors…
by news | Aug 4, 2014 | Videos
Inventor lets you not only build stuff but apply forces and gravity to it. Obviously it’s not as good as actually building something but it’s pretty useful for figuring stuff out. It’s not easy to find reliable source of information on the specs of...
by news | Aug 3, 2014 | Videos
