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...
by news | Aug 3, 2014 | Design, Engineering
Some people over on reddit have expressed some doubts about using wiper motors to turn the sphere. Now rather than complain that they’re ‘wrong’ and ‘know nothing’ I should admit they probably have a good point. Wiper motors are cheap,...
by news | Aug 3, 2014 | Design, Pictures
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by news | Aug 3, 2014 | Design
Inventor 2015 has a nice free form modelling tool which lets you bend weird shapes and squidge them around. So I made some 5 or 6 edged cylinders, divided the edges to make them have corners, moved them around a bit and rotated them to line up. Give em a push and pull...
