mocbuild101 Posted July 10, 2018 Posted July 10, 2018 Amazing progress, it's gotten much bigger since I last looked! 14 hours ago, Marxpek said: I can't wait to see this thing launch figures all over the place! That would be fun... Quote
The_Icestorm Posted July 11, 2018 Author Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) Time for another update. Been working on the lifting mechanism. Able to lift whole structure up and down by a considerable angle using 2 linear actuators. The battery boxes at the end of each arm are filled with batteries as counterweights. Also managed to motorise the outer ring via some convoluted method using u joints. Honestly its better than using gears, and it works quite well, so I think I'll leave it like this. Gif of all 3 rings moving at once: The inner ring isn't actually powered in this video, it moves by itself due to the rotation of the other 2 rings. While it's not ideal, I might consider not motorising the inner ring if issues occur. Next up is reinforcing the whole structure. Edited July 11, 2018 by The_Icestorm Quote
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