 | | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events —Calum Tsang
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| | | (...) I don't know, I've been trying to find the MIT contest webpages but I haven't been able to turn them up. I think there was a size and weight restriction in the original contest. Actually, come to think of it, all I remember was Alan Alda in (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events —Nick Kappatos
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| | | | (...) Found these: (URL) clear photos of the actual setup, but the prof in charge does mention Lego as an inspiration. -nk (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events —Iain Hendry
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| | | | (...) (URL) seems kinda... odd. The instant it starts to move in one direction, it's going to "snap" over and that's the end....? Iain (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events —John Guerquin
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| | | | | (...) Yeah, the center of gravity of the whole assembly is ABOVE the beam, so the whole thing is by definition unstable. Weird. I didn't quite get it either. Are we missing something? My thinking is (and I built a quick model from LEGO) that we (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | (...) So back to the T, right? (...) Without saying too much, I think it might be a good idea for the moment to stick to Home Depot supplies. :-/ Iain (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | (...) Well, be aware the tiltiwhatever the hell was a "live" contest. The students had to control their machines using air pumps by hand or something and they were given like four air lines into the machine from a stationary control point. Calum (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events —Rob Antonishen
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| | | | (...) It wont just topple as it is "spring" return to centre...This puts the whole system in dynamic oscillation (especially with the 8lb ball swinging...) groked more of the orifinal MIT site. 2001 contest table details here (URL) shaft is hollow (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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