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| (...) huh huh they said "hip sweeps", I love this project. e (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) It might not work quite as well as you seem to think. Locking mechanisms of the sort that you're considering have a little "pop" because they don't lock at their point of greatest extension. In order to get the leg to lock into position, it (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Like this: __ / \ So when we stop walking sideways, we have to force all the sidewalking pistons to expand. You said this didn't you. Kevin (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Right. I think. So, where (side to side) will the legs be when it's walking forward? (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Here's a quick example of what I'm talking about. (URL) like it will work. (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Looking at SSClagorpion from the front........ and only looking at one of the two leg groups: __ / / Down __ \ \ Down __ \ \ Up __ / / Up In this case we'll need to have half the sidways pistons expanded and half contracted all the time. (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) This eliminates the concerns about piston leverage for putting the feet down and keeping them weight bearing. This allows us to have the legs be longer, more like a real scorpion, but this brings us to the next leverage problem: (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) ... (...) ... (...) Will it be possible to expand or contract all sideways walking pistons at the same time? Or is that like walking forward, where 1/2 will be expanded, while the other 1/2 are contracted? (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Below is a diagram of the 8 legs as one of the two points where all eight feet are down. A\_ \B _/D C/ E\_ \F _/H G/ Assuming that all the hips sweeps are the same, for example compressed means swept backwards, and expanded means swept (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| Hey wow, I see it now. When I sit down to build, I'll work with this in mind. Good one. e (21 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.technic)
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