Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01933
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Justin jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 15:13:20 +1200
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: The VoreBall
> Please, any feedback would be greatly appreciated, even if it is something
> like "that is bloody impossible, wake up to yourself"
I only skim-read your post, but it sounds like a great idea.
The problem would be the large amount of circuitry needed (all those
SE's and solenoids). I'd suggest that a much simpler way to build it
would be a four or six sided version, which is then placed inside a
transparent plastic sphere (with holes drilled for the solenoid shafts
to poke out of).
Thus you get perfect ease of rolling, much fewer components and
construction required, and faster action as less power is needed by the
solenoids to move a sphere than a twenty-sided solid, thus more frequent
firing (or the same speed but with more grunt for an off-road version
:-)
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