Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03951
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Jean auBois aubois@trail.com
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 16:00:32 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Efficiency and Good Old Stryder
At 05:32 PM 5/28/99 , Dave Hrynkiw wrote:
>Actually, I'm pretty sure it is dragging only one leg to a significant
>degree. One of the front legs is in the air, while the other front leg and
>it's rear-diagonal partner are rotating essentially on the point of the leg
>(but with small bit of sliding to compensate for change in flat-plane
>geometry), and the other rear leg gets the most slide. Then as Stryder
>reaches it's center of gravity, the rear sliding leg gets pulled into the
>air as the diagonal opposite front leg hits the surface.
Gotcha, although I reserve judgement until I see the video. Now please do
the same analysis for a Scoutwalker. Finally, do the same analysis for a
BEAMAnt.
Which one ends up looking the best?
Still, I think measurements are the best idea... Argumentation is fine,
but it is hard to argue with numbers if one has obtained them properly.
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