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Message #05587
To: "BEAM" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Richard Caudle" richard@cqc.com
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 19:00:16 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Die Hopfenprallplatte (was: Chloroplast mutation)
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Hi Craig (et. al.),
I haven't yet put it in one yet, but I have an idea hatching that I would l=
ike to use it in. Oddly enough, I kicked around the idea of using a flash =
unit to fire the SMA 'Electric Pistons' (Mondotronic) I planned on using.
The Hopping Flapper is the name my daughter came up with. The concept is t=
o use one of those wind-up flapping bird toys and motorize the flapper. Wi=
th a bicore 'head' on the tail for +phototropism, and Grasshoppermorphic (H=
ey, MT can make up words, so why can't I?) legs to get it aloft. I thought=
that a flash unit would supply the current (5000mA!) that I need to fire t=
he Electric Pistons on the legs, but now I'm not too sure. It would be nea=
t to hear the flash charging and then the robot jumps and flies off! Oh we=
ll, it's a work in progress.
=
Richard Caudle
richard@cqc.com
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Hi Craig (et. al.),
I haven't yet put it in one yet,=
but I =
have an idea hatching that I would like to use it in. Oddly enough, I=
=
kicked around the idea of using a flash unit to fire the SMA 'Electric Pist=
ons' =
(Mondotronic) I planned on using.
The Hopping Flapper is the name&=
nbsp;my =
daughter came up with. The concept is to use one of those =
wind-up flapping bird toys and motorize the flapper. With a bico=
re =
'head' on the tail for +phototropism, and Grasshoppermorphic (Hey, =
MT can make up words, so why can't I?) legs to get it aloft. =
; I =
thought that a flash unit would supply the current (5000mA!) that I ne=
ed to =
fire the Electric Pistons on the legs, but now I'm not too sure. =
It =
would be neat to hear the flash charging and then the robot jumps and flies=
=
off! Oh well, it's a work in progress.
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