Archive for the 'Fabrication' Category

The Soapbox PoC takes its first spins

November 11, 2009

Here it is, at long last. The Soapbox proof of concept takes to the road. Actually, to the parking lot. It’s a lot safer.
I promised video, didn’t I?
First of all, a simple systems check:

Tonight I tightened the transmission chains, they were falling off on tight curves. Also adjusted the long board [...]

Trike assembled!

November 5, 2009

But not exactly functional…
The new brakes are assembled and tuned (as well as possible), the batteries are charged (almost), the tyres are full, and the curiosity is unbearable: will it work? there’s only one way to know: throw that switch on.

Ok, you can stop laughing now. Seriously, that’s enough. Seriously. Last warning.
It’s running [...]

A new (contributed) hub motor

December 6, 2008

After a 3 week intensive sprint and with a little help from me, Pierre has finalized his own motor model and it is now available in the repository. He also contributed a couple of small tweaks to my common Lua “libraries”. The GPL wins again.
I helped out as much as I could (with [...]