n8walker

Pneumatic hexapod: Hello everybody, among other things, the company I work for uses a hexapod for vibrational and fatique analysis of car parts like hood, doors, interior, etc. A hexapod can control all six degrees of freedom of the tested device, which allows you to recreate various driving situations and loads without the need of the real car. This contest inspired me to recreate such a device in lego. Whilst obviously switching from hydraulic to pneumatic, everything else should be as realistic as possible. This meant, that unlike other lego-hexapods out there, I had to go for stationary cylinders. (You do not want moving cylinders in vibrational analysis due to inertia and damping effects of the cylinders, as well as wear on the hydraulic hoses) The most difficult part was to get the angles of the cylinders right so the table can have a maximum of movement without the cylinders and the linkage getting in the way of each other. It is a rather small construction compared to some of the other awesome entries, but I wanted it to be focused on the core functionality. Best regards and good luck to everyone.

Thx, yes something changed for picture posting, I had to try a few things. Should work now?

Hello everybody, among other things, the company I work for uses a hexapod for vibrational and fatique analysis of car parts like hood, doors, interior, etc. A hexapod can control all six degrees of freedom of the tested device, which allows you to recreate various driving situations and loads without the need of the real car. This contest inspired me to recreate such a device in lego. Whilst obviously switching from hydraulic to pneumatic, everything else should be as realistic as possible. This meant, that unlike other lego-hexapods out there, I had to go for stationary cylinders. (You do not want moving cylinders in vibrational analysis due to inertia and damping effects of the cylinders, as well as wear on the hydraulic hoses) The most difficult part was to get the angles of the cylinders right so the table can have a maximum of movement without the cylinders and the linkage getting in the way of each other.

Thank you very much!

Wow, I really like the interior pictures with the lighting. It gives a lot of atmosphere to the scene!

Nice, this one really captures the feeling of coruscant. I especially like Padme's apartment. I would love to see pictures, once you built that in reality.

Nice colours, reminds me of something...

Thank you, I am quite happy how it turned out!

Here are the links to my entries: Thank you for creating this awesome contest, I saw lots of really fascinating entries...

For my coruscant entry, I wanted to recreate the feeling of the multi-layered city humming with life, so I went with a really small scale. The bottom of the towers is a power facility. Above that are the first floors of the towers. Naturally, these low floors are populated by the scum of the city, thieves, drug dealers, illegals and generally the poorest of the poorest. Bars, night clubs and theatres are located on the middle floors. You can see people standing in front of a famous bar, or customers waiting patiently in a queue to visit some adult entertainment. A famous musician appears on stage in the theatre, so there is a queue of wealthy guests here, as well. The top levels of one tower is inhabited by a guild's palace. Regular people are not allowed on those levels any more. On top of the other tower is a hangar for the rich peoples privately owned space craft. The air above the city is filled with traffic.

Some young Jedis get cornered by a bunch of remote controlled robots, which are steered by a crazy engineer.

'there is always a bigger fish...' This is one of my favorite scenes from the Phantom Menace: The chase for the Jedi's bongo by an opee sea killer, which in turn gets eaten by an sando aqua monster.

Some rich kids got hold of a bunch of retired X-Wings and modified them for space races. This one had almost the entire bodywork and most of the military parts removed, to be as light and agile as possible...

Awesome, I was looking forward for this contest to start. I think, it's a nice selection of challenges! Two small questions regarding the ship category: is there a size minimum/maximum like only one pilot or no more than five passengers? And regarding the colour scheme, do I have to search for colourful ships within the star wars universe or is a new colour for an existing ship possible too. Something like a red millennium falcon for example? Best Regards, N8walker

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