Project ECLIPS (Prototype)
So I built this for the past 3 weeks and I wanted to share the first version and my very first (crash)tests of it since I might not be able to play and work on it until saturday and I want to share, get eventually some advices or feedbacks.
This is my first proof of concept but the goal is to achieve « gyroscopic » 3 dimensional flight.
I know, I’m still not there yet, it’s still a bit goofy and it’s not perfect.
For exemple I’m not sure on how to place the Juney engine for it to not get stuck with the rest of the contraption. I’m still fairly new with those.
Anyway, for short there are 3 chaining axis centered around the central ball bearing, one side is quantum linked to the ball and the other side is linked to the main structure (from the rail). They all are aligned to the center of the ball.
The central structure is made of two big wheels attached to each other, one side is attached to the bowls.
On the opposite side, the Juney wagon is pressing against the wheel and turning the joystick left or right makes the wheel off centered from the ball, depending on which direction you turn the joystick, with the engine pushing against it enabling the entire structure to rotate. The ball is also attached to the hover stone so it’s force is pushing oppositely against the Juney Engine’s vector force through the ball allowing everything to rotate around it.
The U blocks and rail are there only so the wheels won’t detach (basically limiting the turning angle « potential »from the centre)
The wagon wheel were a first failed attempt for consolidating the big wheels. But the U blocks are enough and work well.
Next step is fixing the engine, try to come up with a configuration to get a greater force from the engine by adjusting the distance between the wheel and the wagon. Then I’ll glue loop all the axis together to make them more robust.
Oh and maybe I should add an infinite wing somehow somewhere to improve the rotation, but again, I’m not sure how to implement it.
Voilà ! If you may want to give some feedbacks I will greatly appreciate it, thanks ☺️