Anyway, I need to confess to a small course correction in
our path here. Ok, here it comes. ‘This attempt to 3d print a Mars Rover
replica is not..jeez, I hate this. This project is not my first 3d Rodeo. I
have strayed. This is not my first time.
Anyway, who would be stupid enough to make such a complex
project the first test of the technology of the future? My first time was
making an octopus. That’s correct. A stupid half-assed octopus flashing a peace
sign. I was forced to make this ‘thing’ by the Lulzbot folks as the initial
setup procedure. Even Dollar Store wouldn’t sell an octopus flashing a peace
sign.
And, embarrassingly, there have been other indiscretions
in the past as well. Actually, I have had my printer for over three weeks now and
it has hardly ever been not printing one thing or another. I’ll share a few
past projects along the away here. But for now. Back to our very cool Mars
Rover Project v1.17 (I assume we will have a few versions going forward.)
As stated previously, someplace. One critical component of
our rover is the self-propelled wheels. My first thought was to place hamsters in
the wheels and then just train the hamsters. Unfortunately, I have read that
hamsters and Mars don’t mix.
My Plan B looks like this.
I have ordered two motors and electronic speed controls
used in my remote quadcopters as a base point for prefabbing and testing deep
inside the Willy Wailer Skunk Works Lab. For now. We wait.
Note: To self. This initial mockup will not work. Keep thinking.
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