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 Posted 9/17/2017 4:10:51 PM |
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| Posted 9/17/2017 6:31:43 PM |
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Proxy Shocks,
Built this pair of proxy shocks to stand in for the real shocks until
my Tumbler is mostly finished. Otherwise, given the non-predictability
of the finished vehicle weight, it would be impossible to get the rear
coil over shocks right.
Cut the two main lengths from a piece of old oil field drill stem I
had laying around and the four end disks from scrap 3/8” steel plate.
After rough welding these to the ends of the main lengths I welded on
some eye bolts. Then I painted them since I will be looking at them
for quite some time while I complete the vehicle.
I have placed a copy of this post here because the concept of using
proxy shocks to stand in for the actual shocks is applicable to any
Bat Vehicle build that uses shocks and this information may be useful
to someone planning to or actually building a Bat Vehicle.
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| Posted 9/17/2017 6:51:22 PM |
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Installed proxy shocks on my Tumbler today. They will stand in until I have finished most of my Tumbler.
Then I will calculate all the required shock parameters and install the real shocks.
Probably will start working on the dually rear wheels problems.
vertigo
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| Posted 9/17/2017 8:30:25 PM |
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| Looks pretty sweet. Is this area enclosed or left open on the tumbler?
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| Posted 9/18/2017 12:53:09 AM |
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| Posted 9/18/2017 5:34:07 PM |
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“Looks pretty sweet. Is this area enclosed or left open on the tumbler?”
Most of the Tumbler’s rear mechanics are obscured by the afterburner
assembly. Vertigo
See attached photo-images from The Tumbler Specification Section on
www.chickslovethecar.com
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| Posted 9/18/2017 5:46:45 PM |
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I placed a copy of this post here because it might be of some benefit
to someone planning, starting, or currently building a Bat Vehicle.
Bat Vehicle Mechanical Problem Solving
The connections between theory and reality
Part One
Those who decide to build a Bat Vehicle will probably face a few major
problem solving challenges such as construction of the Tumblers front
arms and dually rear tires, but mostly a multitude of small problems
will present and have to be overcome.
The solutions to these problems will be found by using Mechanical
Reasoning, a combination of mental simulation and rule-based
approaches.
For mechanical reasoning, the representational material and the
referent is fundamentally spatial due to the science of motion. Motion
is a spatial property. Mechanical reasoning is determined by visual
spatial information such as relational connectivity, shape, and
location of objects.
Mechanical reasoning is often complemented by the conscious occurrence
of an evolving internal mental image set (simulation) of the physical
and relational circumstances.
“In the rule-based approach a sentential or propositional explanatory
representation is a set of facts or universal rules about the
representational material and referent (Hegarty, 2004).”
“While it is commonly accompanied by imagery, mechanical reasoning is
not a process of examining a general visual image in the ‘mind’s eye’.
Instead, mental simulations are structured fragments that include
depictions of non-visible properties and can be utilized in
concurrence with non-imagery practices, such as rule-based reasoning.
(Goldstein, 2011, p. 288).”
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| Posted 9/18/2017 5:49:38 PM |
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I placed a copy of this post here because it might be of some benefit
to someone planning, starting, or currently building a Bat Vehicle.
Bat Vehicle Mechanical Problem Solving
Immersive Mechanical Problem Solving
A branch in the field of Immersive Learning
Part Two
Immersive Mechanical Problem Solving:
Once the Mechanical Problem can be described in a statement of the
problem, the individual or team of individuals attempting to solve the
problem is/are placed in a room with all the physical elements related
to the problem.
I used a similar method to solve the problems related to my design and
execution of constructing my Tumbler’s front arms and rear suspension.
When I started, I made an agreement with myself that I would spend an
hour a day building on my Tumbler and that if I wasn’t building
(Builder’s Block) that I would sit for that hour in the presence of my
Tumbler. This has worked well for me to solve my mechanical and
construction problems. When I sit in the presence of my incomplete
Tumbler build and the surrounding tools, parts, steel, and other
materials, I always find something inspiring in these that drive me
forward. I keep a little sign near my Tumbler that reads, “JUST DO
SOMETHING” My motivation for building the Tumbler has never
faltered. vertigo
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| Posted 9/19/2017 5:41:32 PM |
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Built by New Deal Studios, the 1/3 scale radio control filming model.
New Deal Studios is a 21st Century Creative Studio known for creating
Visual Effects for such films as the DARK KNIGHT series, HUGO, THE
AVENGERS, SHUTTER ISLAND, INCEPTION, and INTERSTELLAR.
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| Posted 9/20/2017 6:55:42 PM |
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I placed a copy of this post here for the benefit of anyone that might
be able to use this information in planning and/or building a Bat
Vehicle.
I received an email the other day stating, “I can’t weld and I have
never worked with metal. I have worked in the past a little with wood
in junior high shop class. How could I ever be able to build a
Tumbler?” This is a good question that opens the door to the building
concept of TRANSLATION.
TRANSLATION
The conversion from one form or medium into another. The process of
moving, something from one place to another. In this case we are
talking about the movement of information.
If one builds a Bat Vehicle in wood they have stored a vast amount of
spatial and conceptual information in the wood parts. The wood parts
will contain the summaries of evolutionary eclectic mechanical problem
solving, relational connectivity, multi-dimensional shape boundaries,
and other representational information. (parts with three dimensional
measurements and their relationships with other three dimensional
parts.)
TRANSLATION occurs when we convert or copy the information held in the
wood parts to some other media such as metal, fiberglass, or other
material.
So, someone that builds a Bat Vehicle in wood, but who, has no skills
in metal or fiberglass can hire others that do, to do their
translations into metal or fiberglass. vertigo
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