Dual Mode Windup Car #3DThursday #3DPrinting

from Dual Mode Windup Car #3DThursday #3DPrinting
by Pedro Ruiz

gzumwalt shares:

If you’ve been following my previous PLA Spring Motor Rolling Chassis designs (here: http://ift.tt/2jkNsEA, here: http://ift.tt/2jkSPE3, and here: http://ift.tt/1n0A68G), you will have noticed they are all “open frame”, primarily because I just like to watch gears in motion, secondary is of course weight reduction (or did I get that backwards?).

Dual Mode Windup Car is my first attempt at a “rolling body” design, but I did leave the windows down so I can still watch the gears. This design is a significant weight increase over the previous designs, and to compensate I did increase the final drive gear ratio from 1/25 to 1/16 to increase the torque.

download the files on: http://ift.tt/2jQaWSE

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