We could do the same thing by loosely tying the eyebolt on the base of
Gizmo to the top of a broomstick.
-p
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 09:23, Bill Clawson wrote:
> When we conceived of testing gizmocopter some time
> ago, I proposed the idea of parking gizmocopter on a
> ball joint that was on top of a stick. The idea with
> this contraption was that we could test the
> orientation components of the flight control system
> while suspended above and away from objects dangerous
> to gizmocopter (such as the earth). To that end I
> found a small chrome doorknob at Home Depot that I
> believed would've sufficed as a reasonably spherical
> ball joint. The rest of the joint would've required
> some mild machining of a block of scrap tephlon. I
> still think the idea has merit and might be adaptable
> to POGO.
>
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