Inchworm is interesting but as one drills
through solid ice or snow the material pushed back behind the device will never
be as compact as it was in front of the drill, therefore it appears (to me)
that the drill mechanism will get jammed by its own drilling residue.
I have checked out the cost and size of an
aquarium heater. $15 to $27 basically the are 1" in diameter and 8"
to 14" long. Some have controls at the end that are not much greater in
diameter than the heating unit itself. Aluminum cigar casings are too small
diameter. The aquarium heaters might still work for a test, they come in 50W,
100W, and 150 W sizes. The smallest pumps I found are almost 2" in
diameter the design is to pull in water from the bottom of the pump and expel it
out the side. I suspect there are smaller pumps available in the market place.
Mickey
Mickey D. Schmidt, Dir.
USAF Academy Planetarium
Center for Educational Multimedia
USAF Academy, CO 80840
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From: Gail Leatherwood
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Subject: RE: Inchworm drill for
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My first impression of
the photos and drawings of the Inchworm was "Lots of precision
metal work here, along with some pretty complicated electronics.
Don't see how we can come up with that."
Second impression was,
well, Robert Crawley works for Precision Metal Fabricators, Inc., so maybe
Inchworm isn't so unreachable. Then Joe's first comment was about
"concepts," which is a lot different from precision metal work that
someone else has done. Then the third thought was "Well, if Honey Beer
is already building it, why not recruit them to participate in our
project?" Could we hire them as partners/consultants if we had the $$?
That's what I had in mind for a grant application.
What do you think?
Prospects for commercialization are the strongest supports for a grant, so
can we go for it?
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Date:
Monday, November 11, 2002 10:25:46 AM
Subject:
RE: Inchworm drill for Mars
That's sort of what I
had in mind.
Robert Crawley
Elite Precision Fabricators, Inc.
Programming
(936) 449-6823
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Latrell
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:14 AM
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Subject: Inchworm drill for Mars
Greetings,
Has anyone out there looked at this site yet:
http://www.honeybeerobotics.com/sample.htm
Looks like they have worked out some issues. Perhaps we can get a look
at some of their research.
Joe Latrell
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