I’m currently working on a balsawood RC airplane with a 52″ wingspan. The frame of the “wing assembly” is not yet fitted with servos. The purpose of this post is to outline the design considerations taken and the matching implementation. Existing Components (On future builds, I will consider the mounts for the servos while designing…
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Designing an elegant, modern, and Zen-like fountain that is suitable for both 3D printing and woodworking involves creating a minimalist yet functional piece. Here’s a suggestion for such a design: Concept: Cascading Zen Fountain Design Elements: Fabrication Tips: This design combines the tranquility of a Zen garden with modern minimalism, making it a versatile piece…
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Recently, I’ve put together a home automation tool that uses a Flask project to control the state of the RPi’s GPIO pins. As an example, the pin state is driving a relay to control gas fireplace, decorative LEDs, etc. For the tool’s general “healthy state”, the web server from Flask needs to be running on…
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Tensegrity is a structural principle that combines tension and integrity, or as Buckminster Fuller, who coined the term, put it: “islands of compression in an ocean of tension”. Tensegrity structures are composed of isolated components under compression (such as rods or struts) that are held together by a network of continuous tension (such as cables…
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