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Sun 18th Jul 2010

Further experimentation with the flapper design.

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It occurred to me that the flapper design doesn't need to have an axle joint. The range of motion is only around 190 degrees so a hinge should do the job. To that end I have knocked up this quick prototype. It looks promising. I'll trying putting it into a more complete tomorrow.

Off to see Inception with #1 Son now...


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