Mumbles Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 Is that mounted on an electrical motor to get it up to speed horizontally spinning?
FrankRizzo Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 LOL..it does kinda look like a motor housing. I think it's a strip of cardboard he recycled to make the inner cylinder...the vertical drivers are zip-tied to it. EDIT: Yeah, it's just part of the support structure...a tin can. Check-out his other video for a better look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU3N97Gx5bo&feature=user
Xtreme Pyro Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 Looks great , i really like that red color and i agree with mumbles, it does look like it's mounted on an electrical motor. Anyhow nice work
fizeau Posted March 31, 2008 Author Posted March 31, 2008 Thanks, FrankRizzo for posting the second vid which really shows better how my girandolas are built. Smoking may be unhealthy, but the tobacco tins are dead useful. For the time being I get my girandolas flyingwithout engine power.
FrankRizzo Posted April 12, 2008 Posted April 12, 2008 Fizeau, You should put together a tutorial to post in the "Member Tutorials" section of the forum. Your design uses materials which most people would have on hand or could make wholesale substitutions without many problems. I'd love to see an article from ya.
fizeau Posted April 13, 2008 Author Posted April 13, 2008 Thanks for your interest in a tutorial, I'm flattered. I'll try to start one as soon as possible. It will be my first, so I have to ask for patience. And I have to find a camera first or find a way to extract pics out of a vid.
FrankRizzo Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 Using a free program called VLC Media Player, you can pause video and save the frames very easily. Just right-click on the video display, and click on "snapshot" in the menu that appears.
Gunzway Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 I never really took much interest into wheels and Girandolas. But after watching some of fizeau's videos I am quite surprised and I really liked them. I'll make one this weekend hopefully and if it is not a total failure I may post it here . Keep up the good work fizeau!
fizeau Posted April 28, 2008 Author Posted April 28, 2008 thx to Frank Rizzo for the tip, as many older guys I´m kind of a "PC newbie" , so every suggestion is appreciated. I'll do my best to cobble a useful tutorial together.Gunzway, thanks for your friendly comment! It´s nice to hear that my littletoys inspired you to give them a try. I´m sure you will not be dissapointed.It´s so much better to watch wheels and Girs in reality, especially whenthey're self-made ...! Wish you good luck with your projects.
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