transistor-man

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builder of things & herder of neutrons

transistor [at] transistor-man.com

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Comment · 3 months ago
I am framing this comment and putting it on my desk
Comment · 3 months ago
Thanks for the kind words! Nimbus was a really fun project, just spent a bit re-formatting previous writeups to be more modern-web compliant. The one-wheel was indeed a weirdly synchronous release, I had no idea it would be as wildly successful as it became.
Comment · 5 months ago
This is a fantastic writeup
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm here to welcome the era of bamboo based spaceships
Comment · 1 year ago
Stellar work! This is such a wonderful writeup!
Comment · 1 year ago
This paper was submitted march 2015, have there been subsequent studies in the last decade?
Comment · 1 year ago
This is excellent
Comment · 1 year ago
It does indeed work! I've been meaning to instrument a food stimulant mass to determine how the chaos is effected my mass offset vs speed. I think due to the under-actuated nature of the system you're stuck with a balance between cg-offset, gravity and input rotation on the first axis
Comment · 1 year ago
Admittedly this is a play on words, fair point! Gimbaled Gyro Sandwiches would be a better title
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Comment · 2 years ago
It's always nice to see a detailed write up, a lot of cnc mill repairs end up replacing the existing control hardware but this write up was a curious take on maintaining the existing electronics, which takes more talent than replacing.
Comment · 2 years ago
This is an excellent writeup, it's refreshing to see detailed writeups that are quick to load

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