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Prototype extensible arm #9

Open mckartha opened 1 year ago

mckartha commented 1 year ago

From @lethosor comment on Discord on 2023Jan16:

possibly worth keeping an eye on this thread regarding telescoping arm designs:

Chief Delphi Telescoping boom and tipping

Need a little sanity check - working on a telescoping boom design for charged up and I am wondering if 
we need to worry about the robot tipping. I’ve been looking and I don’t see any large counterweights 
being used on other older designs. How does everyone handling the potential for tipping? 
Are there any rough guidelines or calc tools? Than...

someone did some rough analysis on

how dimensions affect tipping