Strandbeests

[Simon Edmondson]

My nephew Rowan told me about this. I'd never heard of Adam Savage before but I may spend some time watching them over the coming months.

 

 

This is one were he builds a Strandbeest from a kit of plastic parts.

Perhaps of interest ?

simon

[Rodney]

Those Japanese book-kits are always amazing and that part (that the Japanese model kit makers) would produce a kit for the Strandbeests doesn't surprise me.

What does surprise me is that the things work as well as they do!

 

Fascinating.

 

 

When I visited a honya (bookstore) in Japan, I rarely bought one of those kits but almost always picked the new ones up and studied the contents of the book/box. They were always a mix of science and technology that captivated the imagination.

[Simon Edmondson]

 

Oneupmanship from your average cyclist.

Trying riding across sand on wheels....

 

 

 

First couple of mins are worth skipping over but, this is a talk Theo Jansen gave at Michigan a few years back.

 

 

 

 

worth a quick look

[NancyGormezano]

nice links! Thanks Simon

 

here is another animation that succinctly and clearly shows how the strandbeest leg mechanism works -

 

 

[Simon Edmondson]

nice links! Thanks Simon

 

here is another animation that succinctly and clearly shows how the strandbeest leg mechanism works -

 

 

 

Nancy

Thank you for the link.

Tore told me he had bought a kit for his wife on her birthday, so I rushed onto Ebay and Amazon to get them for my friend and for my Brother in law.B-i-L, and his friend, have gone for them in a big way. I'd love to have a go at the cycle, perhaps with hand pedals...

regards

simon