Crun Research - Strandbeest

[henry crun]

We have lots of flat sandy beach and a superfluity of wind here at Castle Crun, so it seems logical to get involved in Sandbeest manufacture. For those who may have missed Theo Jansen's creations here is a pic:



The mechanism consists of a series of linkages all connected to a single crankshaft:



We have ordered a small model Strandbeest as a starting point, the manufacturer shows it thus:



For further info click on these links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgoaZi2MXBo

http://www.ted.com/talks/theo_jansen_cr ... anguage=en

[Tom Joad]

so it seems logical to get involved in Sandbeest manufacture.

Why of course it does, hardly needs any further explanation really Henry!
How does one feed said beast and what about stabling charges?

[henry crun]

Feeds on wind, lives on the beach, not sure about the reproduction bit, I guess you just leave a heap of tubes overnight and there's a herd by morning.

[Tom Joad]

Self replicating eh- clever. Just don't let the dam thing mate with a 3D printer

Keep us posted Henry, this is going to be an interesting one.