I love the ideas! The thing to remember with rubber bands is that the force required to stretch them decreases as they are stretched. In contrast most springs and shocks in real life are progressively harder as they reach maximum compression.
@@alecrog7925 Exactly, either physics or grammar have left the chat. Maybe he tried to explain the difference between the linear increase in force required to compress a spring VS the EXPONENTIAL increase in force to compress an AIR spring. That's the only difference there is.
that spiral worm gear could be used to make an inertia damper. They are used in extreme performance cars up and down movement translated into rotating a flywheel as a damper
The magnetic one is interesting, because for normal springs the relation is F = c * x, but I believe for magnetic fields their strength is related to the inverse of the distance squared, so F = f(1/(x^2))
If your lego vehicle is large and heavy , you can consider building a torsion bar suspension with long black axle One issue is the axle has to be very long for it to have any use and it worked pretty well on my lego tank
You've put a lot of consideration into lenght of the absorbers, but unfortunately they're mostly useless. They would collapse under the weight if the model. The solution might be a stronger rubber band, but then the angles and forces in a compressed and retracted state might be too strong. TLDR; not that useful. Cool idea for a vid tho
heres a tip for anyone looking to purchase springs to place over lego axles. to have a flawless fit, make sure to buy "0.5x(desired length)" size springs. 0.55 works as well, but for a perfect fit, buy 0.5MM.
Strictly speaking it's a spring, not a shock absorber. It has no damping, which is what the shock absorber provides - it's usually something like a metal tube with a piston with a hole in it and filled with oil, to allow the spring to extend and compress slowly and smoothly without bouncing. There's a great demo using radio-controlled car suspension of what shock absorbers do and why it makes a difference.
Did the big shock really take that long to land, or were you messing with us? Edit: Definitely messing with us. It would've had to launch 60 meters vertically to get 7 seconds of hang time.
Here is a FYI which means nothing in the Lego world because you can do anything you want even if it is not done in the real world but here is the FYI the spring shock absorbers on most real cars have the spring on the top of the shock absorbers where you had it on the bottom but in the Lego world you put the spring where you want it peace to you a great video nonetheless!
they are good ideas, but i think it wouldnt shock realistic because some doesnt have spring and the rubber band is soft, ill go for simple shock absorbers for now
I fill stupid. I should start playing with my Lego again.😢 Haven't touchy it from 4 years. But I want better motors and enough parts so I don't have to desasemble the kits.
I'm tired of looking for a system to make floating vertical stabilizer like in the video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lYYYNu3sJJM.html Hopefully you can make it
Technically these are all springs, not shock absorbers. Springs _store_ energy, shock absorbers _dissipate_ energy. The first official LEGO part _looks_ like the combined spring & shock absorber strut as found in e.g. cars, but it is still just a spring. LEGO did in fact make a "proper" shock absorber part 32181 (using air damping, not oil damping).
Springlocks? why didnt they use these in the spring-suits? it would be safer and much cheaper! but why did they put the springs on the suit?- why not on the animatronics? 🔩😱⚙️
