Much work on the lower knuckle, and I've learned a lot. However, because

I forgot to allow for all the weird skews, this is wrong. It's remediable,
but not now!
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Simon Brooke 2025-09-22 13:49:57 +01:00
parent 775167b4e9
commit 72797decb0
2 changed files with 78 additions and 51 deletions

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// (c) Simon Brooke 2025; CC-BY-SA
include <BOSL2/std.scad>
include <NACAAirfoils/files/Naca4.scad>
include <library/skew.scad>
include <wheel.scad>
@ -34,31 +34,58 @@ module fourbar_leg(length=1000, chord=100, long_skew=30, lat_skew=30) {
}
module lower_knuckle(chord=100, pivot_radius=12) {
module loawer_bar_end_knuckle(chord=100, pivot_radius=12, rise=8) {
l_body=chord * 1.5;
w_body=pivot_radius * 2.5;
h_axis=pivot_radius * 3;
h_axis=pivot_radius * 2.75;
difference() {
union () {
translate([0, w_body/2, h_axis])
translate([l_body/2, w_body/2, h_axis])
rotate([0, 90, 0])
cylinder(h=l_body, r=w_body/2);
cube([l_body, w_body, h_axis]);
translate([chord * 1.25, w_body, 0])
cyl(h=l_body, r=w_body/2, rounding=5);
translate([l_body/2, w_body/2, h_axis/2])
cuboid([l_body, w_body, h_axis], rounding=5, except=TOP);
// bulge for wheel axle; the fork insertion end of
// a lefty axle is 25mm diameter
translate([chord * 1.25, w_body/2, 0])
rotate([90, 0, 0])
cylinder(h=w_body, r=pivot_radius * 2);
cyl(h=w_body, r=25, rounding=5);
// fairing for this
translate([chord * 1.25, w_body/2, -7.5])
rotate([80, 0, 270])
prismoid([w_body, 35], [w_body, 10], rounding=5, h=l_body/2);
}
translate([ chord*0.25, -1, pivot_radius * 3])
cube([chord, pivot_radius * 4, pivot_radius * 4]);
// scoop for leg-bottom knuckle to rotate within
translate([ chord*0.25, w_body/2, h_axis])
rotate([0, 90, 0])
cylinder(h=chord, r=pivot_radius * 1.5);
// throough hole for pivot axle
cylinder(h=chord, r=pivot_radius * 1.3);
// through hole for pivot axle
translate([-1, w_body/2, h_axis])
rotate([0, 90, 0])
cylinder(h=l_body+2, r=pivot_radius/3);
cylinder(h=l_body+2, r=pivot_radius/3);
// through hole for wheel axle
translate([chord * 1.25, w_body +1, 0])
rotate([90, 0, 0])
cylinder(h=w_body-5, r=12.5);
}
// airfoil stub to be epoxied into the lower bar of
// the linkage
translate([(chord * 1.25) - 1, 5 - chord, 0])
rotate([90-rise, 0, 180])
airfoil(h=chord, L=chord-2);
// root reinforcement for the above
translate([chord * 1.25, 5 - chord/3, 9])
rotate([90, 0, 180])
airfoil(h=chord/3, L=chord);
translate([(chord * .75), 0, 10])
rotate([90, 0, 0])
prismoid([chord -1, 6], [chord -2, 0], h=(chord/3));
}
module fourbar_axle_half( length, chord, long_skew) {
@ -85,7 +112,7 @@ module fourbar_axle_half( length, chord, long_skew) {
translate([(0 - (chord*1.25)), l_hlb * cos(rise), 30])
rotate([0, long_skew, 0])
color("black")
lower_knuckle(chord, 12);
loawer_bar_end_knuckle(chord, 12, rise);
// wheel
translate([-50, l_hlb + 72, -40])
@ -121,10 +148,9 @@ module fourbar(length=1000, chord=100, long_skew=30, lat_skew=30, shoulder=650)
translate([-125, 0, 0])
color("blue")
lower_knuckle();
/* translate([0, 77, 0])
rotate([270, 0, 0])
wheel();*/
loawer_bar_end_knuckle();
translate([0, 77, 0])
wheel();
translate([0, 40, 0])
color("silver")
rotate([90, 0, 0])

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module wheel (iso=451) {
radius=(iso/2)+7;
// rim
color("grey")
difference() {
cylinder(h=22, r=radius, center=true);
translate([0,0, -11])
cylinder(h=26, r=(radius-10));
rotate([270, 0, 0]) {
// rim
color("grey")
difference() {
cylinder(h=22, r=radius, center=true);
translate([0,0, -11])
cylinder(h=26, r=(radius-10));
}
// carbon cones covering the spokes
color("black")
translate([0,0, 4])
cylinder(h=26.6, r1=radius, r2=22.5);
color("black")
mirror([0, 0, -1])
translate([0,0, 4])
cylinder(h=14.4, r1=radius, r2=29);
// tyre
color("black")
rotate_extrude(convexity = 10)
translate([radius +10, 0, 0])
circle(r = 12, $fn = 100);
// hub
color("grey")
translate([0, 0, -40])
cylinder(h=65, r=22.5);
// axle
color("silver") {
translate([0, 0, -45])
cylinder(h=70, r1=12.5, r2=7.5);
translate([0, 0, -60])
cylinder(h=25, r=12.5);
}
}
// carbon cones covering the spokes
color("black")
translate([0,0, 4])
cylinder(h=26.6, r1=radius, r2=22.5);
color("black")
mirror([0, 0, -1])
translate([0,0, 4])
cylinder(h=14.4, r1=radius, r2=29);
// tyre
color("black")
rotate_extrude(convexity = 10)
translate([radius +10, 0, 0])
circle(r = 12, $fn = 100);
// hub
color("grey")
translate([0, 0, -40])
cylinder(h=65, r=22.5);
// axle
color("silver") {
translate([0, 0, -45])
cylinder(h=70, r1=12.5, r2=7.5);
translate([0, 0, -85])
cylinder(h=40, r=12.5);
}
}
// wheel();