The success with rebuilding the tetrahedron based on Marcelo Pars' idea motivated me to do more as yet unexplored structures. There's still some challenges I want to take on, watch this space.
 |
Caged rainbow (18 strut tensegrity cube) |
The simplest of my new structures just adds 6 struts to a cube with changing chirality along its corners. Similar to a dice, where opposite sides add up to seven, colours oppose each other of each side. Snelson managed to build an x-module in a way that outlined a tetrahedron, I was surprised how well my guestimation for the different tendon lengths worked out.
 |
Tetra ala Snelson |
It might look better when slotted into a base, so that only one strut connects to the ground, similar to
Earthlon, which shows the 'ascension skylon' out of Burkhardt's collection of structures, and turns it around.
 |
Earthlon |
I drafted
Earthlon with elastic strings. but it gained much stability with less elastic tendons. It has only little movement, nevertheless looks quite surprising.
 |
Polarised canary |
Polarised canary took quite some time to get together, and probably the tendons holding the upright strut could be a bit shorter. The same concept should work with three struts on either end, and looks a bit like a beam capable of absorbing shock along its length.
No comments:
Post a Comment