Animatronic Tail by circuito.io

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An animatronic tail controlled with gyro and joystick made with circuito.io: http://bit.ly/circuitoio-tail-components The full tutorial is on hackster.io: http://bit.ly/circuitoio-tail-on-hackster How I Designed This Spinous process - The processes sit at the base of every part of every vertebra and is connected to the spinal cord in the middle of the tail. There are 11 processes in the tail model. Pulley - Use a fishing line to connect between the pulley and the servo motor to make the tail move from side to side. You will need to print 3 pullies - one for each side and one for the top servo. Bar Mount - The Bar mount is connected to the main plate of the tail, and through it runs the spinal cord. Servo Mount right - need to print this part 3 times. The mount holds the servo motor from its right side. Servo Mount left - need to print this part 3 times. The mount holds the servo motor from its left side. Tail tip - The part at the end of the tail. Needs to be printed once Laser cut - this file contains the parts that need to be laser-cut. There are 11 vertebrae and one main plate. Spinal cord: For the spinal cord, we used a flexible Nylon 6/6 Round Rod. Dimensions: 1x 0.6cm diameter x100cm length Screws: 22x M3 screws 10mm length with bullets Fishing line: 3.5 meters fishing string made of spectra fiber 0.23mm 15kg (powerpro.com)