Prototyping Super Tuned Pixy Spool

[ChuckE]

I was working on my latest Pixy project, and setup my Canon 7D to shoot some video. I hadn't used the video on the camera before, so really it was more of an experiment for the camera than anything. It didn't turnout too bad, considering it uses the ambient lighting in my work shop, and the default camera settings. It was taken in HD, the original file size is 350MB, I converted it down to .mov format.

The video is of a Pixy spool that I'm supertuning with a +R Magforce braking system and other changes, as I ran some speed profiles. I'll probably include it in a future TackleTog Blog. I ran several lower speed runs on the spool, and finished with high speed acceleration runs to verify consistent response.

The red light on the bottom of the spool is from a laser tachometer used for data acquisition. If you look closely you can see the inductor start to move ~2K rpm, and reaches full travel at ~10k rpm. The inductor is a +R from a TD-Z +R. I thought I'd post it, since few have seen a Magforce inductor move across a speed range before.

Disclaimer: I don't necessarily suggest you try this! The spool can come out of the Dremel collet and get launched if not careful!

Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYypRWchoI

Chuck

[blakjack23]

Very cool to see that in action

[SPAZ]

That is really cool. I never even knew the inductor moved like that. Does that happen on the Steez too?

[arbogastjunkie]

Great video ChuckE!!!

[ChuckE]

Thanks guys, I thought you'd find it interesting. Spaz, yes your Steez does that as well, only at a little different spool speeds.

Chuck

[USA-RET]

Excellent information as always Chuck. Had no idea how the inductor actually functions..this really puts things in perspective. I never imagined all the things that come into play when making a cast.....

[RGMatt]

cool video, Thank You

Matt

[NewGenLeftCrank]

Reading/imagining about that function is not like seeing/believing. Thanks ChuckE.

[bronzefly]

Very nice work! Thanks for posting this

[africanbass]

Cool clip
Great to see the inner workings in such detail.

[Nitroman77]

Chuck, you da man!
Pretty cool to see..

[DanD]

Now that is really cool-thanks Chuck!

[Texas_bullet]

Chuck, very interesting. A laser tach? You have some cool toys!

TB

[Tokyolunkers]

Simply amazing to see such engineering. It blows my mind that you are able to do such things to a spool. Thank you so much for the great video!!1