Friend had a problem with spilling his beer while driving his rc car because the transmitter requires both hands and he didnt want to put his beer aside.
First picture is the finished result in action, second picture is his idea and design proposal and the third picture is my print in place gimbal design.
It allows at least 30 degres +- angle on both axis and is balanced even with a freshly opened beer.
The left piece is glued to the transmitter while the middle piece is glued and press fit onto the gimbal and both can then just be snapped into the transmitter piece, this way the gimbal piece is removable and can easier be stowed away.
For V2 I'd find a way to mount it closer to the wrist, that torque looks like it could be straining for tallboys and long drives
Drink faster and that's not a problem
Yeah he was complaining about that aswell.
I tried to have the leverage as small as possible by having the axis of the gimbal centered on the same height as the battery compartment so i can move it as close as possible without limiting gimbal movement.
When the lower part of the beer holder is fully angled towards the transmitter then there's only about 1mm space left before it would touch the transmitter.
The advanatge of big freedom of gimbal movement was limiting how close i could move it. In hindsight i should have sacrificed gimbal movement for a smaller leverage.
Another solution could be to move the gimbal to the side of the transmitter, that would also shorten the lever lenght between his wrist and the weight of the beer.
But yeah, problems for future me, main driving season is over and its not urgent.
Easy solution is an arm brace going behind the transmitter and bracing against the lower forearm.
Why not hang the beer below the hand grip? It would require a longer connection (to be able to still get the beer can in and out) but would minimize the leverage.
Below is the lid and access to the battery compartment and even tho its an average quality transmitter, the battery lid is very loose and wouldnt support the weight of the beer.
Too bad—but if the foot can take the weight, then the base of the foot (the "ankle") should be able to take the weight.
Yeah maybe, we havent started working on V2 because the warm season is over and its not urgent.
We probably have to sit together at some time and use the V1 gimbal to play around with different mounting locations and see what works best for him.
Does he even lift??
i read gimbal too many times
Don't drink and dri... Ah fuck it.
I agree but this is only for rc driving, we're all there either with public transport or on bycycle and our bycycle roads are save and seperate from car traffic.
It was a joke, but glad to hear you're safe 👌
natürlich ein deutsches Problem 😁
Schweiz, aber nahe, Region Basel also nicht weit weg von unseren Deutschen Freunden ;)
Von Zeichnung bis fertigem Modell hat sich aber anscheinend noch durchaus was getan ^
Ja er hats gut gemeint mit seiner Zeichnung und mir war sofort klar was er will, auch wenn der Mechanismus blödsinn ist.
Wir hatten einen guten Lacher als wir zusammen die Zeichnung durchgegeangen sind und es war ihm auch ein wenig peinlich als ihm klar geworden ist warum es nicht funktionieren kann, aber ich darf das, wir kennen uns seit über 30 Jahren :)
Sali Beni!
I wonder if using these as cup holders in cars would reduce the risk of spilling the drink
Would definitly help because the center of gravity with a beer/cup in it is below the rotational axis of the gimbal.
Instead of water swapping over the cup, the gimbal would move and keep the water level in regard to the cup.
Edit: We're too slow, someone already designed one: I made a gimbal cup holder
Greetings from Basel to Basel, always nice to see fellow Basel 3D printer enthusiasts 💪🏽
Grüeziwohl
I'm a simpel man. I see Quöllfrisch Naturtrüb, I upvote!
This is great, you got it up on thingiverse?
No i havent uploaded it because it specificly works with that transmitter and also because we came to the conclusion that its not a very comfortable solution.
What an awesome idea. Wish this was uploaded somewhere, would allow others to modify to fit their specific controller.
That should be a nobel price right there!