The Feel Three *is* more than just renders :)

We have a working prototype…. we’re just not ready to show it to anyone yet, but it exists. Right now we’re only showing it to potential investors and people working on the project… so if you want a look, become one of these people 🙂 The rest...

how many parts???

So I had another look at the design and also played around with a simple triangle idea to create the chair base and arm rests inside the sphere. Its probably not necessary to try to cut the part list to the bare bones but still a good exercise. One of the major...

Simplification pt 2

The motor needs a place to be mounted and the wheel ideally would be supported on both sides of the axle…. but with a little tweaking it’s perfectly possible to use the same flat base part as the internal support (the wooden part in the picture). Depending...

The simplification continues

Considering how large the simulator will be most people will probably think it consists of hundreds of different components but nothing could be further from the truth. At last count we had the total down to 24, this doesn’t count all the nuts, bolts and other...

Designing a better omniwheel

I spent the last few days building omniwheels… although hopefully this is a part we can just use off the shelf its still nice to make your own for a scale prototype. Much better than the ones they replaced, with a lot better grip too. O-rings seemed like a good...