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Little idea that crossed my mind, using a thing round stock of spring steel for a digigrade paw.
Where the pivot is, how the stock is curved/angled/placed and where the canvas 'sails' go can be placed will be subject to change as I work through this idea.
The total idea is to make a thin, lightweight 'digigrade' system to wear under a suit. The device is to hold the leg in this shape, but provide a springy resistance and allow the ankle to move as normal, offering a 'return' to a digigrade stance.
It's a WIP design that I decided to Tesla, see if anyone has improvements/suggestions. And give people a direction to head in if they wanted to try and do this on their own. Feel free to use it!
Where the pivot is, how the stock is curved/angled/placed and where the canvas 'sails' go can be placed will be subject to change as I work through this idea.
The total idea is to make a thin, lightweight 'digigrade' system to wear under a suit. The device is to hold the leg in this shape, but provide a springy resistance and allow the ankle to move as normal, offering a 'return' to a digigrade stance.
It's a WIP design that I decided to Tesla, see if anyone has improvements/suggestions. And give people a direction to head in if they wanted to try and do this on their own. Feel free to use it!
Category All / Tutorials
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 1280px
File Size 111 kB
A lightweight passively powered design... has potential... looks rather comfy... I'm quite curious to see where this might lead!
You might eventually hear people trying to tell you that the Law of Equivalent Exchange of Energy says this won't work. Remind them that people can jump higher on a trampoline even though it's not plugged in. Remind them that people can run faster on a bicycle even though it has no engine. Remind them that the ancient aspiration of building a working pair of wings for humans wasn't a dead end. (Seriously here's list and some of them flew pretty far: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_.....wered_aircraft)
Looking forward to see more of this project!
You might eventually hear people trying to tell you that the Law of Equivalent Exchange of Energy says this won't work. Remind them that people can jump higher on a trampoline even though it's not plugged in. Remind them that people can run faster on a bicycle even though it has no engine. Remind them that the ancient aspiration of building a working pair of wings for humans wasn't a dead end. (Seriously here's list and some of them flew pretty far: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_.....wered_aircraft)
Looking forward to see more of this project!
Thought about it some more. Realized something. The main overall force in this system would be vertical. This mechanism keeps the wearer kinda bouncy so it would have to push upward on the wearer and downward against the floor. As furrybobnot already pointed out you'll need something to distribute the downwards pressure from the spring against the floor to keep the spring from digging into the carpet. You might also need a way to distribute upwards pressure from the spring against the wearer's leg to keep the whole assembly from sliding upwards. The simplest way would be to add another canvas sail (several layers if needed) between the pivots, running under the wearer's heel.
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