Essential Point
Organizer: JAPAN SPACE ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION

  • Date: 2010.8.7(Sat)～2010.8.8(Sun)
  • Location: 1choume, futawanishi, funabashi City, chiba Pref.
  • Purpose: We challenge whether LEGO can be climbed up to 100 meters.
  • We make LEGO model climb a 25 millimeters nylon tether.
  • We challenge LEGO model climb up to 30 meters on Saturday.
  • We make an attempt on LEGO model climb up to 100 meters on Sunday.
  • Climber made by only LEGO Block.
  • Climber that can climb up and down on its own.

The First prototype
This model move in an 'inchworm' motion.
It is equipped with a Electric Power Functions Linear Actuator to enable it to climb a tether.
This machine takes 6 seconds to go to finish at the most shrunken. This means that It climb only 40mm in 6 seconds.

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The Second prototype
The climber scale the tether using Power Functions XL motors.

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Four Power Function XL motors are very powerful, but there are too heavy.
When We reduce the number of motors from four to two, It have a good sense of proportion.

The racing model climber *Elevator girls gou*
This climber got up on to a balloon 30 meters above ground.

Specific

  • Engine: Power Function XL motor (72g x2)
  • Wheel: 41mm Znap Thin Tread
  • Rubber: EPDM Shore A 1 5.9Mpa
  • Battery: Sanyo Ni-MH2700 (Nickel-metal hydride battery)

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The racing model climber *Elevator girls gou Red Version*
This climber got up on to a balloon 100 meters above ground.

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