Lesson 14 - Mechanical design, machine design

As a part of my final project I have gathered the thoughts concerning the mechanical design of things. The machine is based on 3 major components:
The Servo engines
The Gear
And the wings
It is all arranged in a frame that is carrying the electrical and electronical circuits, extra supporters for stability and fitiings to keep the parts together.



There are 16 wings that attached in pairs.
each pair contains 2 wings, one is connected to the lower turning mechanism(90 degrees clockwise)
while the other is connected to the upper turning mechanism
(90 degrees counter clockwise).

A common connecting part is attaching the two wings together to a 1 pole and let them the ability to turn simultaneously under the same hinge.

Each wing is carrying specific locations to carry 6 LED's along.
each LED and its housing press fit by comparing diameters.
for each wings there are 2 ends - one that ends up as a cut and another that fits into a cog wheel.



The connector will attach 2 wings to the central hinge in order to achieve the butterfly hinging. We used 128 pieces of 3D printed connectors for attaching 16 wings in 8 different locations each