Incoming Transmission – Moon Lab 42
Here is one of the videos that will be playing insider The Raygun Gotic Rocket. It was written and directed by Ben Carpenter, Edited by Wendy Rolon and preformed by Me and David Shulman.
Uira Engine — Arms installed!
My accomplice Nathanial Taylor over at Radio Robot who has been cnc’ing all my parts for the Uira Engine dropped off the arms the other day. Check out this video of the engine with the arms — you can really see the counter-rotation at work:
Toms S.C.O.U.T rover
Also be sure to check out Tom Sepe and his S.C.O.U.T. rover, which will be running critical missions for the Raygun Gothic Rocket!:
Grants Raygun Gothic Rocketship Rayguns
My friend Grant Diffendaffer has made some really cool rayguns for the rocket:
Uira Engine — sketch
While I love to post my CAD models I also like to give some love to the original hand sketches that usually precede the CAD models. Here is the initial sketch I did of the Uira Engines counter rotation mechanism:
Uira Engine — Video of the core kinetic system
Here is a quick video showing the first test of the Uira Engine core kinetic system. Right now it’s still hand powered, but you can basically see how it works. Turning the drive shaft, which is attached to the top tube, drives a set of chained sprockets on the bottom […]
Uira Engine and RGR Awesomeness
Here are some photos of the Uira Engine starting to come together as well as some shots of the Raygun Gothic Rocket looking awesome. Machining the slip ring. Slip ring close up Cutting the phenolic discs for the slip rings. Nasty business — phenolic smells like formaldehyde when its being […]
Uira Engine Controls
I’ve started working on the Uira Engine Controls. The upper yellow box will be the primary set of controls. The silver box below will house the transformer, varac and other odds and end. On the front of the silver box will be some switches, buttons and lights for people to […]
New Work: The Raygun Gothic Rocket Uira Engine
Over the past few months we’ve been getting allot of questions about what exactly is going to power the Raygun Gothic Rocket. Until now we’ve been been engaged in a massive misinformation campaign to keep our revolutionary engine design a secrete. However, now that we are moving out of the […]
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Raygun Gothic Rocket at the Desert Arts Preview
Here is a fresh transmission from the Raygun Gothich Rocket project:
Raygun Gothic Rocket on Make blog!
Check out the post on the Make blog about the Raygun Gothic Rocket featuring video by Almost Scientific!:
It Doesn’t Cook Alien Brains, But Yes, It Is a Neuron Chamber — Almost Scientific featured in Solid Smack
My pal Corbett over at Instinct Engineering just let me know that Almost Scientific and The Neuron Chamber were featured on the Solid Works design blog Solid Smack. You can find the original post here, but here is the text of the post: It’s not so much that everything in […]
Raygun Gothic Rocket work night
Just another night building the Raygun Gothic Rocket:
Want to know what you’re doing this Friday night? You’re coming to the Raygun Gothic Rocket Galactic Gala!
Charge up your jet pack, set your raygun to indigo, run a final system check and power-up your un-licensed, un-tested n-phase thrust generator and plot a course to … The Galactic Gala! This is your chance to support The Raygun Gothic Rocketship and experience the greatest intergalactic event this side […]
The Neuron Chamber on Laughing Squid
Laughing Squid is always one of the first blogs I check out to see what is going on in the Bay Area and beyond, so it was supper cool to load it up this morning and see The Neuron Chamber right there at the top of the page. Thanks Laughing […]