Questions about The Yeti

[DisneyGentleman]

I have some questions about EE's Yeti that have been disscussed on this site.
1. How Big is the Yeti?
2. Does the Yeti smell?
3.How fast does the yeti move.... comparitively to AAs?

thanks for any info y'all have.

1. Just the right size to be illuminated by a strobe.

2. Many of us think it stinks.

3. About as fast as a glacier.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

1. Just the right size to be illuminated by a strobe.

2. Many of us think it stinks.

3. About as fast as a glacier.

Zing! You sir win the thread.

 

[afar28]

Just reading this is depressing. I never got to see the yeti move. My only memories of it are disco yeti..

 

[Lee]

I thought that Lee, or maybe it was Martin, said that the problem with the yeti was that the
manufacturer didn't lube the gears and that the people who installed it didn't realize that and
ran it without lubricant. I don't know if this is true or not, but I believe this is what I
remember as the possible cause. OK all the "lube" jokes can start now.

That is one (of several) things I've been told.
Never confirmed, but plausible.

 

[dgp602]

Wow, I didn't look at the date when I posted on this after it was bumped. I thought it was something new that the started some movement on it again. I know that they did try some slower movements but they stopped that also.

I thought they said that it was the force that was generated from the swatting was the cause of the failure. It was more powerful than they assumed it was.

And again, complete failure on designers for not calculating and understanding what they had built....

 

[dgp602]

That is one (of several) things I've been told.
Never confirmed, but plausible.

Wouldn't gears and motors be a lot simpler to replace and refurbish? Some type of structure failure or compromise would logically seem to be the cause for an indefinite shutdown...but I am basing this on nothing other than my own thoughts...

 

[Lee]

Wouldn't gears and motors be a lot simpler to replace and refurbish? Some type of structure failure or compromise would logically seem to be the cause for an indefinite shutdown...but I am basing this on nothing other than my own thoughts...

Agreed.
I tend to think its a mechanical issue concerning the whole apparatus.