RoboPike Fact Sheet

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• Fork Length: 32 inches

• Displacement: 8 pounds

• Materials
• Nose
• Nose cone: fiberglass
• Compartment wall: delrin
• Electronics:
• Onset model 8 computer (68332)
• digital wireless modem
• Dc-Dc converter
• Mid Section
• Spiral Skeleton: fiberglass
• Pectoral fins: RTV silicon rubber
• Actuator housings and linkages (backbone): delrin
• Sealant: gasket material and epoxy resin
• Inner housing cables: stainless steel
• Cable housing: peek tubing
• Dorsal and anal fins: RTV silicon rubber
• Power source: RTV coated NiCd batteries
• Tail Section
• Spiral Skeleton: fiberglass
• Tail linkages and pulleys: delrin
• Pulley cables: 1/64 inch stainless steel aircraft cable
• Caudual fin: wooden laminate with surface of epoxy
• Skin
• latex lycra and steel mesh
• Flotation
• PVC foam