Project Toothless

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he "Outer.stl" shows how the outer view of Toothless. And the “Inner.stl" shows the inner structure of Toothless. So, if you take a closer look at the Outer.stl you can see that there are two different sizes of the shovels that dig the Regolith. When it is turned clockwise the smaller shovel goes into the moon's surface first then immediately followed by the larger but steeper shovel. The general idea behind it was to fist get a sharper angle of attack thus helping o penetrate the surface of the moon with more efficiency, The general idea of the second but a broader shovel is to pick up more regolith tan the first shovel as the drum goes deeper into the surface of the moon. Also, to mention the longer shovel is almost is at a 45-degree angle to increase efficiency (using the analogy to throw a ball the furthest the most efficient angle needed is 45 degrees)
Now if we look the “Inner.stl” you can see there are 4 slightly curved inverted “L” Those are to help the regolith to be easily guided into the innermost chamber where a square with triangular groves, catches and hold the Regolith. Also, when it moves in a clockwise direction the curvature part of the “L” shaped structured help to capture more regolith as well.
In order to get the Regolith out the drum must be turned Anti-Clockwise, where the curvy design of the drum helps to slide out all the regolith into the desired place. The hook part of the “L” shaped structure ensures that all the regolith is stored when turned clockwise and ensured that all the regolith is taken out when turned anti-clockwise.
The shovels are made sharp at the edges to make it easy to excavate the Regolith the circular structure make sure that the Regolith slides into the places that it needs to slide ultimate making it easy to get it in or out