Day 9.5: DON'T GO BETA

or "at least opensource is still awesome some of the time"

This day was not such a good day for robotics or legos or torque

So I attempted to build a gear train with a 1:18
and after several false starts and breaking down and rebuilding the Mystical Unicorn and digging around in gears looking for an easier combo

these are actually kind of sharp

and after going through several combination that all lead to horrible clicking noises and straining sounds and structures that tore themselves apart (yes really)
I learned something important
and that is that lego math does not really work out with gears on the diagonals.

GOSH DARN IT.