Designing the tail
To design the tail, we will have to build a frame first around the distance sensor. This frame will help stabilize the tail that you are about to build. As your scorpion attacks, moves, swings, and seeks out prey, you need to make sure the tail does not drop low and trigger your distance sensor, or else you will have one strange-acting animal!
Adding this frame is a perfect fit that still does not take away from the body while providing support and helping the tail stay in place.
To build the frame, you will need the following pieces:
- One black 7x11 open frame
- Four black connector pins
- Two teal 3x5 L beams
- 2 gray connector pins with bush stops
Begin this build component by adding the 3x5 teal beams to the inside of the open frame using the black connector pins, as illustrated in the following image:
Figure 5.58 – Open frame with teal L beams
Add this piece by connecting the 3x5 L beams to the pin hole...