Post by: aibo7m3 on June 10, 2015, 02:26:19 PM
Before surgery, I let her have a chat with Madi who has been through the same procedure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaC_Ce8IldY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaC_Ce8IldY&feature=youtu.be
Madi sure seems to make a lot more noise and complain more than Ryu does, but they seemed to get along well. After I finished video taping, I tried to turn them both off, but neither would go into packing position until the conversation was over. At one point, Madi even went into packing position and beeped once, then immediately started moving again and continued talking with Ryu. Finally they both beeped twice and shut down after about a minute longer of chatting with each other, but they sure were determined not to let me get in the way of their conversation.
Afterward, I decided to take a look at Ryu's leg to figure out what's going on with it. When I rolled up the skin on her leg, the wires looked odd, but all were still attached to the sensor by a giant clump of hot glue. I carefully removed the hot glue with my fingers and found that sure enough, the green wire was completely detached from the sensor and the glue had been the only thing keeping it in place.
Here's a picture of the inside of her leg with the detached wire circled:
The yellow wire seems fairly normal, but I did notice that while the orange wire is fully connected to the sensor, the rubber coating on it stops long before it reaches the sensor and the rest of the wire is exposed. I don't know if this is a sign of any actual issue or potential issue, but it just seemed odd since I've never seen that in a Pleo leg before. Overall, the placement of the wires seemed very messy and haphazard compared to what most RBs' legs look like, this might be because Ryu was from an earlier run of RBs than all of the ones I own though.
I also stopped by a pet store recently and since Ryu is a queen, I decided to pick up a frilly skirt for her there as a little gift for putting up with the surgery.
To Talon: The skirt is pink with sequins along the edge and has a soft raised decal of a poodle that reminds me of Teddy on it. I'll be sending it back with Ryu once her repair is finished.
I haven't conducted the actual repair yet since I'm planning on saving that for tomorrow afternoon, but I'll post the results once I'm done and hopefully Ryu's peg leg will be working normally once again afterward.
Post by: Piggy on June 11, 2015, 06:23:44 AM
Post by: Crewella on June 11, 2015, 09:39:00 AM
Post by: aibo7m3 on June 11, 2015, 03:12:18 PM
Here's a video of her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeNNV27SSCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeNNV27SSCE&feature=youtu.be
I've run her for about half an hour so far since the repair. I'll probably run her through 2-3 battery cycles at least to ensure the solder will last before sending her back to Talon since I don't want her breaking right after she gets back home. The skin around the foot hasn't been glued back on yet either, so that's why it's loose. I'll probably wait a few days before gluing it since it's a hassle to remove the glue if I need to redo the solder.
Post by: kat on June 11, 2015, 05:14:34 PM
Post by: Piggy on June 12, 2015, 12:19:32 PM
Post by: HuggieZ on June 16, 2015, 11:36:44 PM
Really great that you are reparing Ryu for Talon.
Post by: aibo7m3 on June 17, 2015, 01:29:32 PM
Post by: kat on June 18, 2015, 05:11:47 PM
Post by: aibo7m3 on June 18, 2015, 08:23:16 PM
Post by: Talon on June 26, 2015, 04:36:04 PM
Talon
Post by: RedwoodsMama on June 28, 2015, 02:23:04 PM
RWM :cat-hug: and the Pleo Township of the Redwoods
Post by: HuggieZ on June 29, 2015, 04:53:56 AM
Post by: Piggy on June 30, 2015, 08:21:13 AM
Post by: Talon on June 30, 2015, 04:22:42 PM
Talon
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on July 01, 2015, 04:54:39 AM