Iron man mark vii cardboard/celtic/InteFoam/AVENT Suit concept

To demonstrate how the system looks like. I temporarily attached it to the back with the servos exposed. Eventually the servos will be placed inside which gives it more leverage when it pushes the hinge upwards.

Pic 1
This is the closed state.

Pic 2
Closed state different angle

Pic 3
Open state.

Pic 4
Closed state different angle

I hope you get the idea.

Here's a couple of shots of the Mark VII forearm firing a single rocket.

Here's all 4 servos in action. You'll notice that the servos aren't moving at the same time. That's because the 9v I'm using is old. The pololu is powered by the usb connected to the computer.

I still have an 1 channel left which I plan to connect lights to. Here's how the channels are broken down.

channel 0 - on off switch
channel 1 - servo 1 (Bottom left)
channel 2 - servo 2 (Top left)
channel 3 - servo 3 (Top right)
channel 4 - servo 4 (Bottom right)
channel 5 - empty

Here's the code which you can paste in the "Script" tab of the Pololu Maestro Control Center. This script will not work though until you set up a button or switch on your controller. The link below will teach you how to do that.

Pololu - 7.b. Attaching Servos and Peripherals

goto main_loop

sub button
0 get_position 500 less_than
return


sub wait_for_button_press
wait_for_button_open_10ms
wait_for_button_closed_10ms
return


sub wait_for_button_open_10ms
get_ms
begin

button
if
drop get_ms
else
get_ms over minus 10 greater_than
if drop return endif
endif
repeat


sub wait_for_button_closed_10ms
get_ms
begin
button
if
get_ms over minus 10 greater_than
if drop return endif
else
drop get_ms
endif
repeat

main_loop:
begin
2000 2000 8000 8000 frame
8000 8000 2000 2000 frame
repeat

sub frame
wait_for_button_press
1 servo 2 servo 3 servo 4 servo
return

Depending how you set up your servos, all you have to change are your Minimum and Maximum point ( I explained this more in the picture below)

Sorry I forgot to add these reference pics of the lower flaps in my earlier post.

dfx13 said:

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Sorry I forgot to add these reference pics of the lower flaps in my earlier post.

So this is the best pic of the lower flaps:


But ... I am not sure. I do think that there could be lower flaps but I cant really determine what shape they might have or what would be under them if they do exist.

The only thing that has me wondering about this picture and the scene that comes after it where he is flying towards the portal is that the light from the jetpack boosters is coming from under these flaps and in the following scenes there are a few frames that look like the flaps above the jetpack boosters are in the shape of the lower flaps and a few frames that show the shape of the top flaps. I think there was a mistake in the CGI work here. I just am trying to figure out if there are indeed lower flaps and if so are there also boosters under them? That doesn't seem likely though. I might just have to wait till I see the movie before I can decide for sure.

What are your thoughts on this?

dfx13 said:

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This are the lights that I used in my Mark VI version. They're $6.99 each and fit's perfectly in the eye socket. All you have to do is build a casing. I've attached alligator clips to a 9v battery in the screen shot below.
42mm 8 1210 SMD LED Lighting with Hook - Automotive LED Lights - LEDLight

Lights for the palms are also powered by a 9v battery. I got these at DealExtreme $2.61 each. It took about 10 days to arrive. In one of the screen shot I've attached a mini slide switch next to the thumb for easy access.

I also had a question for you about the lights you used. I also used a G4 sized disc w/ 12 5050 LEDs for my palm lights on my Halloween costume and I tried to power it with a 9v but it was noticeably brighter when I used 12v. Did you check it w/ 12v to see the difference? If so, were the ones you got also brighter running on 12v? If not, I wonder if it was the difference in the number of LEDs on the disc that caused mine to dim. From what I know about LEDs, I don't think so. I think that it is the resistors that cause the dimming since the ones on the disc are designed for 12v.

I also believe that the top and bottom flaps have some sort of booster/stabilizer attached to it. I've never seen all 4 go on at once and since there's no clear shot of the underlining I'm waiting for the movie or the art of the avengers to come out before I can continue to work on it.

darkside501st - I completely understand that since you're creating main pepakura file (which you're doing one hell of a job on) that you want to be absolutely certain before you model it.

I haven't tried a 12v battery on the palm lights since the a new 9v was bright enough for me even though it was also rated to run at 12v. I did notice some dimming on 1 - 2 LEDS when I connected it to a used 9v battery.

jackieisrockin - that's a nice shot of the laser, I haven't seen that before. I've been debating whether or not I want the forearm weapons to function.

Some more bottom flaps pics attatched.

Looks like I might be altering the suit to add this missile bay. Here's a clip of it in action.

THE AVENGERS - Another Cool Extended Iron Man TV Spot* - News - GeekTyrant

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Now that there's more and more images of the Mark VII appearing I had to make some adjustment to the suit. Since mine was based on the Kotobukiya sculpt the suit wasn't exactly final. I'm also replacing the pololu 6 channel to a 12 channel version to control the extra servos.

Pic 1 - Originally a panel raised along the shoulder part but after seeing the missile compartment and the avengers wallpaper I made it flushed.

Pic 2 - This is how I'm going to make the missile compartment open. I cut out a couple of hinges from some left over Sintra Plastic. This is still an idea but once the micro servos come in I can fully test it.

I may have to make adjustment to the hinge but I'll post it when I get it right.

Pic 4 - In the extended avengers clip the silver portion above the boosters also opens to reveal extra missiles, but since I'm using that part to connect my flap hinge to I had to leave it alone.

I've attached the servos to the back to see if I'll run into any problems later on. I had to adjust the servo horn so that the bottom flaps stayed flat but it never got in the way or prevented the top flaps from closing. I'm thinking about adding magnets to the tips to hold them in place.

For now I'll leave it like this until I see the movie and I'll start working on the missile compartment.

I have a Tenergy 3300 mAh 6v running the 4 servos and a 9v powering the Pololu. I tried running the servos and the pololu on the Tenergy alone but it didn't work. The pololu needed a separate power supply.

Tenergy battery
http://www.amazon.com/Tenergy-3300mA...5857054&sr=8-1