Buzz Lightyear "Retractable Wings?"

[lordgilpin]

I'll be building a Buzz Lightyear space armor this year for Halloween. I've seen so many amazing suits that I finally feel a novice like me may be able to follow in you artists footsteps...

I feel I NEED the wings to fling out and am bouncing around a few ideas based on the Toy Story Collection Buzz figure I have. I'm just curious how some of you have done it... if you have.

I'll be posting progress as I brainstorm the best way for me to achieve this effect but I'm no engineer and would love to hear ANYONES two cents on the matter... Thanks!

 

[Snowmageddon]

I had an idea while looking at your thread and came up with this as a basic mock-up. I forgot to include in said mock up that the extending parts of the wings would be on drawer slides to ensure smooth action. I sort of got the idea from someones hidden blade videos on Youtube. Anyway, here's the image:

 

[LOGANCLAW22]

I think that the cheapest and best way to do this is to brainstorm what common household or other devices exist that you could use to provide the spring/latch combo that these wings would use. Check out HD or lowes for devices like this. I do this ALL the time. You need something with a spring built in that you can latch shut when you want to. After that, the wing fabrication would be the easiest part.

Paul

 

[joee]

Man this is going to rock.best of luck. buzz is a great character but he challenged me to death. cant wait to see what you do.

 

[hellome]

Cardboard Buzz Lightyear jet pack with retractable wings in 30 minutes. This is pretty ok. Easy.

 

[Shades]

desk door slides. Yep yep.

 

[Larry Young]

I'd just buy this:

Amazon.com: Toy Story 3 Buzz Lightyear Deluxe Action Wing Pack: Toys & Games

gut the insides and install it in an adult sized pack. My kid plays with his so much I have half a mind to do one for me, too.

 

[lordgilpin]

So two years in a row I've put off finishing this. With "Half-O-Ween" just passed, Im determined to make this happen this year. I've made quite a bit of progress with alot of the suit leaving me plenty of time to focus on making these wings work... more to come soon.

 

[nosaint]

So far that looks really good. Looks like you got a nice even shiny coat of paint. Are you going for any kind of clear dome?

 

[rogelio]

I have same problem / proyect.
This is the design of the wings, they intersect inside the back jet.

But that is resolved by phasing and overlapping the two wings.
I still can not figure out how to make the system of pulleys or ropes to unfold the wings