Iron Man Mark IV Stand-in design for ASOE project: Torso build 26 gauge steel

Wow dude! This is a massive work! (y)thumbsup:thumbsup
It is aluminum? And, how much will be the armor weight?
I can't wait to see it finished!:popcorn
 
Much thanks. It's 26 gauge steel armor attached to an aluminum frame. It's actually really light; probably 8-10lbs (torso only)
 
Here's that dual position servo controller I was talking about. It would be really simple to ad an LED line with on/off option for each position. A multiple servo controller would be just as easy, only a little bigger.

 
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The second half of my right shoulder pod cover... I should be able to start putting it all together soon for a video. In the meantime, try to imagine the front part sliding down as the back part opens up to reveal the pod.

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And the servo snugly secured to the covered armor with a small bracket made from scrap steel.
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finally, what's going on under the cover
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Most of the original armor I made for the right shoulder will end up being replaced; it should look (and function) much cleaner when finished.

I'm going to need to think pretty far ahead about how the suit will actually be attached when I'm wearing it because it will almost certainly require adjustments of motor location/orientation if the armor configuration is even slightly modified.

This project keeps growing, but I really feel like I've got the rest pretty well planned out. All things considered, it should be about 70% done.
 
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Started working on the suit again this week. I finally got some Arduino boards – love these things! It’s only going to take two or three controllers for the whole suit and will take up much less room than all those little servo controllers.

These servos are being controlled by a simple sketch I wrote – inspired by one of the armor sequences in the original Iron Man (MKIII).

I REALLY need a battery pack suited for running multiple servos… the action is super slow right now because both of these are running on only 4 AA batteries. Also, it’s a little shaky since I ran out of wire stock… the rocket pod is only being supported on one side while engaged

I’ll post a video of the Arduino running the igniter controls soon… the USB cable that came with my UNO was crap and already stopped working + it’s a pain to keep rewiring the circuits for different sketches = I’ll have to wait till I get a new USB cable.

Sorry it’s a little out of blurry; I’m pretty sure my tripod is in the attic and the battery was dying so I didn’t even notice it was on manual focus.

 
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Here's how I've made the first control glove... the design might change later, but it actually works really well. I bought those tiny buttons on ebay and was amazed at how small the leads on them were... a big pain in the butt to solder, seriously only a millimeter long. Before going in the glove, this piece of plastic got backed with some foam board and temporarily glued in the right place. I'm going to post a video of it all working together soon and hopefully explain the whole setup a little better.

I merged the igniter code with the motor program so it could have a safety protocol... don't want any rockets going off inside the suit - lol. It took me forever to get the code working, but now it's exactly what I wanted. Let me know if you want to see it, it's probably a little messy but does the trick.
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Is this still an active thread? after reading some of it i was disapointed to see it hasnt been updated in months
 
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