Iron Man MkIII suit animatronics
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That's me thank you for pointing me in the right direction!!
Honus
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Oh but it does! And that is not all, oh no, that is not all...
Not the full range of motion but you get the idea. It'll turn almost 180 degrees when connected to the microcontroller.
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Honus
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Glad you guys like it! I still need to add the LEDs and sound effect for the flares but it's getting there. The animatronic sequence will probably go something like this:
Pod extends
Lever slides out
Pod rotates (rotates almost 180 degrees)
Lever slides in
LEDs light in sequence w/ sound effect
Lever slides out
Pod reverses rotation
Lever slides in
Pod retracts
Pod extends
Lever slides out
Pod rotates (rotates almost 180 degrees)
Lever slides in
LEDs light in sequence w/ sound effect
Lever slides out
Pod reverses rotation
Lever slides in
Pod retracts
Honus
Sr Member
This is crazy awesome man! Hatman is going to have the closest thing to a real suit out there lol.
So what's been the hardest part of this, all of the animatronics or answering the same questions about parts/schematics/tutorials at least once every page?
I don't mind answering questions. The problem I have is that I can't tell people what parts to buy just yet because I'm still changing things as I go- LOL!
The biggest trick with the animatronics is making things move in a similar manner to the movie while getting it to fit in the minimal space available. Really the most difficult part was figuring out how to design the system to make the controls intuitive and to design it so the suit can be easily put on and taken off.
Honus
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So a lot of people have asked my how I do the helmet animatronics so here's the basic design for the face plate mech. There are two tracks in the top of the helmet -Greg's helmet already had these molded in so I added them to this helmet by molding a track using some Propoxy and then reinforcing it with fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin. Two fixed ball links ride in the tracks- these were made by welding ball bearings to bent steel rods that were carefully positioned and attached to the top of the face plate with Propoxy.
The main hinge was made by soldering a brass tube to a bent brass plate and this was secured to the helmet using Propoxy and then fiberglassed using epoxy resin. The pivot pin was soldered to a brass plate that is screwed to the servo output arm. The servo is fixed to the face plate. As the servo rotates the face plate lifts up and then slides back. A very simple and effective mechanism. I will say that alignment is critical in order to reduce any friction/binding in the system.
The main hinge was made by soldering a brass tube to a bent brass plate and this was secured to the helmet using Propoxy and then fiberglassed using epoxy resin. The pivot pin was soldered to a brass plate that is screwed to the servo output arm. The servo is fixed to the face plate. As the servo rotates the face plate lifts up and then slides back. A very simple and effective mechanism. I will say that alignment is critical in order to reduce any friction/binding in the system.
InCOGnito B2TE
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That is awesome!!
Transhuman325
Active Member
You cease to amaze me Honus!! XD
Honus
Sr Member
I cease to amaze you? Well then I'll have to try harder- LOL!
I really wanted it to be more screen accurate but there's just no room in the shoulder- maybe only 1" depth or so. Since I knew it couldn't be screen accurate I tried to focus on making it unfold as much like the movie as possible and have the pod raise up and flip 90 degrees. I made the pod as big as I could given the volume I had to work with. If this was just a mannequin display then it certainly would have been possible to go for screen accuracy, but in this case my friend Greg has to actually wear the suit.
Transhuman325
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LMFAO i meant to say "You NEVER cease to amaze me! XD"!! Amazing what a word can do in a sentence lol. Can't wai to see it all done!! Each update is amazing!!
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