Thread: My Animatronic/Pneumatic prop

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I hope I can get there and not run out of time before Halloween. That would be my worst nightmare!

How about some specs? Height weight AND a video!!!! Looks great so far. Great job!!

6'7" once the head is on, if you include the horns it will be 7'7" high. The wings go out 6' on either side. I will post a video once I start hooking up the pneumatics to solenoids. I will do that before I start on the Servo motors to make sure the movements work properly. A video will be up hopefully in a month. The prop weights 120 lbs now and 20 more for wings =140lbs 10 for head now were up to 150lbs. silicone, resin, horns will add another 50lbs. so it will probably be 200lbs when done, the weight of a person. Comes apart at the torso and wings will come off, it will be in 3 sections.

-Frank Balzer

Anyways here are more photos of the wings. I am rather dissapointed on the fact I goofed up on some of the measurements. Wings are really hodge podged but they work. Thats what counts!

-Frank Balzer

Here are some photos of the wings attached today.

-Frank Balzer

Wholly crap!!! Now *thats* some mechanics! When's the video available? What will you have controlling the animation?

Nice shop! Is that a TIG welder I see? [drools]

- Hook

Video will probably be up in a month. The prop will be controlled by VSA Software hooked up to a 2 parallel FX controllers, that are hooked together.

In about a month when I have the video up the prop will be about half way complete. Hopefully working though!

-Frank Balzer

It's like a Halloween transformer. After your done, we'll let it wrestle my truck.

i love this prop, and the amount of pictures you are taking to cataloge your work. keep the pics and updates coming. By the way, where do you plan on using this prop...meaning personal or professional haunt?

once again great work, and keep the updates coming.

-DK

Looks like you are building a Terminator. I look forward to the finished product.