Basically, he just built a huge, powerful servo. Wing position is measured by a potentiometer coupled to one of the wing elements. The wings are operated by a scissor mechanism that is driven by a motorized screw operated sliding carriage. Armed with this information, and a spreadsheet to help determine the exact length of each linkage element, he modelled the project in Sketchup. If you ever want to build one of ’s Strandbeest, give this program a spin. Using a nifty program called Linkage, he played around with a few different design approaches until he found a mechanism that worked well. The final rig did end up tipping the scales at just over 9 kgs, but we guess that’s a load that Cosplayers are used to hauling around. Making motorized cosplay wings that open up to 8 feet wide and close again at the flick of a switch without weighing a ton is not a trivial project. had no idea what he’d gotten himself in to when he answered “Sure, I can do that”. Case in point is this awesome set of Animatronic Wings that programmer built for his daughter who wanted to be Nightmare Moon. Thanks in part due to the rise of the Maker culture and the easy availability of design and manufacturing tools and processes. In recent years, Cosplay as a hobby has seen improvement in the props department by leaps and bounds.
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