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when I was a kid I always liked to build those wooden dinosaur/dragon/spider kits. You know the ones that all linked together, no glue needed. I would pretend they would come to life and stuff like that. Well thanks to EZ Robot I am now making my dreams come true. I am building an animatronic Dragon in the same style as those wooden kits. I am using white plastic garbage cans as the main material for this build, I am also using some light wood for the main body to screw everything on to. Here is what I have so far.
Testing size of wing.
Here is the build album Album
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No, I was thinking of making a nest as its base.
Well I just got back from the local hard ware store and found the perfect piece of plastic tubing, it is 5ft long and only 7/8 of an inch diameter. It is light weight and should work well for the wings. I will be trying it out tomorrow and will post pictures.
awesome... @skaterjk thanks for the links.
@familyman can you point me in the right direction for a template of this creation...
also, just a thought. same set up for the neck can be used for the body (much bigger rings) and for he tail (much smaller rings.
this way you can get tail movement and the dragon can "sit up"
I will be using the same method for the tail yes, but at the moment the body is going to stay static (at the moment),
Awesome! A very unique interesting project! I really liked the neck/head movement. Perhaps some "bungee" cord or rubber tubbing to help lift the head can be integrated. I will be folowing this thread closely
Glen
Thanks guys, I will look into the bungee idea cheers. My glass beads came in the mail so I was able to make the eyes today.
I'm not sure why you used such heavy duty cables on the neck, is there gonna be a load on this? You could just use clear vinyl hose in the spine and clear fishing line to actuate it. Maybe that'll be easier on the standard servo.
What skin are you gonna use? Silicone?
The eyes and eyelid mech looks great
Thanks,. This is my first ever try at anything like this, so with regards to the neck it was a learn while I do it kind of thing. When I do the tail I will be better at it and then maybe go back and redo the neck. Thanks for the tips though I will give it a try. Cheers. Not sure I am skinning it at the moment.