BusterHaus Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) [TC10] Dancing Clone Trooper Description I made a dancing Clone Trooper. The strings are moved by pneumatic cylinders, which are controlled by a custom joystick. Controls: Each leg up/down, independent Each arm left/right, independent Both arms up/down Powered by two L motors, driving two small compressors. Two air tanks are incorporated to make the controls more responsive. The video shows much more than any description ever will. Video Pictures Edited October 30, 2016 by BusterHaus Added pictures. Quote
Edwin Korstanje Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 Wow, this is almost a Henderson(Muppetshow) creation. Total unique and out off the box thinking Bart Quote
jorgeopesi Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 I don´t like last day topics but I understand that this MOC needs the surprise attack . Quote
Leonardo da Bricki Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 That is awesome! Quite original, very nice MOC! Quote
proran Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 Wow, that contest really sparks the creativity out here! I don't even know what to say about the model. For sure it is complex Technic build, but the subject gives you no chance to take it seriously. Incredible work! Quote
Rishab N Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 Very unique entry. Would not have expected something like this in this contest Quote
nerdsforprez Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 One of my first builds back from my dark ages was a SW creation with pneumatics. Naturally, this build is going to rank high on my list on candidates Quote
Blakbird Posted October 31, 2016 Posted October 31, 2016 Never seen anything like before. Really well executed. Quote
BusterHaus Posted November 1, 2016 Author Posted November 1, 2016 Thank you for the nice replies, they are very appreciated. I got the idea for this project at least a year ago, but I was planning to make it with Mindstorms. When the TC10 contest was announced, I figured it was a good opportunity to actually build it. I wasn't sure if the pneumatic version was going to be completed before the contest deadline, which is why I didn't post a WIP topic sooner. Most of the time was spent developing the cylider-powered control sticks, making sure that the range if motion was just right and that the different motions didn't interfere with each other. The other time consuming process was the development of the "joystick". It needed to be resistant to quick changes in orientation and had to control 5 different movements. The top layer has a controller for the sideways movement of each arm, the middle layer controls the up/down motion, one foot at a time and the lowest layer controls the raising and lowering of both arms. Controlling the marionette takes a bit of practice, but the learning curve was much shorter than I expected. Quote
Steph 104th Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 I love this for not only how unique and creative it is, but also for how well it was executed. Great work! Quote
carebear Posted November 4, 2016 Posted November 4, 2016 So Great!!!! WOW!!! Great Work!!! Goodluck!!! Greetings Quote
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