Re: The T60 power armor
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:55 pm
Quick recap of the month of March (and some of April). Flu, sick, sick, flu, sick, unmotivated. The past month has been me doing almost nothing at all (hence the silence). I am finally feeling better, and I have been slowly picking up where I left.
I will start with the power armor for several reasons.
1. I feel like it;
2. I need to order stuff with long lead times;
3. It has an actual deadline.
I hope to have the design for the legs finished by the end of April. Then I will order all parts and make the parts that I can. In this time there will almost certainly be a lot of empty moments. I will fill these with HP45 time and some other random projects I need to work on (not all for Ytec).
I have had some progress on the power armor. I installed gas springs (3kg) on the feet. The toes gave too little resistance and walking felt like I was constantly falling forward. Also the toes were dragging on the ground when I walked. The gas springs give a nice bit of resistance. The also do not slam forward when I raise my foot. This would have been a problem with normal springs.
That is all for now, but more is coming.
I will start with the power armor for several reasons.
1. I feel like it;
2. I need to order stuff with long lead times;
3. It has an actual deadline.
I hope to have the design for the legs finished by the end of April. Then I will order all parts and make the parts that I can. In this time there will almost certainly be a lot of empty moments. I will fill these with HP45 time and some other random projects I need to work on (not all for Ytec).
I have had some progress on the power armor. I installed gas springs (3kg) on the feet. The toes gave too little resistance and walking felt like I was constantly falling forward. Also the toes were dragging on the ground when I walked. The gas springs give a nice bit of resistance. The also do not slam forward when I raise my foot. This would have been a problem with normal springs.
That is all for now, but more is coming.