Make real life functioning Minecraft Elytra
by iammaker
Engineering Journey Overview
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Progress Updates (2 total)
Update #1: Make real life functioning Minecraft Elytra
It’s for YouTube video of mine and I’m getting close to getting done with it. Just have to figure out some of the mechanical mechanisms.
Challenges Overcome: I’ve already done the designing, prototyping, initial framing, and decorative framing, and now just finishing up the year system
Obstacles Faced: Figuring out the mechanical mechanism to make the wings spring in and out
Looking Back: Welding tiny wires is hard and so is designing gears that lineup perfectly
Update #2: Trying to figure out how to make the mechanism I’m gonna need to extend and retract the wings
60% completeI'm trying to figure out how to make the wings open and close. It's fine if the wings just open, and then I can manually close them. They will pivot around the bolts. Even something like a pull string mechanism would work. I can do a spring mechanism, just keep in mind that I’m planning to mount this thing on my back and would prefer it to be somewhat streamlined lol. I’ve already made gears that prevent over extension and keep both sides synchronized so let me know if I can add anything to them to help make this work.
Challenges Overcome: I changed out the cardboard gears with wooden ones. Hopefully those are strong enough to withstand the opening and closing forces
Obstacles Faced: The wings will be covered in about 1lb of leather each. I've tried using a spring to open the wings but they didn't have enough juice to fully open them