I’m using this one to make my first animatronic, plus some cardboard and hot glue, that is all you really need, maybe scissors and nails depending on what your making
That’s cool, I use this Board to control up to 16 servos connected to a raspberry pi but yours is cooler because it has a knob lol
Here is the amazon page. They control up to 3 servos at a time.
get one
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A good starting point:
SG90 Servos
a budget RC transmitter and receiver (this is the one im using: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DPK9Q9X?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details)
thermal plastics' for custom hardware
(bonus: a 3d printer)
This should give you enough stuff to plug and play!
Would you say an air compressor like [this] would be good enough to power 1-2 of the animatronics from the [rock-afire explosion] for a reasonable amount of time?
That body looks great! Ive been tinkering with both pneumatics and servos lately and I would say this actually looks more like a pneumatic motion. Its very strong and bouncy whereas a servo good enough to move that fast and reliable would be more rigid. Of course then you need an air compressor which is a whole extra thing, but I know a lot of older Disney animatronics are pneumatic so it wouldnt surprise. And that gets me thinking, do they have dedicated conpressors for tiny little robots like this or do they just have air lines running throughtout the whole park to tap into like electricity lol.
I havent tried it yet, but Ive been doing a lot of searching and I just ordered this rotary actuator the other day that might do what you want. You would also need a solenoid and a relay. Feel free to ask if you have any other questions on how to use it.