I must double his request here I really want to cosplay a Steam-Punk angel for MomoCon (or next AWA if I can't have the costume done in time) and these wings look both amazing and (hopefully) cheap. Also, their span is great as I hat those tiny "Wings" everyone tries to use. If you could possibly make a tutorial and let us see how they are made (text and/or video, both are useful) I would be in your debt!

Fantastic work! I can think of 100 uses for this for Halloween. Bat, Dragon, Vampire...you name it, if it needs wings...

I love these wings! It would be awesome if you did a tutorial or had the blueprints for them!

Wow, those are awesome! The look really fun, and how sweet of you to build them for your wife!

So amazing!

ARTISTIC ENVY

Most excellent work my dear man.

that is amazing! Seriously. I have no understanding of robotics or cylinders (except in cars) and this makes me want to learn. Just wow.

you should do a tutorial on this!! it must be awesome!!! XD

Now thats true love!! She's lucky to have you (and the wings)

the back is even better than the front thanks for the update that is a nice job you did i also like the pic of your wife leaning forward as if she is flying.

those are so pretty!

It's about 5-6 yards of fabric. The height of the wing is cut from a single width of the fabric.

Great! She must have been very pleased.

This set is closed by hand, because I was laid off when I made them, and didn't have money for fancy pneumatics. They could easily have the screen-door-closers swapped out, and replaced with some double-acting pneumatic cylinders, probably for about $150.

That is a cool project for sure. Talk to you soon.

I imagine you could also set up a pulley and cord system to close them by hand while wearing them.

@kittykatsnack I designed the gears and cogs (as well as everything else), and cut them out on my home-built CNC (robotic) cutting machine!

THIS. IS. GREAT.

nevermind, just re-watched it and saw that all that info was in the credits.

Amazing workmanship, you might try to use the openers from the automotive trunks, hoods, depending on how they are mounted they could be used to assist the closing action. But it could take some redesign work, but since you have your own home cnc set up and you obviously know how to do cad work that should not pose to much of a problem. I sure wish you lived close to me. We would be great buds...lol

I was planning on making something like this. I say so in one of my vids. Nice job!😉

amazing

Well done.

Would you make a tutorial of the wings,they are great?!

You are my hero!!! I want to craft wings exactly the size of yours but the only ones I've found were too small.

@guido11x

8 жыл бұрын

+LOKAoriginals Thanks! That's what I was originally surprised at too. Granted that I made this in 2009, and since people have made big wings, but at the time I searched the internet and was disappointed to find only small "notional" wings (e.g.

I'm not really sure what your specific question is? How do they fold, as in how do the hinges work? How do the support veins in the fabric wing material collapse? What independently moves the wing tip section down, while the wing roots move up?

Gyuuh... So much admiration.

OK NOW FOR THE TEST HEAD TO A SKYCRAPER

You based the wings from a mutant in xmen X3 thats awesome

Bravo : ) Johnny Cool, Montreal, Canada

@FadingShards It was some keygen music I found that sounded appropriate.

You wouldn't happen to have a schematic for this awesomeness would you?

I just made the motion on my own. If you know of a tutorial for it though, I'd be glad to see it.

@ScrappyPlatypus Yes, it's shown right in the video. It's a "rip pin".

I wonder if soeone could make soemthing like this that actully worked and I am not talking about wing suites cause yes those are cool but idk something about there size make them terrifyingly not atiquate (and ya I prolly have some miss-spellings goin gon there and sry bout them)

is there a tutorial on how to make them

Cool!

Way cool... it so pretty

@TealCheetah Yeah, I was laid off when I made this, and decided to do it just a week or two before BlizzCon. Typically my costumes (or inventions) are far more involved, and costly.

Your wife better give you some in return. That is awesome.

please, please PLEASE do a schematic or a tutorial for this it is so cool

No if you could just make one like it so it would actually let you glide... that's be awesome :P

I believe I can fly ....

@alguemaqui1109

4 жыл бұрын

Jump

It's a still frame from the last X-Men movie.

@FurryKing19 I assume it would have to be the size of a real hang glider, but there's no reason you couldn't.

Can I buy it from you? If so what price?

reminds me of steam-punk batman

How much fabric did you use?

whats the chance for the code of g on this ????

I'm trying to source the pneumatic door closers here in the UK. It looks like they're very much an American thing and I can only find a couple that aren't imports. However, they aren't 'heavy duty', which I imagine you'd need. In short, did you use heavy duty ones or regular? The ones I have available are limited to 100KG doors. Thanks in advance! :-)

@guido11x

8 жыл бұрын

+Caspian Lee The cylinders I used were $15-25 each, and available at any home supply store here in the USA. They are typically used for very light screen doors... my guess is that a screen door would weigh 20-30lb (10-15kg), so if you have one that could handle a 100kg (220lb) door, that is probably overkill. I'd really recommend you check into regular pneumatic cylinders (e.g. automationdirect.com ), because with just a little more money, you could make them open and close!

@ratchetveldin

8 жыл бұрын

+Guido Kimble Marvellous info - thank you! Have done a bit of research into pneumatic cylinders, but getting the right kit together is going to be a nightmare - we don't have portable compressor & regulator devices on the market over here, so I'd have to buy all the valves and build it from scratch. -.- I may play around with that once the wings are built and I'm not building to a deadline - if I make any progress, I'll be sure to post it. Thanks again for your help! :-)

@guido11x

8 жыл бұрын

+Caspian Lee You probably do have the required parts around your country, you just have think outside the box. If you look up my "Ranger Target" system, it uses a 100PSI low pressure regulator from a paintball gun, along with off the shelf pneumatic cylinders. The whole world uses pneumatic cylinders for machine design, so you've got to have suppliers (try Bimba). Just email me if you need more info (my email is in the video).

@voiceofintelligence

8 жыл бұрын

+Caspian Lee You might also look into electronic linear actuators. They can be surprisingly affordable, and would open and close the wings.

The wings were awesome, but so is the music. What song is that?

Yeah i was wondering. can you close those wings? I mean without using your hands and keep the closed.

I would love to make something similair like this, that suits my steampunk wooden arm, I get it if you don't want tot tell exactly how to make this (although I would love to know). Do you have some tips to make wings?

@guido11x

10 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to answer any specific questions. I just don't have a tutorial, or plans, because the wings are already built, and I made it all on-the-fly. The biggest key is understanding how the gears work to keep the wings folding at the same time. As the wings unfold, the center bar and cables pull on the wing tips to open them.

@Ophaniel

9 жыл бұрын

***** Do you have any photos of each piece that you used and a plan of the gears ?

where did you get the backpack/ harness and how is it attached to the backboard base

@guido11x

8 жыл бұрын

+Artsy Alchemist The straps are from a US Army ALICE backpack. The shoulder and lumbar pads I made, by sewing a tube out of OD green cotton duck canvas and stuffing in polyethylene foam sheets. The straps connect through D-rings screwed to the top and bottom of the backplate, and the pads are just screwed through flaps of fabric.

you can do one for me i live in colombia medellin?

how much for a set????

Hey those wings are great! Very nice mechanism and they look clean and impressive. I just posted a video response . Not quite steampunk, but my version of archangel wings.

What are those wings made of? and how much does it weigh? It looks heavy...

For Sale??

Cool

how much is it

Comic-con I come

This is late, I get it, but I loved this build so much that I featured it in my book!

@guido11x

5 жыл бұрын

Neat, where can I see it or buy a copy?

@leojamesclune1730

5 жыл бұрын

Guido Kimble It actually went live on Amazon this morning!

@guido11x

5 жыл бұрын

Does "it" have a name, or a link? :-)

@leojamesclune1730

5 жыл бұрын

Guido Kimble Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité www.amazon.com/dp/1982910089/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_MonqBbDR44H83

can u fly with them?

@borboakustomarts They would cost several hundred dollars to make.

what size are the cogs how do you make it as well

@guido11x

7 жыл бұрын

alfie cambridge The larger ones are about 14" diameter, and the smaller ones are about 6".

@alfiecambridge2328

7 жыл бұрын

can you do a video on how to make it

@scarlettdavis4898

6 жыл бұрын

Guido Kimble could you tell me a list of what you used please

How much does this weigh?

is it jetpack compatible? ;)

Are those real pistons? It looks like there are some elastic devices that make the wings open... Could you tell me something about that? I would to create a sort of wings like that, i really like if i could make them open automatically, like yours. Great job! ^_^

@guido11x

8 жыл бұрын

+Sara M They are "screen door closers", from the hardware store, painted gold. They were the cheapest thing I could find to pull it off, because I was out of work at the time. You could also simply substitute "double acting pneumatic cylinders", and the associated plumbing, to make them able to open AND close. That would probably add $100-200, which is why I didn't do it at the time.

@saram7283

8 жыл бұрын

that's actually a fantastic idea! How do you control the opening of the wings? Do you have to pull any wire, or push some buttons? Thank you for reply :)

@guido11x

8 жыл бұрын

+Sara M At 1:17 you can see the "rip pin" on the front of the wings. The operator pulls the pin, and the screen door closers open the wings.

BATMAN!!!!!!

Would you make me a pair if I paid for them?

:OO woah

Is the matrix song necessary?

@guido11x

7 жыл бұрын

Mandatory.

Wow

This is your idea of quick and cheap?! O.O

Never mind.

Must. Need. Tutorial.

can you fly with those jk lol

Im SO over steampunk, but these are awesome!

Soy