[Torquemada Coteaz]

Design Document (Preliminary/Initial)

Project Title: Warlord Titan Mechanisation Project

Phase: 01 – Theoretical Planning

Goals:

>> Primary goals must be achieved.
>> All other goals, based on circumstance, may be ignored.

Primary:
- Construct a scale warlord titan (Standard Mars Pattern)
- Walks (leg joints each have 1 rotational axis)
- Moving Arms (each arm as a whole has 2 rotational axes)
- Moving Head (head has 2 rotational axes – 2 planes of tilt)
- "Mini computer" to control and sync movements, and to provide RC capability
- RC capability
Secondary:
- Add 3rd rotational axis to arms
- Add 2nd rotational axis to legs [hip joints] (allows change to the titan’s path of movement)
- Add rotational axis to waist (allows turning of upper body) [required decision: turns while moving or while stopped] [plausibility ratio Moving : Stopped = High : Low]** Plausibility needs re-evaluation, given current mechanical designs **
- Add vertical tilt plane to shoulder cannons
Tertiary:
- Add a laser pointer to each arm as aiming devices
- Add a red LED to each gun barrel, with remote controlled ON/OFF switch to simulate “fire”. (When “ON” they flash 2-4 times [yet to be decided] before turning “OFF” automatically)
- Add 2 green LEDs to head for “eyes”
- Add a webcam on to each arm, w/ “mini computer” onboard the titan, linking remotely to LCD screens on control set, to simulate gun cameras. ** Plausibility needs re-evaluation **
- Add a webcam in the head, w/ “mini computer” onboard the titan, linking remotely to LCD screen on control set, to simulate the main view screen. ** Plausibility needs re-evaluation **

** Note that “Mini computer” is central, all cameras link to it. It will probably be PCB with a cheap low-class microprocessor and a few circuitry parts, with very little programmability of its own and will run of very simple programs that I will implant onto it. It will be nothing like a laptop. I will almost definitely need one to sync the motors for the walking movements and stuff anyway.

** Note that I will NOT actually be constructing the titan, and then adding parts to it. All “Primary” goals, and some “Tertiary” goals (i.e. easy stuff like LEDs/laser pointers) will be integrated DURING the construction of the parts, NOT after. All other things will be added (if at all) after completion of assembly and will be modifications of current parts or be integrated onto "extra/replacement" parts.

Required Materials:

Projected:

- * TOOLS *(powered and non powered)
- Aluminium struts (w = 1cm to 2.5cm)
- Plasticard (t = 1mm to 4mm)
- Motors (2cmx2cmx4cm approx.)
- LED lights
- Laser pointers
- Smaller metal struts, sheets, etc
- Plastic parts of various kinds
- PVC pipes
- Construction materials
- Used electronic parts (e.g. old iPods, webcams, hard drives, motherboards, etc)
- RC set(s)
- Various nails, screws, etc
- OTHER STUFF I FORGOT TO MENTION!!! (Yeah, I made a list after looking over all my plans and schematics and stuff, but I forgot where I’d put it [my ideas, concepts, etc that are written down get dumped into this large bin, and it’d be too much trouble to flip through a few thousand pages of random kinds of paper to find it]. I’ll be adding to this materials list as I’m putting up the various portions of the plans/schematics. THAT MEANS THIS MATERIALS LIST IS NOT COMPLETE!!! i.e. don’t nag me ;P haha)

Control Unit Design:
- mounted inside a Citadel Miniatures Gaming Case (the small plastic black ones)
- will be a full control set with buttons, switches, analogue sticks, and more - ad nauseum ( i mean have you SEEN what i want to make it do), pseudo-Steel Battalion style.

Diagram:

Coming Soon.

Legend:
Coming Soon.

Projected Time Required:

UNKNOWN – 2 YEARS MINIMUM

A long time, yes, but 40k and Apocalypse are here to stay, so who cares?
Besides, whether or not I get to use this sucker in a game after I make it is completely inconsequential – IT’S BLOODY COOL ON ITS OWN.
Thus Time is of no consequence either.

Given that I’m currently going through the two most important years of my pre-workplace life, and I don’t have much funding, this project will update very slowly. After I finish updating the plans for this, I will basically leave this up for discussion / input / ideas. The actual construction will DEFINTELY not be before Christmas. Construction will also be in a new thread.

Also keep in mind that this is NOT my only extracurricular project. Time must be split between this, my study, my getting of teh moneh, an MMOFPS/RPG hybrid WIP, my regular hobby/gaming, and my EOM-SS Engineering Association projects (currently a MagAcc paintball gun), and more.

Plans:


Coming soon in later posts. (“Posts” as in more than one. It takes up a lot of space. Takes a while to photograph + type up what I wrote on paper so cut me some slack lol)

Detailed Explanations:

Coming soon in later posts. (“Posts” as in more than one. It takes up a lot of space. Takes a while to photograph + type up what I wrote on paper so cut me some slack lol)

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Basically this thread is for discussion of concept, design, process and plausibility (based on current ideas and statistical models).

IF THIS THREAD AND/OR PROJECT GOES UN-UPDATED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME PLEASE DO NOT NAG ME!
And um, keep in mind that this WILL be very slow, WILL be very tough, and thus WILL have a chance of me throwing in the metaphorical towel.
Much thanks. =]