This Predator suit was premiered at this year’s Monsterpalooza conference. It’s nothing short of incredible. however the shoulder cannon is truly what caught our attention. The thing is completely motorized as well as includes noise as well as light firing effects.
We saw a glimpse of what [Jerome Kelty] is capable of about two years ago. He was showing off an Arduino-based animatronics platform he put together for a Predator shoulder cannon that tracked based on where the predator’s helmet was pointing. however other than a video presentation there wasn’t much information on the that actual build. This publish makes up for that as well as then some.
A replica of this high quality is seldom the work of just one person. A team of fans joined in to make it happen. After getting the molded parts for the backpack as well as canon from one more team member [Jerome] set out to in shape the support structure, motors, as well as manage electronics into the area available. That meant a ton of milling, cutting, as well as shaping parts like the support arm seen above which integrates a servo motor into its rectangular outline. all of the controls in shape in the backpack, with cable televisions running to the helmet, in addition to the cannon.