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Welcome to Chapter 4 of the Mandalorian series.
Over the next few months Hacksmith Industries will be piecing together our very own Mandalorian suit.
And we aren't just stopping with the armor,
we'll be including a few weapons and even a couple of special builds!
All leading up to an epic finale where James will don the suit for the first time
and put it to the ultimate test.
You definitely don't want to miss it!
In Chapter 3, James built what is probably the most recognizable and iconic piece of the suit.
The helmet.
Before that Caleb and I build the spear and blaster,
and in the first chapter Mando's flamethrower.
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With the helmet now complete we've moved on to the jet pack
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Okay, Din Djarin is great and all
and the series has introduced us to a bunch of new and interesting characters,
but one character stands out in particular and has created a huge buzz.
And if you're a fan of the series you know exactly who I'm talking about.
Baby Yoda.
Somehow they made Star Wars cute.
Well I guess some people thought the ewoks were cute.
Or those bird things from The Last Jedi,
and of course Palpatine.
No? Huh. to each of their own I guess.
Anyway, Baby Yoda has taken the world by storm!
Meet Baby Yoda.
Countless memes and boatloads of merch have popped up all over the place, seemingly overnight.
We already have this amazing replica doll so I guess now
we just need to build this baby a cradle.
Except this cradle flies or floats or hovers or whatever you call it.
To design and build this floating cradle we'll
be enlisting the help of our resident drone expert, Ben.
This is the first time i've ever designed something like this before
so there was a bit of a learning curve.
To start off I took references from the show and tried to keep it as simple as possible.
In Solidworks i've designed a basic stick frame to form the shape of the cradle.
I've already included mounting points for all the electronics we're going to need to make it fly
such as motors, and flight controller.
Now take a look at these cylinders here, they're really important to this design.
They're the ducts.
What the ducts do is they help form the shape of the drone,
and they funnel the air straight out of the bottom.
Now I want to make them out of plastic,
and to do that we're going to be 3D printing them on our new resin 3D printer.
Lastly, this cradle needs to have the ability to seal up.
I've designed a hood mechanism that works very similar to a baby stroller.
I've mounted a single servo at the back that will pivot these stainless steel rods to seal it up.
Before we start manufacturing the frame, we have to choose a material.
There are a few key things we need to consider.
Carbon fiber for example. It's the standard choice for any drone.
It's strong, it's light, but if you sand it or grind it
We could use balsa wood.
It's light, it's cheap, it's easy to cut.
There's only one problem, it's not quite strong enough.
Aluminum. It's light, it's affordable, and we can cut it on our laser cutter
and it's pretty strong.
Looks like we have a winner folks.
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Before I install the hood, I need to make this thing fly!
To do that I'm going to use standard drone components.
The flight controller, it's the brains of the operation.
The speed controller turns the motors on and off,
and the motors themselves spin the propellers.
Let's put this thing together.
Now we have our completed frame with electronics, but that's just it.
It looks like a frame.
To give it the right aesthetic I'm going to be using vinyl to cover it.
Wrap is done, time to install the hood.
I almost forgot. We need Baby Yoda!
I got Baby Yoda, but we have a bit of a problem.
This baby's a little big.
All right, it's all done!
And it works pretty well!
But it is just remote controlled,
and this is the Hacksmith channel so let's add some smarts to it.
This is a Husky lens! it's a camera with integrated AI.
We can teach it to recognize Stormtroopers,
and when it sees one it will tell the pod to close up, to protect Baby Yoda.
We will have to use an Arduino to interface it with the drone.
To see the circuit diagram on how this works check out our page on maker.io.
Alright, I've gone ahead and done some programming and I've mounted the camera right here for a test.
Let's see if it works.
Okay I think we're ready for the final test.
All set!
With the Flamethrower, Blaster, Spear, Helmet and now the Baby Yoda Cradle complete,
we're getting closer and closer to finishing the entire suit.
We'll be back in Chapter 5 to build the Jet Pack!
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