alchemy_junkie

Well for accuracy with the show it is important that the motor is in the wheel.as well as reducing the bulk which is extremely important in and of it self. I'm certain that battery technology has advanced far enough to allow for a batter to hold enough of a charge to power a pair of AT's. look at cell phones they get their name from the cell battery they use to function. i'm not sure what kind of power source I would use but I was considering a drill battery its rechargeable and it powers something similar to a wheel. As for the motor the video claims only 750 watts in the info section where as his website claims 2000 so i am not sure which is accurate i will be sure the ask him though. specs can be found at linkhttp://www.etotheipiplusone.net/?page_id=18 the anime says the motor is 4 kilowatts so this one, if at 2000, is half way there. I read all your post in this thread and I am unsure what you were talking about, But i think you mean to say we need a a certain minimum amount of wattage. 4k is my goal but ill settle for 2k in a prototype. i have been mulling over the design of the controls in my head all week. in the show they control the speed entirely with their feet now its easy enough to have pressure sensors but your weight would always be on the wheels so that might cause a problem i was thinking of linking a type of control to the boot cuff: the further forward you lean the faster they go but this is all just theory until i construct a prototype. i was also thinking of having only one motorized wheel on each boot and have the front wheel recharge the battery as you go this would be smart for obvious reasons. my main goal is to have the ATS controlled entirely with just the feet. as well as fuctioning. its unlikely they will make you jump ten feet but i still intend to look in to very powerful shock system. Thoughts and comments are welcome. these are not all the details to my design ideas. just the tip of the iceberg

Ok i decided to join this forum just to post about this topic. I have been reading this thread and the one that came before it. I am highly interested in building ATs however i do not have the background necessary(or resources) to do it my self. With that being said i still understand the design enough to comment. Most if not all the post that had tried to go about designing the ats are completely wrong. Most if not all of this technology is available its just a matter of assembling it. Its important to note that for the ATs to work like they do in the anime you do not need blinding speeds. perhaps the most difficult part would be the suspension. the wheels would have to be custom made you can not mount a motor on the outside they will not work properly. that motor has to actually be in the wheel. I'm no physicist but i think if the wheel is the motor you will get more energy than if the motor transfers the power to the wheel. I would like to just be able to buy these but i am probably going to endover to build them my self. here is a link: to something remarkable similar to what the wheel should be. Seeing that makes me very giddy. This can be done, it is not impossible. Nothing is impossible if you can imigine it is possible. feel free to message me about this.