Building a real life iron man.

[SteveDeFacto]

For some reason I've been pondering the idea of building a real life iron man suit. Obviously to build such a suit would require a lot of power. The mega powered lasers weapons and ion thrusters would require anti matter for power which is entirely impractical so we will have to drop those. I was thinking a 1kW hydrogen fuel cell with tanks of hydrogen compressed to 700 bar(Not sure if those tanks will work) should be enough power.

 

To animate the exoskeleton I was thinking air muscles with 3 times the lifting power of a human's muscles would be a reasonably achievable feat but I'm not sure how much psi would be required or what materials to use for the air muscles. Then in the helmet I was thinking something like the Wrap 1200VR. Then maybe something like DragonsSkin for body armor and maybe a titanium steel shell. Probably could never afford to build something like this but it's cool to think about. What do you guys think?

Edited June 20, 2012 by SteveDeFacto

[InigoMontoya]

If you're using air muscles for the moving bits and are scrapping the lasers/thrusters (which you would have to).... What's the point of a fuel cell? That provides electrical power; not the pneumatic power you need for your air muscles. Why not just have a CO2 tank and a small battery to power solenoid valves and the like?