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building hinged wings
We have a huge Carnevale celebration at a local "castle" every spring, and this year ratbastid and I want to go as crows, on stilts. I would dearly LOVE to have wings that can fold down and then be extended - I think it would be a great effect. We've got the basic design worked out - a simple frame involving one metal tube up the middle of the back (strapped on with a harness) with the wing frames bolted onto that at a pivot point, extending up past the pivot point just far enough for a chain/rope to be attached to the extended piece so that when you pull down the wings will extend out. Kinda hard to picture, but our real question is materials:
What kind of material will be
1. strong enough to withstand being pivoted back and forth a few times, and to hold up the fabric the wings will be made of
2. flexible enough to be bent into a slightly curved wing shape, but strong enough to hold the shape
3. able to be bolted onto the main tube at the pivot point.
Any ideas? Copper tubing? Aluminum tubing?
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