Iron Man Armor Suits

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Iron Man Suits

Mark I

As in the comics, the first Iron Man armor suit Stark fabricates while in captivity is abrupt and colossal. It amplify Stark's strength immensely and was outfitted with duel flamethrowers, a missile launcher and provided a limited rocket jump capacity. The rockets failed shortly after the initial plunge, however; the Iron Man suit shattered upon impact and Stark was forced to abandon it. Later, The Ten Rings retrieve the Iron Man Mark I and it served as the base blue print for the preceding Iron Monger.

Mark II

Having massed liberty and resources now, Stark reconstructed a slicker, silvery Mark II prototype. It had upgraded flight capability, but was prone to icing when attempting to test high altitudes, and the weight was a destructive problem if Iron Man would have to land from any height. It also feature the AI system, JARIS, to aid Tony. Unlike the Mark I, the Mark II embody complete armor with no back exposure of mechanical components. Overall development of the Iron Man Mark II came with trial & error testings & minimal injury.

Mark III
Inspired by the modern Extremis Suit.

The testing led to the streamlined and armed Iron Man Mark III red/gold armor with an completion time of 5 hours according to JARIS. The gold Mark III Iron Man suit was built with a gold-titanium alloy to resolve the freezing problem. In the film, it appears that this material not only prevents the armor's systems from freezing at high altitudes, but is also extremely durable while maintaining the weight ratio of the Iron Man Mark II. It was able to withstand small arms fire and an direct explosion from a tank shell, resulting in a fall from several thousand feet up. The Iron Man Mark III endured hits by 20mm Vulcan shells and a high speed collision with a F-22 Raptor with only cosmetic damage. Flight enhancements included supersonic speeds and multiple flares launchers on the hips. It also feature charged particle blasts or repuslor rays from Iron Man's hands. The final Iron Man suit included anti-tank missiles that launch from the Iron Man suit's forearms. Small anti-personnel guns in the shoulders which could be individually targeted for a simultaneous attack, and a uni-beam projector in the center of his chest. Furthermore, Mark II and III Iron Man suits operate with remote assistance from JARVIS and they also had a holographic Heads Up Display(HUD). All three Iron Man suits are able to protect their occupant from the effects of extreme g-forces.

For more on Iron Man's armor, you may be interested in this: Iron Man: The Ultimate Guide to the Armored Super Hero

The Technology Beneath Iron Man's Suit

Arc Reactor

The reactor's original purpose was to generate electricity. All three of the armor suits are powered by a miniature arc reactor, which is also used to power the electromagnet that protects Stark's heart from the shrapnel embedded in his chest. Electro magnets can be found in naval yards, or junk yards where you see cranes move over a metal crate or car, and once the electricity turns on, the metal becomes a magnet, and then once the power is turned off, it drops whatever its holding and becomes a metal hunk of junk.

Example movie scenes: Robocop, Gone in 60 seconds, Superman 3, The Brave Little Toaster, etc.

According to the Iron Man movie (with unit conversion), the arc reactor used to power Mark I produces as much juice as 20,000 Toyota Camry's - roughly 4 million horse power! Insane! It is simply unbelievable to have that much raw power in a disc the size of your fist. I wish it was possible. If it is, heck, forget the Iron Man suit, we would never have to pay for gas again. All forms of reactors, or power source operates on a chemical reaction, even the sun. So by that 50 min time limit he probably meant that the energy required by the suit is so great that after 50 mins, the chemical reaction inside the reactor will be completely drained and the reactor will be done. It's kind of like driving, if you have a small tank of gas powering a large car, you will run out of gas very soon. But the later reactors - though smaller, can provide 100x more power. Go nanotechnology!

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Arc reactor from Mark I given to Stark as a birthday present from Ms. Potts.

The Jericho Missile System

The Jericho Missile is Stark Industries' new weapon at the start of Iron Man. The Jericho Missile is Stark Industries' "crown jewel of [it's] 'Freedom Line' " and is also the first system to use Repulsor lift technology. In the launch process, the system first is given a target which it then calculates the distance to. The missile is then launched, and when it reaches a designated height and distance away from the target, splits into smaller missiles that all hit the target at strategic places.






Though 'clean', the missile still gives off an extremely powerful blast and shock wave. In the movie, Tony Stark goes to Afghanistan to demonstrate the weapon to the U.S. Military, and is attacked and abducted by the Ten Rings terrorist group. The Jericho missile is later sold to the Ten Rings by Obidiah Stane without Tony Stark's permission. The cool thing is, in real life, these are very real. The main and first missile you see is called a cluster missile, it houses the "cluster" of missile that come out of it in mid-air. Although, I'm not sure they have guided missiles come out of the cluster missile I think its' more like a huge grenade type thing that comes out in real life.



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Repulsor Technology

The Jericho missile's propulsion system was what inspired Tony to make his suit fly, and he called it Repulsor technology. In the beginning of the film, Tony was showing off the Jericho Missile, and the 2 secrets about that missile was its cluster bomb warhead, and its special projection method: using the repulsor beam to launch the missile.

Basically all he did was attached the Repulsor beam onto his feet and hands, and use it as thrusters. By moving his hands around, he can create thrust in different directions to control his movements in the air, and the flaps you see on his armor that moves around (when he was testing his armor) acts like flaps on an airplane stabilizing the air going over the armor during flight.

Well base on its name, the Repulsor, I would expect it to operate base on repulsing particles away from the source basically what everything does- turbine pushes air, jet pushes air faster etc. I think the Repulsor some how pushes light particles invincible to the naked eye.

Iron Man flies not as an airplane, but as a missile projectile, therefore the Repulsors on his hands acts as those side boosters (check satellites, space stations, small rockets on the side to regulate horizontal movements) or astronaut jack pack suits. The fins that occasionally pops up help gives him some aerodynamic stability, but he mainly flies like a rocket.

Jarivs System

Jarvis is revealed as an acronym for "Just A Rather Very Intelligent System". Stark's personal Artificial Intelligence computer program, which assists him in the construction and programming of the Iron Man suit. The name of the character is a reference to the comic book character Edwin Jarvis, Stark's butler.

Jarvis also controls the household system in the event where he wakes up reporter Christine Everhart alias Ms. Brown with climatic data.


We're suppose to be looking at Jarvis' control pad, not Christine's thighs.

Another example of Jarvis is shown here in this Dr. Pepper commercial.


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