Ultimario

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  1. Speed required for this calculation is the angular velocity and the frequency is the inverse of angular velocity. So angular velocity would be more like 1/Hz. You have a fundamental error in your calculation. JonathanM is right. There is something fishy here. Trollphysics an answer?? Most likely answer is that the speed and torque are not summed as is assumed. Probably power and torque are summed and speed is achieved from there.
  2. Best way to accumulate spare parts is to buy many many sets and not keep them all built. Bulild and dismantle, only keep a few sets whole and your spare parts will shoot in the sky in no time. As for storage i use large tool boxes where i sort every different type or "group" of parts in a specific tray.
  3. Bricksonwheels. All your models are studful. Studful is when you build with old bricks, even if you plate them on top they are still studfull. Studless is the building with the new type technic beams that have no studs and are primarily only connected by pins and axles. So in short Bricksonwheels designs represent the studful design and also SNOT but in no way studless at least from what i have seen.
  4. Unlike many others i don't care most what the flagship is, as long as it gives us new and possibly unique pieces. If the unimog wouldn't contain so many unique pieces i likely wouldn't drool after it but they are the dealmakers for me, especially since i have all basic pieces I'll ever need. In other words, why buy the flagship if i can just build it from my existing pieces. Also explains why my most wanted sets until a while back were the 80's super cars because they had those old special and pretty unique 2x2 pistons for larger and cooler looking engines. Of course there are flagships consisting of basic pieces that I like and would buy in any case, such as the 8043 which had some new stuff but not really that much, but the Unimog is in a whole different magnitude of desirability because it contains both basic and lots of special but at the same time useful pieces. And then the secondary objective, white! I want even more white pieces and as the present white sets don't attract me i won't buy them for the few panels and beams, I need a flagship. And then the tertiary objectives, themewise i hope they'll go to something spacerelated, like a huge spacestation with launchpad, or an apollo rocket with moonlander and all that. A passengerplane is also something I would count the days until release for. The possibilities with these would be endless, reintroduction of an improved flex-system and motorised functions and complex aileron etc. control, detailed "technic" models of the engines. Basically endless possibilities on this front. ps: Anything with powerpuller wheels or similar would also get me awing, those darn critters still elude my grasp.
  5. 8258 any day. The 8285 is a bit prettier but once i studied it closer i just got disappointed, it's just a frame with a few very simply implemented functions. The 8258 again is filled with complex functions and a sturdy feel. As a display only model the 8285 is okay and beats the 8258 but once we move to any swooshing, playing or functionstudying the 8258 delivers the big money.
  6. I saw something useful that one of the members in my countries forum had made. Not exaclty in your size but might give some ideas.
  7. Are those pneumatic valves non-stalling and autocentering? I'm having some problems making my latest remote control pneumatic project because the autovalves with independent pumps are horrible spacehogs so i was wondering if you have somehow managed to solve the problem and not kill the M-motors if used for longer periods of time and still not leave the pneumatic switches open after use.
  8. Noone can reach you as you posted no e-mail address and do not yet have the posts necessary to use the PM system.
  9. Okay, your criterias are challenging and long build with lots of functions. That rules out 8053 and 8069 right at the starting line. As for challenging build, both the 8258 and 8043 are challenging. The 8258 is a bit more foolproof design so i recommend it as a first set as it is very complicated but easier to get working smoothly than the 8043. The 8043 is a bit more challenging to assemble and odds are also that you will assemble it the first time "wrong" and it won't perform good at all. By "wrong" i mean you forget to check that every gear is perfectly aligned and not too tight or loose. The 8258 has most pieces and best start-up kit if you wan't to get into MOCing one day, 8043 is sort of a PF start-up kit but as an only set it is pretty useless for MOCing. Also if Lego wears onto you this is your last chance to get the 8258 cheap off the shelf while the 8043 will be available about a year longer so you get extra time to convince the wife ;) Playvalue is almost equal for both, in my case i enjoyed the 8258 more but seems that in general a notable majority prefers the 8043 for playvalue. I guess that depends on how keen you are on getting fresh batteries all the time to keep the 8043 performing decently and if you are a really hardcore excavatorman or truckerman. As for technical complexity i think it is good to mention that the 8258 is a lot more complex on the inside. You can study it for a long time in order to figure out the complex gearbox inside which controls 4 functions with 1 motor. The 8043 is a lot simpler on the inside so for a "geargeek" the 8258 will be worth a lot more. The only good thing to do is to get both the 8258 and 8043 as neither are sets a technic fan should miss.
  10. I like the 8258, it's just so much fun to drive this large truck and the 8258 in particular feels very stabile and "tight" rolling on the floor and especially with a trailer attached there is hours of "professional" trucker fun guaranteed. Another one I really like is the technic F1 1:8 Ferrari racer. The Williams(studded) being nicer looking but the Ferrari(studless) being more swooshable because of a few key differences somewhere in the design. The sheer size of these F1's is really breathtaking and they practically dwarf all other supercars and the 8258 aswell. You can almost feel the insane grip in the wide tyres when you swoosh around the apartment and watch the independent suspensions work when they tilt while cornering. Only thing needed for even better swooshability would be hog steering. Neither the 8448 nor 8880 come close in handling or fearsomeness even if they may have some more realistic features over the formulas. Too bad i don't have the shuttle so i can't comment on it, but it sure looks like a lot of swooshing awesomeness.
  11. What are those wheels he uses for frontwheels for Lotus cars, the ones that are equal to the official lego formula wheels only narrower. Rims i'm guessing are the same as those on the 8297? Right, but the tyre i'm not sure about.
  12. In the picture from the bottomside i see one differential with 4 gears instad of just 3. How is that possible, modified or special differential part?
  13. Who cares about the box at that kind of a price. And even if i was to collect the sets i don't really care about the box, sure i save them if available but it is not a requirement. The box would only seem relevant if you wanted to setup a technic museum with every aspect fo the set visible but in most cases the box goes into a remote storage area until needed. Also if i was to get a MISB set i would need another used set to actually build the set as a MISB that old would seem like a waste of money to open and drop it's humongous value. So stay away from MISBs, they hinder your building ;)
  14. The power in one pump is probably sufficient for the needs of the Unimog. And the compressor is the same as back in 8868. They've only made one type of compressor as far as i know, probably some internal adjustment over the years but somewhat pretty much the same. The 8049 and 8868 did not use the full stroke of the pump and i'm guessing neither will the Unimog because my guess is the power is sufficient anyway and lego never use full stroke, i mean the Unimogs functions aren't that heavy, lightweight boom being not much heavier than on 8049. The plow in front is of course a questionmark but since i haven't seen good enough pictures of it's build and it is the B-model i'm guessing there will only be one compressor with half stroke. Picture of the 8868 compressor setup from Peeron building instructions
  15. From the picture looks like very good quality and pretty much exactly like Lego but i doubt it is even close for real. Go buy it and let us know so we know what kind of technic forgeries are out there and how to identify them. Could it be that it is indeed "real Lego", as in Lego has moved production to china and the chinese manufacturer decides to do business on their own. Have heard about stuff like that happening before.