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[Zblj]

Thanks to Mahjqa's 16 stud long axles I was able to make my biggest piston engine to date. It has 24 cylinder arranged in X shape. Its arround 19 studs long. I think its perfect for bigger MOCs!

Edited by Zblj, 05 March 2011 - 08:22 PM.

[DLuders]

Whoa, an X24 engine!      Are you planning on making a Lego Digital Designer file for it, or a video like you did with your X16 engine below?  

Edited by DLuders, 05 March 2011 - 09:30 PM.

[Zblj]

I would make the LDD file, if the cylinders would be in LDD. We will have to wait for LDD update.

[Zblj]

Here's a picture of the engine broken up.

[Tobbe Arnesson]

Why stop there?

http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=50450

[Erik Leppen]

Tobbe Arnesson, on 08 March 2011 - 04:28 PM, said:

Why stop there?

Because making it any longer will cause the crankshaft to wobble too much to be usable. :)

[Zblj]

Here's a X24 in LDD:
http://www.brickshel.../x24_engine.lxf

And X48 in LDD:

http://www.brickshel.../x48_engine.lxf

Too bad i dont have enough 32l axles and cylinders to make the X48 in real life.

[DLuders]

The X24 and X48 Engines in LDD are awesome!      I built some Parts Lists for these (using LDD Manager 0.97), and folks can download them (as a single, PDF document) below.  In case that does not work, it's available on SkyDrive here.

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Edited by DLuders, 08 February 2012 - 01:10 AM.

[primitiv]

Hi guys,

small question: how do you manage to get the pistons and piston heads to line up and fit together in LDD? I cant make the piston fit in the pistonhead, let alone adjust the contraption into the v-angle I am after for my engine.

Thanks for any replies!

[Zblj]

You need to play arround with angles to fit all in.

[DLuders]

@ primitiv:  You can download an LDD .lxf file for a V8 engine here via MegaUpload SkyDrive.  It will save you time and aggravation.  If you want to make a V6, V10, or V12 engine, just subtract/add pairs of cylinders in your LDD model.  

Edited by DLuders, 08 February 2012 - 01:12 AM.