June 2011 Lego Technic Challenge -- CRANES

[DLuders]

As anticipated by many AFOLs, the June 2011 Lego Technic Challenge is "Cranes". It "ENDS Sunday 19th of June by 23:59 CET [Central European Time]".

"Take the Technic Challenge - Build a cool and tough crane!

This is the LEGO® Technic Challenge competition! - here you have a chance at showing the LEGO Technic designers your designs and your abilities with the Technic elements.

The competition is very simple

1. Build a model out of primarily LEGO Technic elements.

2. Take a picture of the model

3. Press the button below to Enter the competition

4. Enter your contact information

5. Upload your image

What to build?

This month (June) the competition focuses on strength and stability.

Build a cool and tough crane!

NEW Competition Requirement!

We've had several instances of cheating, so we've had to include a new requirement: download and print the TECHNIC Challenge logo and put it next to your model when you take a photo. Your entry must include the Challenge logo to be considered as a finalist. The printed logo must be in the photo, and not added in a digital painting program like Photoshop.

How does it work?

Right now you can submit models. On the 20th of May 20th of June, a panel of judges consisting of designers, marketing managers, building instruction artists and more will pick out (of all submissions) 10 finalists that will then be put up for voting here on the site. Considerations for the Nominees will be based on Model, Design, build to theme and age.

The winner will receive a prize and also continue to the Big Finale in October."

@ Siegfried: Could you edit the second line of the post title to make it shorter? I cannot change it. The challenge deadline is June 19th (not June 1), but my LONG title chopped off the "9". Thank you.

Edited June 1, 2011 by DLuders

[JunkstyleGio]

........ On the 20th of May, a panel of judges consisting ......

I guess they mean 20th of june?

[DLuders]

Yes, it should be June 20th and not May 20th. I will send an e-mail to TLG's Customer Service again for the same lack of attention to detail in their Challenge posts.

Edited June 1, 2011 by DLuders

[grohl]

Not again. I am not going to build another bird lifting weights :)

[DLuders]

@ Grohl: Your Sandhill Crane (pictured below) was such a hit in last year's Challenge! If this year's Challenge criteria is simply to "Build a cool and tough crane", then maybe somebody else will build a Whooping Crane or other type of Crane bird....

[DLuders]

Ten finalists have been selected by TLG's Technic Designers judges -- place your vote here (by the end of June 2011) for one of these models:

Edited June 23, 2011 by DLuders

[efferman]

the rail mounted harbour crane has my vote

[grohl]

the rail mounted harbour crane has my vote

Yep

[bord4kop]

the rail mounted harbour crane has my vote

Yes, that is a good one indeed!

Say, Efferman, why didn 't you enter with your great crane?

THAT one would 've had my vote for sure!

[efferman]

a simple reason.

it is not finished yet, because i have too less time and too much other things to do.

[Matt The Tuba Guy]

the rail mounted harbour crane has my vote

yep.

I made a crane for the competition, but the website didn't want to work properly for some reason.

here it is anyway:

By mattbennett at 2011-06-24

By mattbennett at 2011-06-24

It has four functions:

- raise / lower boom

- raise / lower hook

- rotate

- extend / retract counterbalance.

it is about 2m high, and it is fully remote control.

it was quite tricky to get it balanced right, which is why I added the adjustable counter balance. it is quite unstable, and it has fallen over twice without too much damage. it does seem to be earthquake proof though! We had a reasonable aftershock on Tuesday evening, and it did wobble a bit, but it didn't fall over.

I designed it so that it is reasonably easy to dismantle it into sections. the boom and tower are made up of sections that can easily be added or removed.

[bord4kop]

Impressive!!

Shame it isn 't in the competition thuough

BTW

Aftershock?

[Zerobricks]

Thats really impressive! Too bad you didnt made it through.

[Matt The Tuba Guy]

BTW

Aftershock?

I live in Christchurch, New Zealand.

earthquakes are now a daily occurrence.

[DLuders]

As noted on this Lego Technic Designers Blog post, the winner of the June 2011 Lego Technic Challenge is TLT803's Rail-Mounted Harbor Crane -- "This is my model of a rail mounted harbor crane. It has three RC functions: drive, lateral travel of the trolley, and raising and lowering of the container clamp. It can lift a maximum of 9.0lbs."

PRIZE: