Lego Rock Rod - Buwizz powered crawler

[filsawgood]

Hi to all fans of Lego! Today I want to share with you my new work - Rock Rod

Rock Rod - it's the crawler, on the construction of which I was inspired by the fierce custom projects from HAUK Designs. Especially, where, no matter how on the crawler to run a fresh RC DC chequered flag STT PRO rubber wheels and BuWizz. At the output was a relatively light on the portal bridges crawler. At the heart of the model is also the philosophy of placing motors on bridges, to reduce the center of gravity and minimize weight and inertia of the body.

Technical characteristics of the model:
Weight (together with a technic-figure) - 817 g.
Number of parts - 617 pcs.
Steering - Servo motor
Movement - two L motors
Power / Control - BuWizz
 

Even the "sofa" trial allows us to understand that additions such as non-standard tires and BuWizz significantly expand the scope of use and possibilities of radio controlled Lego models. It remains to wait until the snow comes down, to ride Rock Rod on the rocks. But you can do this before me, by building the Rock Rod yourself by free video instruction.
I plan to test the model in the spring on a severe off-road. I will be very glad to hear from you any advice or wish for the completion of both the technical component of the model and its appearance. Ahead is still half a year :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2017 by filsawgood

[mocbuild101]

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[filsawgood]

34 minutes ago, mocbuild101 said:

None of the photos are showing...

Thank you for your comment. From the computer photos are viewed, and from mobile devices - not. I changed the hosting of images and everything worked. Thank you!

[Aventador2004]

Looks rough.. in a good way. It looks like a very nice crawler, what gearing?

[mocbuild101]

3 hours ago, filsawgood said:

Thank you!

No worries

Nice crawler, it does look a bit skeletal, but I think that just makes it look cooler!

45 minutes ago, Aventador2004 said:

what gearing?

 1:8.337 (I think...)

[Aventador2004]

Just now, mocbuild101 said:

 1:8.337 (I think...)

Ahh, I missed the pictures with gearing.

[Leonardo da Bricki]

I like the simple yet aggressive appearance of this crawler, it looks like it will perform quite well outdoors.  Thanks for the instructions!

Only question: what size are those tires, and where did you get them? I would love to have a set like those that would fit my 42037.

Edited December 26, 2017 by Leonardo da Bricki
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[rm8]

I love your style of custom car models!

Also exhaust-turbo-intake looks like working design, not just cool decoration without any idea how it work in real life

Edited December 27, 2017 by rm8

[offroadcreations]

Very cool, I may build it at some point. Reminds me of the Jeep Quicksand Concept. 

[PunkTacoNYC]

That's pretty great looking, I love the non-traditional mounting of the drive motors. This is also the first time I have seen someone use those tires for Lego, and they seem to work well. 

Those perpendicular gears in the rear axle, though, worry me. Have you had any issues with gear slippage there?

[filsawgood]

On 27.12.2017 at 7:59 AM, Leonardo da Bricki said:

I like the simple yet aggressive appearance of this crawler, it looks like it will perform quite well outdoors.  Thanks for the instructions!

Only question: what size are those tires, and where did you get them? I would love to have a set like those that would fit my 42037.

It's may good looking on 42037! Dimensions - 87x25x1.55

On 28.12.2017 at 12:05 AM, rm8 said:

I love your style of custom car models!

Also exhaust-turbo-intake looks like working design, not just cool decoration without any idea how it work in real life

A good pont is more expensive than money! But nevertheless here the exhaust somehow works

 

6 hours ago, PunkTacoNYC said:

That's pretty great looking, I love the non-traditional mounting of the drive motors. This is also the first time I have seen someone use those tires for Lego, and they seem to work well. 

Those perpendicular gears in the rear axle, though, worry me. Have you had any issues with gear slippage there?

Specifically, with overloading, this will give the slack and slip. But, I must say that in all Lego off-road cars, everything lies in the limit of durability, and snapping gears and broken cardans this and the real off-road vehicles, consumables

[filsawgood]

a few summer trips through mud, puddles and grass on Rock Rod :)