Samolot Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) I present my latest Lego Technic MOC. And this is my entry to TC 16 contest. This is the Mars rover model from the movie The Martian with Matt Damon. The model is 100% Lego controlled by S-Brick. When I watched the movie Martian with Matt Damon, his Martian vehicle caught my eye. But I could not build it at that time. Several years later. When I saw an original vehicle in the museum during a vacation in Jordan. I took a lot of pictures of details. And I got the idea to try and build this vehicle with motors in wheels. I knew that I would have to build rims myself from the available bricks. PF L motor is the best as a construction element, because it has a lot of holes. Round panels which I used fit the power puller tires. The biggest problem was the addition of a round plate from the outside of the wheel. The connection was good for driving straight ahead but after a few turns it got disconnected. So I added a few stickers on the edge of the rim. And now it works perfectly. I tried to reproduce all the functions of the original vehicle. It has two mechanical functions, winch and crane rotation. And a pneumatically controlled door and crane. 4 x PF L for propulsion build in-wheels 1x PF L for compressor 1x PF M for steering 1x PF M for winch and crane weight 2.77 kg length 50 cm width 33 cm height 21 cm Edited July 21, 2019 by Samolot Quote
1gor Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 Very interesting way you incorporate motor inside wheel Quote
Samolot Posted July 17, 2019 Author Posted July 17, 2019 Thanks. Can someone help mi with link to youtube. I am trying to paste link in many different ways but miniature is not working. Quote
Sariel Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 Nice! Really looks like in the movie. Can you build Matt Damon, too? :) Quote
efferman Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 Seems a privacy problem. Take look into the settings of the vid to make it able to embed. Quote
Ox1337 Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Awesome! Requesting for instructions, especially, for wheel mount. Edited July 18, 2019 by Ox1337 typo Quote
MangaNOID Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 16 hours ago, Samolot said: So I added a few stickers on the edge of the rim. And now it works perfectly. That's awesome! stickers for structural integrity! I would have given up thinking it couldn't be done. This is a great build. not sure how everyone builds so quick. That's why I have a snail in my avatar pic. If only there were more official space/sci-fi sets like this. I don't think you need it, but good luck for TC16! Quote
Seasider Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Great looking model. Love the hub mounted motors Quote
syclone Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Very unique propulsion system, did the PP tires suffer any damage from it? Great rendition of the original, love the use of pneumatics and yellow tubes to recreate the original. Quote
shadow_elenter Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 Looks good ! loved the movie! Lot's of cool little functions. Quote
Samolot Posted July 20, 2019 Author Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/18/2019 at 3:10 PM, syclone said: Very unique propulsion system, did the PP tires suffer any damage from it? Great rendition of the original, love the use of pneumatics and yellow tubes to recreate the original. Thank you for all the positive reviews. As for the tires, I do not think they will be damaged. But if I put the model back on the shelf. I'll take them off. Quote
nigel1975 Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 I'm very impressed with the MOC, the design and functionality. Great competition so far. Quote
mocbuild101 Posted July 22, 2019 Posted July 22, 2019 Very nice! When I was originally considering whether I would enter TC16, this was exactly what I was thinking of building! Glad I didn't, because you've done a much better job than I would have Quote
Jim Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Your video isn't working, in the entry topic. Let me know how I can fix it. Quote
Samolot Posted August 13, 2019 Author Posted August 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Jim said: Your video isn't working, in the entry topic. Let me know how I can fix it. I forgot to change link to the new movie. I am sorry this is the new one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIsbAvWqrmE Quote
Samolot Posted October 21, 2019 Author Posted October 21, 2019 I made instructions for my In-wheel motor rim design. If anyone would like to use it or experiment with this project, I invite you to build. Quote
Kio Liex Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 That is great. Thanks for making the video. Quote
geoguvna Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 Wow, that's really awesome man! Very creative solution to the hub motors. I wish Lego would do more space vehicles like this in the Technic theme Quote
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