[MOC] Police Interceptor

[Anto]

After a while without a new MOC (because of my studies ^^), I'm back with a new model!

 

It was made for BuWizz. The aim was to make a model in the continuity of my cross kart. I wanted to get rid of the torque effect on the rear axle (as it was a suspended axle on my cross kart), that made the behaviour unsymmetrical in corners. So I used 2 BuWizz motors as wheel hubs instead!

 

The rear suspension was made so the rear shock absorbers generate friction, in order to have a slow rebound. On my cross kart, the suspension was extremely reactive, but the kart was "jumping" on gravel. On this new buggy, having a slow rebound helps the wheels stick on the ground to gain adherence. However, I wasn't able to do the same thing on the front axle.

 

Why a police buggy? I have never seen this before, I thought it could be nice.  I wanted the design to be as agressive and massive as possible. I wanted the design to be close to Polaris or Can-Am, looking heavy, indestructible but fast in any situation. People had to fear seing it in their mirror. You may have seen that the main part of the bodywork was made with 2x5 panels. This was a very useful part to achieve the shapes that I wanted, and to have simple assemblies (no one uses complex building techniques).

 

The BuWizz 3.0 has got 2 PF ports and 4 PU ports. The 2 BuWizz motors are connected to the PF ports while the PU L motor for the steering (acting as a servomotor) and the LED lights are connected to the PU ports.

 

The performance is really great! It is absolutely impossible to use more than the half of the power into a house! And outside, the suspension works well. You can go almost everywhere without being stuck or loosing grip. I also had some crashes but nothing was broken nor fell apart!

 

Little video:

And the instructions! https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-132106/Anto/police-interceptor

 

I hope that you'll like this model, and see you soon for the next one!

Edited December 24, 2022 by Anto

[Maaboo the Witch]

Cool build! Reminds me of the Beach Buster from 1999.

[Jim]

That is a nice model!

The pictures seen way too big though. Can you link to the max 1024 wide versions on Flickr? Thanks

[Anto]

Thanks!

1 hour ago, Jim said:

The pictures seen way too big though. Can you link to the max 1024 wide versions on Flickr?

Oops, I didn't use the right size! That's corrected now!

[Jim]

24 minutes ago, Anto said:

Oops, I didn't use the right size! That's corrected now!

 

[Thirdwigg]

Very cool little MOC. I love the tall look of the buggy, and the black and white looks great. Great to see another MOC from you. 

[gyenesvi]

That's a pretty cool little buggy! I recently had the pleasure of trying two of these out in real life :) They are amazingly capable! I also have plans to build one in the future (besides building yours), but I haven't thought about throwing two buwizz motors into it at such a small scale (my idea is on a larger scale). I am curious how crazy performance it has!

[Anto]

On 12/19/2022 at 7:56 PM, gyenesvi said:

I am curious how crazy performance it has!

Now you can see, video added to the first post! (Later than expected ^^)

The aim was to make a short video in the style of the ones with racing cars transporting a Christmas tree. And to show how fast this buggy is and how the suspension works. Merry Cristmas!

[gyenesvi]

11 hours ago, Anto said:

Now you can see, video added to the first post!

Great, looks like speedy fun! :)