Technic Starter Motor Prototype

[LegoLord1880]

Here is a link to a video on bricksafe of my starter motor mechanism. It uses a semi stationary 8t gear to make a worm gear "crawl" along an axle until it engages a 24t gear at the end, which would be attached to a vacuum engine crankshaft. When it starts, the worm gear is kicked out of the way, similar to a real bendix gear starter.

Has anything like this ever been done before? I'd be interested to know. Please credit me if you use or improve on this design.

https://bricksafe.com/pages/LegoLord1880/vvt-vacuum-engine/technic-starter-motor-prototype

[aeh5040]

Interesting! It would be good to see a video of it in action.

[amorti]

Could be a fun thing to add to an LPE engine.

[LegoLord1880]

6 hours ago, aeh5040 said:

Interesting! It would be good to see a video of it in action.

Did the video on bricksafe not work? Also, I could put on a video of it hooked up to my new vvt vacuum engine.

[aFrInaTi0n]

Video does work, may have been overseen as it may have the thumbnail which may not clearly indicate it as a video..

direct URL to the video: https://bricksafe.com/files/LegoLord1880/vvt-vacuum-engine/technic-starter-motor-prototype/20250324_125117.mp4

Can also just add: Neat little thing :D

[2GodBDGlory]

That is a cool mechanism! It's really neat how something seemingly complex can be done with such a simple automatic mechanism

[Aurorasaurus]

6 hours ago, LegoLord1880 said:

Did the video on bricksafe not work? Also, I could put on a video of it hooked up to my new vvt vacuum engine.

Just put videos on youtube and unlist them. It's so much easier.

[Milan]

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