allanp Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 I hope you like it! http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=420770 Features: 1 x M-Motor (which can spin the blades surprisingly fast!) Fully functional duel controls for pilot and co-pilot Joysticks tilt the rotor blades Control levers adjust the pitch angle of the rotor blades Upper knob wheel raises the stretcher Yellow handle releases ratchet to drop the stretcher Lower knob wheel raises and lowers the landing gear Over 80cm long Number of pieces, at a VERY rough guess ~1300 but I could be way off! Design/build/one or two minor bug fix time 40-60 hours Quote
Darth Legolas Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 The pictures need to be deeplinked. Just click on an image until you see a white background, and copy the URL/link code from there. Sounds interesting! Quote
allanp Posted February 14, 2010 Author Posted February 14, 2010 Ah sorry. Hope these work for ya! http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0142.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0166.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0167.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0168.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0164.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0172.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0170.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0171.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...UE/dscf0174.jpg Quote
Darth Legolas Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) Oh my God! That thing is awesome! It's motorized, it's professional, and it's huge! The front is very well built. You even managed to tune it with the back blade! The landing gear is even maneuverable, and the blade control! The only thing left to do with this would be to mechanize the winch and make it fly! This is an excellent MOC! Edited February 14, 2010 by Darth Legolas Quote
allanp Posted February 14, 2010 Author Posted February 14, 2010 Oh my God! That thing is awesome! It's motorized, it's professional, and it's huge! The front is very well built. You even managed to tune it with the back blade! The landing gear is even maneuverable, and the blade control! The noly thing left to do with this would be to mechanize the winch and make it fly!This is an excellent MOC! I originally planned to motorise the winch and landing gear via the same motor through a gear box and also have the pitch of the tail rotor blades adjustable via peddals in the cockpit but I decided against it as I probably would not be able to finish it in time for the competition. Maybe I will make these changes in the future. Thankyou for your kind remarks (and for telling me how to deeplink the pictures ) Quote
DLuders Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 It won't be long before The Lego Group says, "And the winner of the LEGO Technic Challenge Competition is.... allanp!" What a well-designed model! Although I had submitted a contest entry (a 4-engine cargo plane), your MOC is MUCH BETTER than anything I could do. Quote
allanp Posted February 14, 2010 Author Posted February 14, 2010 It won't be long before The Lego Group says, "And the winner of the LEGO Technic Challenge Competition is.... allanp!" What a well-designed model! Although I had submitted a contest entry (a 4-engine cargo plane), your MOC is MUCH BETTER than anything I could do. dooooooaaaaaawwwww shuks Thankyou! A four engine cargo plane sounds interesting. I've wanted TLG to release a multi-engined (as in actual engines, not props) plane for ages as I think it would be cool. I've not seen any MOCs of a multi-engined plane either. Quote
Zerobricks Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Great job! Reminds me of the rescue helicopter lego relased in the 90's. So many functions, and details! The competition is really tough! Quote
allanp Posted February 14, 2010 Author Posted February 14, 2010 Great job! Reminds me of the rescue helicopter lego relased in the 90's. So many functions, and details! The competition is really tough! You have given me some tough competition too, I saw Avatar for the first time yesterday and thought of your MOC. Quote
Toa_Of_Justice Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 I really like your flying machine, allanp! Best of luck in the LEGO Technic Challenge Competition! I think this topic is worthy of the front-page! -Toa Of Justice Quote
CP5670 Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Very impressive model. I love the swashplate mechanism on the main rotor. It's more compact than any others I've seen in the past. You have also done the angled beam connections around the tail wing nicely. Quote
grepin Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Superb MOC! I especially like the way you made the blades tilt. This is what a studless 8856 on steroids would probably look like Quote
vmln8r Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 Great model, it really does look like a modern, mega-8856. Good luck Quote
Tobbe Arnesson Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Very well made heli! Love the swashplate and the overall look of the MOC. Bet this would sell well as an official model, it has so many things that make Technic sets great: Real functions, looks and you get so see the inner workings! Best of luck in the competition! I've not seen any MOCs of a multi-engined plane either. Back in 2001 i built a Technic-fig scale (1:20) model of the C-130J Hercules: Quote
allanp Posted February 16, 2010 Author Posted February 16, 2010 Very well made heli! Love the swashplate and the overall look of the MOC. Bet this would sell well as an official model, it has so many things that make Technic sets great: Real functions, looks and you get so see the inner workings!Best of luck in the competition! Thank you Back in 2001 i built a Technic-fig scale (1:20) model of the C-130J Hercules: Wow that's huge! I'm guessing it has quite a lot of working functions! Quote
Tobbe Arnesson Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Wow that's huge! I'm guessing it has quite a lot of working functions! Yes, it had quite a few: Elevator rudder, controlled by a large pneumatic piston Side rudder, controlled by a small pneumatic piston Ailerons, controlled by two small pneumatic pistons that work in opposite directions Retractable landing gears, controlled by five large pneumatic pistons Opening/closing loading hatch at the back, using one small and one large pneumatic piston that work in opposite directions Steerable nose wheel, using one geared down 9V motor Main engines rotate the propellers, uses four old style 9V motors Automatic pneumatic compressor More words and crap photos here: http://lotekbricks.blogspot.com/2001/04/hercules.html Quote
allanp Posted February 18, 2010 Author Posted February 18, 2010 (edited) Yes, it had quite a few:Elevator rudder, controlled by a large pneumatic piston Side rudder, controlled by a small pneumatic piston Ailerons, controlled by two small pneumatic pistons that work in opposite directions Retractable landing gears, controlled by five large pneumatic pistons Opening/closing loading hatch at the back, using one small and one large pneumatic piston that work in opposite directions Steerable nose wheel, using one geared down 9V motor Main engines rotate the propellers, uses four old style 9V motors Automatic pneumatic compressor More words and crap photos here: http://lotekbricks.blogspot.com/2001/04/hercules.html That's really awesome, lots of functions there, it even has pneumatics! BTW i've added another picture of "BIG RED" http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/radbot/R...ehelicopter.jpg Edited February 18, 2010 by allanp Quote
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