moc - need some inspiration

[sqiddster]

i guess you're right, pneumatics would also eliminate the problem i'd be having with cable length..my first design used a linear actuator with a motor right behind it..even if i used the IR as an extension the cable wouldn't be long enough to reach the battery pack i want to install in the chassis

are there by any chance lego extension cords?

Of course there are! They sell them individually on lego shop.com, or you could get them off bricklink.

But, yeah, I think pneumatics would be better. That motor will probably be a weight problem later on, unless you want a really bulky arm.

[ludi]

aw man, this is hard

so many joints, motors, gears, actuators...i haven't chosen wisely for my first project in ages:D

also i don't want to rip off somebody else's design, so after a week or so now i am still testing different designs for the claw, the turntable etc.

no real success so far...

[sqiddster]

aw man, this is hard

so many joints, motors, gears, actuators...i haven't chosen wisely for my first project in ages:D

also i don't want to rip off somebody else's design, so after a week or so now i am still testing different designs for the claw, the turntable etc.

no real success so far...

That's the fun of Technic, it'll never work the first time! That's why we redesign!

[timslegos]

That's why we redesign!

And test and then redesign again .

tim

[sqiddster]

And test and then redesign again .

tim

And then you realize you put the differential in backwards! Then rebuild and test again!

[skylinedan]

And then you realize you put the differential in backwards! Then rebuild and test again!

LOL, been there, done that a few times. Sad part is I did that the second time I built the uni-mog, caught it before I got to far though atleast

[sqiddster]

LOL, been there, done that a few times. Sad part is I did that the second time I built the uni-mog, caught it before I got to far though atleast

I think that's a flaw in the Mog instructions, because I had the same mistake. Didn't realize it, though, until I move it forward and the drive was linked to the steering ;)