Z-4 Titan

[pluto7443]

Hello, this is my first Technic project on Eurobricks, so please bear with me if it seems not as good as the other creations here.

This is the Z-4 Titan. I created the Z-1 through 3 on NXTLOG, and you can see them in my NXTLOG Creations topic.

This is my second true Trial Truck, though it isn't based off any real-life vehicle. The first one used the same steering axle design, and a non-steered rear axle. It also only had one XL motor, mounted sideways and using a complex gear train to reach the common driveshaft. It was somewhat underpowered and unreliable, not to mention top-heavy, so I removed the axles and redesigned the rest. I also took apart the non-steered rear axle and copied the front steering one. Now, the Titan has 2 XL motors mounted between the axles, and each motor drives one axle. The axles are both 4-link (I think that is the right name), and each have an M motor for steering. As such, they have no mechanical link to each other and so the steering easily gets out of sync. The suspension uses Unimog parts, and other than them, is completely my design. Each M motor is geared down 1:9.

Here are some pics:

Thanks for looking! All comments and criticism are welcome. Keep in mind my selection of panels is small, so I can't do that good of a body design.

[Someonenamedjon]

thats pretty good with the panels you have, but do you have a video? you should also see zblj's http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=79670

Edited April 5, 2013 by Someonenamedjon

[pluto7443]

I had forgotten that he had named one the Titan. Oh well. No, I don't have a video, I might make one if it becomes dry enough at the empty lot near my apartment.

[timslegos]

Looks like the suspension is very flexible, i think the body could use some work though.

tim

[Lakop]

Very nice. Take some time and tidy up the body. Maybe you could look to hide those battery packs.

Happy building

H

[TimH]

Nice work!

[Tamas Juhasz]

This is my second true Trial Truck, though it isn't based off any real-life vehicle

Looks good, but it's not a trial truck. Nowadays nearly everybody calls every terrain vehicle a trial truck (TT). This is much more a crawler or a custom 4x4 offroader(~crawler). Trial trucks are trucks, usually with big and heavy chassis, cabin, etc. Unimog is one of the smallest trucks in trial, but it's truck, because of ability of carrying some load (original, trial versions usually can't). It's not only for you, everybody should call better these terrain vehicles.

Edited April 6, 2013 by Mbmc

[Lost_In_Noise]

Thanks for the pics, It looks really agile. Are you able to disable the rear steering for when you're driving normally on a road, or is it permanently on? Like routing that function to a spesific channel on the remote? I like the design a lot, considering the few body panels used. It keeps the weight down also. Looking forward to the video(Y)

[pluto7443]

Thanks for the pics, It looks really agile. Are you able to disable the rear steering for when you're driving normally on a road, or is it permanently on? Like routing that function to a spesific channel on the remote? I like the design a lot, considering the few body panels used. It keeps the weight down also. Looking forward to the video(Y)

Yes, the rear steering is able to be disabled. There is a switch in the cab on the truck. It selects normal four wheel, crab, or two wheel when it is off.

[Lost_In_Noise]

Cool. I envy you builders with such great skills...