[MOC] Jeep Lower Forty

[VKTechnic]

After a week of teasers and a week of production work, here's the final model!

This model won the Most Complicated Technic award at BrickCon 2014! Why? Well, check out its features!

- Mechanically linked front and rear pendular axles (NO springs necessary!)

- 2 XL-Motors for drive with 4WD

- M-Motor steering

- Axial Ripsaw 1.9 tires

- Opening doors, trunk, and hood

- Fake engine

- Lights

This thing also crawls like a beast, check out the video:

More pictures can be found here.

Comments, questions, and general feedback are always welcome

Edited October 12, 2014 by Victor Kojenov (TFOL)

[BigCatBoy]

I love jeeps! You built a really great truck! Nice to see some Easter Jeep Safari concepts in lego/technic form. You captured the body design of the Lower Forty really well. Congrats on the award!

[Splat]

Hi Victor, it was great to meet you at BrickCon, and congratulations again for winning the Most Complicated Technic award.

- Stephan

[rm8]

Nice Jeep Victor! And great jump;)

[Zerobricks]

What an awesome low, yet offroad model! Nice idea of using the swinging axles, a bit uncoventional though.

[HorcikDesigns]

Awesome moc... I just hope that you are planning to make instructions at least for the body ;D

[zux]

Great MOC, crawls really great!

- Mechanically linked front and rear pendular axles (NO springs necessary!)

Could you please explain what this actually means and how it works?

[Edwin Korstanje]

Great looking Jeep and stunning performanche

[Zerobricks]

Great MOC, crawls really great!

Could you please explain what this actually means and how it works?

Its really easy actually. Bot axles are mechanically linked via gears or pully system so when one axle tilts a degree the other tilts also the same degree but in opposite direction. So if the tearrain "tilts" 30 degrees each axle tilts exactly 15 degrees. Its like a longitudal differential with each of the axles being an input.

[darksheep]

Very nice work !!!!! Really looks fantastic , I think instructions would be very cool

[Rishab N]

Great work. I like how it doesnt use proper springs

[timslegos]

Good to see someone else using this style of suspension. Ever since I discovered it I have used it in every one of my crawlers, it just works so well! Great looking jeep too!

tim

[filsawgood]

Cool! Looks great!