Gabor Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) Hi everyone! My newest creation is remote controlled! It's a bus and it's my fifth tiny RC at minifig scale! Hope you like it! My previous RCs on Youtube: , , , Of course I visited the intercity bus station with a camera and the bus again, as I did recently! The type of the bus is Ikarus, but only the body is Ikarus, the engine and chassis is Scania. That's why you see the word 'Scania' on the front. It's possible to travel by it in Hungary. At the area, where I live, the bus company has I guess three of them. So we have more chance to catch it, than to catch . If you read the technical things below, you will see, that it has some disadvatages. But I like it very much and I'm really satisfied with the body! It has some crazy building techniques in every directions. As far as I know, they are my own inventions. Maybe they are already exist, but I didn't know them. My favourite detailes are the headlights, the taillights, the upside-down windows near the gear rack, the covering method of the destination screen and the air conditioner. Technical detailes: It is more difficult to build a bus at this scale, than a truck. For example at a the truck we can use five stud wide frame, and after that we can cover it by tiles, so it won't be too wide. But for a bus we have to use panels to make the windows, they are 1 stud wide on both sides, so if we want to stay in 6 studs, the frame can be only 4 stud wide. And Technic prefers the odd numbers... It's not good if the driven wheels leave the ground, so the rear wheels are not completely fixed. Looks like, if I make something better, something becomes worse. It's the first time, that I used servo motor for steering. The steering features are better, the frame is worse. Below you can see an image without the body. You may notice, that there is an arch in the frame, like a bridge. The AAA battery box is at the back, and its weight causes this deformation. Furthermore there's no possibility to fix the body by studs after the servo motor. Therefore the mudguards touched the rear wheels. I had to raise the rear part of the body by half plate. It causes some deformation, too And finally I have to tell you in secret, that the servo motor moves the gear rack on a little bit longer distance, what the inner things allow. So the motor twists the frame. You can see it in the video at . Therefore one of the front wheels sometimes leaves the ground.And almost all of the weight is on the driven wheels, so sometimes the bus wants to go straight ahead, instead of turning. But it's very rear. And finally you can see the small piece of pneumatic hose, which holds the window in upside-down position. The base and the top of the window panel has a different thickness. It depends on its position, in which height the more space in the body is. If I use the window on a normal way, the gear rack pushes it out, during steering. All in all it looks cool and works well, so I'm happy with the result of my fifth attempt! More pictures: http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/425778 Thanks for visitnig! Edited February 27, 2016 by Gabor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THERIZE Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) Your projects are always so awesome. But the suspension is a little bit to good for a bus I think... I like it how compact you managed to make this one. (not like your others weren't) Edited February 28, 2016 by THERIZE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted February 28, 2016 Wow! :thumbup: Another fantastic RC bus from you! It's stuffed with Technic gear yet looks great. Plus I'm really amazed how nicely the servo motor is working. This is really top notch! I wish there was more sophisticated stuff like this in the Town forum. Btw. would that work in a 7w scheme, too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vorkosigan Posted February 28, 2016 Wow, packing such good RC function into a model this scale is amazing. And the fact that you got a picture of it with the real bus is icing on the cake! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabor Posted February 28, 2016 @THERIZE: Thank you! Maybe you are right regarding the suspension, but who know? Nowadays roads become worse and worse... @ER0L: Thank you my friend! I guess, it would be good in 7 stud wide, too. As I wrote, if you use Technic, working with odd numbers is easier. @Vorkosigan: Thanks! Nowadays I try to take that kind of picture with every MOCs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
