[moc] RC dump (of a) truck

[suffocation]

My nephew wanted a fast, green RC dump truck, so I threw this together overnight with what little green I had. It came out kinda crappy but at least it's fun and (mostly) kid-proof.

 

[Jundis]

2 minutes ago, suffocation said:

I threw this together overnight

This is the understatement of the century. This thing looks perfectly balanced for a toy model. So sturdy and efficiently built. I am completely speechless at how fast you can built such a thing.

[Maaboo the Witch]

Looks way better than the actual 42008.

[Void_S]

1 hour ago, Maaboo35 said:

Looks way better than the actual 42008.

Well, I wouldn't compare such a way different trucks 

Great truck, however! It really an impressive creation made within such a limited time. I thing it could be expressed and a "fun momentum", as a ratio of "awesomeness/time"!
Really, some models may be even up to 1:5 scale with fantastic attention to each detail but on other hand it took years to design and build them, so it wasn't a joy building but a hard works instead.

Here I see the mode that even being non 100%-ideal (but who are?) fully meets the expected criteria (child-proof is not the last of them) and looks great!

[Maaboo the Witch]

1 hour ago, Void_S said:

Well, I wouldn't compare such a way different trucks 

Seeing as this set seems to have been made from 42008 for the most part, I would.

[Void_S]

10 minutes ago, Maaboo35 said:

Seeing as this set seems to have been made from 42008 for the most part, I would.

Ah, I though about a dump and and a tow trucks comparison, sorry))

Here you're absolutely right - that version of "42008-base" is really better.

[Mantarri]

Wow, this looks amazing! I finally got an order of parts I made a week ago, and have been having fun working on a truck in this scale; not as complicated as something in the arocs scale, and easier to prototype, or change while building.

I also noticed you just have the L motor hooked straight up to the axles, without any reductions. How do you keep it from going to fast, and skipping gears? I have a BuWizz myself, and feel like I have to gear my MOCs down by 2, or 3 stages to get it to a point where it will drive without skipping horribly.

[1gor]

I agree completely with @Jundis and envy you a little bit on 2 things:

- time and

- BuWIZZ

[whitepen]

On 5/3/2021 at 1:25 PM, I_Igor said:

 

- BuWIZZ

Me too. 

[suffocation]

On 5/3/2021 at 10:10 PM, MisteryMan said:

How do you keep it from going to fast, and skipping gears?

It works fine even in fast mode I guess having the first diff sandwiched between two z20 gears helps. Also, the BuWizz is an old one, so no ludicrous mode

[Mantarri]

22 hours ago, suffocation said:

It works fine even in fast mode I guess having the first diff sandwiched between two z20 gears helps. Also, the BuWizz is an old one, so no ludicrous mode

Thanks, I'll have to keep that in mind with my next model. And I've been having problems even in normal - forget fast, or ludicrous - they just aren't speeds I would try using seriously on this type of model.

Speaking of 2.0, I'm eyeing up 3.0. The PU support looks rather tempting for MOCs as PF usage grows lower - I already have a friend waiting on one, because he couldn't get a servo motor before they sold out, and then it wasn't worth spending about $50 CAD on one on BL, when he could just wait to get a BW 3.0, and have a motor that wouldn't only function as a servo - but as a drive motor as well.