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That is a very good set! I recently acquired it, and it has excellent complexity in both flight control linkages, and in the transmission. Recently I've been studying helicopter aerodynamics in college, though, and discovered a somewhat significant flaw in the cyclic pitch mechanism. In the Lego design, you pull the stick forward, tilting the swashplate forward, and increasing the pitch on the rear rotor blade. This makes a lot of sense--you'd think that increasing pitch in the rear of the helicopter would result in tilting forward. However, real-life helicopters have to compensate for gyroscopic precession (https://www.copters.com/aero/gyro.html), which essentially means that in order to make the rear of the helicopter lift, you actually have to increase pitch on the blade on the left (for CCW-rotating systems) in order for the increased lift to actually come into effect 90 degrees later. So, for a 5-bladed rotor system like the Airbus's, the swashplate should actually be tilting at a different angle than the control stick. (Two-bladed rotors can just offset the pitch linkage mounting points by 90 degrees) I can understand Lego not including it, since it's counterintuitive and might just confuse rather than educate audiences, and because it would be more complicated to implement, but I thought it was interesting that it was unrealistic in that way.

Yeah, the looks would be similar--I just hope they model the gas version, so we can get a proper drivetrain and engine in it!

That wheel combo and the panels over the rear wheels work quite nicely for a tractor!

Very nice looking, and the level of detail on the interior is impressive! I'm glad you were able to keep a solid base of Technic functionality in there too

The EV version of the new G is revealed now. Hopefully that's not what we get in Lego, but for reference: https://www.autoblog.com/2024/04/23/2025-mercedes-benz-g-580-with-eq-technology-revealed/

I might be an outlier here, but I started designing my own Technic MOCs at 13, ramped up in complexity very quickly, so at least some teenagers like to build Technic like adults! That's probably not typical, though, so the point still stands

Those new images are nice! Yeah, I certainly don't expect it to beat the old buggy-motor powered cars! Still, we'd think it has at least some speed, which really doesn't make sense with the 3.7V. Weird!

Just reread this... 3.7V? That sounds very low to be consistent with their claim of "fastest"! I guess it's possible to run high-output motors at low voltage (high current), but it doesn't seem to make much sense to me So we do know it has three motors, eh? I would have guessed that they'd just use one rear motor and forget the differential, but two would be better!

You're right, this does deserve more comments! It is a very nicely done model with an interesting topic, combing good looks and interesting functionality! Also really nice presentation

Oh, so we actually know what that hub will look like! Very interesting, but the all-in-one nature of the hub is disappointing. I wonder how much power it'll actually have! Looking forward to watching that video

Oh cool, nice job! I think I recall seeing that on Rebrickable at some point. Nice to see another fan of these rigs on here! Also, I like the fact that you managed to get a realistic MacPherson strut on yours! Maybe I'll have to try building another one at a larger scale with more realistic mechanisms sometime! I guess I did already do that once, but I feel like I could improve on it:

Yep! My profile pic is a model of a '95 Tracker I built as a tribute to my real-life car!

Nice job! It's cool to see a model of this little-remembered car. Also nice to see a proper manual transmission in it! I like the part usage for the headlights--there's just enough of those in the set! I'm sure the headlights could be improved using extra parts not included in the donor set, but this isn't a bad solution given the available parts!

Looks very fun! Powerful enough to have fun driving, and refined enough to look satisfyingly good while doing it!

Yeah, I think that's probably the root of it. Having some kind of half-stud there on top of the doors would be ideal, and would allow the rear second to go down to a more proportional 1.5. I suppose it could be done with overlapping 2x4 tiles, but that wouldn't really be up to standard Technic strength expectations. You're right, though, I don't know if anyone has done better at this scale, so there's probably not much you could do about it. I do like the choice to go for the removable roof, though! It's a good touch, despite the necessary compromises