lukeandahalf

Love this, keep it going!

A few of mine: Yellow Chassis by Luke Donkersgoed, on Flickr Yellow Chassis by Luke Donkersgoed, on Flickr

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I've been dreaming lately of buying one rc motor... What an investment! I'm guessing you bought sets vs. individual parts on BL? Looking forward to seeing this "flying"!

11(?) studs I think between wheels LINK <--LXF

An .lxf file to help with the video Here

Purists drive me nuts..so hears a tip If your referencing the material I think you are - webbing etc. - use the Dremel for most of the material removal. You don't want to cut right to the edge, cut close then remove the rest of the material with the file. Some fine (300+ grit) sand paper to finish it off, and voila!

The Zetros has always been my favourite Mercedes heavy truck, you nailed it! Can't wait to see the final product. I'm very curious about the colour.. white maybe?

NIco71's Mini Trial Truck 6x6 front axle. Screenshot 2014-06-24 11.29.20 by Luke Donkersgoed, on Flickr

I had a good laugh watching your second or third video, when you pulled out the needle nose pliers. Might get some purist noses out of joint I myself have a small pair as well...

I have a decent (~4000 piece) collection with no official models built, all parts for MOCSs. I would absolutely consider buying a model like this as I hate having parts that I may only have a few of tied up in something long term. I can never resist pulling whatever model I have displayed apart for the next project. For a fair price, it would be great to have a truck to drive around when frustrated with mocs on the go. Another upside is, at least the way I interpret it, no multiple BL orders - one stop moc shopping! I think we're onto something!

Awesome MOC! Will keep an eye on it. First "walking" MOC to catch my eye since the "Fleet Footed Insect" I think it was. And in regards to Purists, bah! It's your Lego..

Thisis amazing!.. Ten tons!

Sariel, fantastic! Nice to see allot of 9V. And the monorail... I've had hamsters, mice and rats, and unfortunately none of them liked my Lego. The bit at the end where the hamster was sleeping made my morning!

Make that three for the roof height, also tan seats on red reminds me of Ferrari - Peeled cows as Jeremy Clarkson would say And nice pictures by the way!

I would like to believe that if Lego were simply more transparent, everyone here would understand/appreciate an upfront answer as to why your pieces/set are late or otherwise. Seems like a pretty big PR opportunity for Lego. In regards to Lego customer service in general, people either seem to have very good experiences with Lego, or very bad experiences. Very polarized. Anyhow..

Fantastic! My favourite Technic motorcycle so far. Nice to see someone finally found a good use for the 3L axle in white

Great work Alasdair! Inventor has always appealed to me, but I'm a 2D kinda guy... Autocad is as far as I've gotten.

Technyk32231: I find the same with bodies! Always takes the fun out of truck trial... Until my skills increase anyways Gee: Nice having someone back me up TwentyLeggedHen: Thanks! The 9L links are a hold over from an earlier design stage, before the frame got any reinforcement. I liked them so they stayed Not sure they serve much purpose here other than maybe aesthetics. (and the more I Think about it they may just be limiting travel...Will have to do some more research this evening)

Hello All, I present a trial truck chassis I built a few nights ago. Performance is my goal, not aesthetics so there will be no body for this truck. My top concerns are LOW center of gravity, large suspension travel, and above all, simplicity. Total weight:1.021KG Frame: 232G Tires and Rims: 236G Axles: 336 PF: 217G (excluding drive and steering motors) Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr The suspension was designed to be very soft for maximum traction, as well the frame and axles were built to slide past each other when maximum compression or extension is reached - almost like a pendular system. Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr Turntables provide rotation as well as location for the axles. Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr The build started with the frame in the center for the battery box, I took a very modular approach to this moc! A nice plus I've found when tromping thorugh the forest on lunch break from work to find a place to off-road Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr One L motor per axle is used for drive, and one SV for steering each axle. The SV motors are geared 1:1 on the front axle, and 1:3 on the rear axle. Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr Easily broken down Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr 12/36 then 8/24 for (I think) a total reduction of 1:9 Yellow Chassis by lukeandahalf, on Flickr

Excellent work so far I am surprised that it will need that quantity of shock absorbers! All about geometry I guess. What do you have planned for batteries for this monster? I seem to be seeing Bionicle pieces on EB far more often these days!

Thanks No problem, build away, build a body on it and post! Unfortunately I poses no skill for video editing and production, and no camera capable other than my phone Maybe in the future, but not likely. The large turntables in this instance serve two purposes: to locate the axle laterally, and provide a pivot point to suspension. I agree that the added ground clearance would be beneficial (with the small TT), but the axle would be very poorly secured with the only one stud wide bracing that the small turntable provides, therefore two floppy axles I don't mind the trade off, at least not in this iteration. I know people like efferman have successfully used the small TT, but I don't think in their MOCs the TT was the only point of connection between frame and axle apart from shocks. What do you think?

Thanks! I may try a video on the weekend when I am off work.

Agreed, not the right topic, agree to disagree Reading/Looking though this again, I am fascinated to see a Lego air-frame do 40 km/h, best of luck!