nico71

I also participe with my lego technic helicopter : http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47120&view=findpost&p=1086739 (with functionnal rotor and tail rotor, with 2-axis joystick on the main rotor). http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/704 As The Cuusoo product will be sold only in Japan (10000 units), I plan to sell my own product in europe, and I have started pre-order for France. There are hundred of good project, it is difficult to choose but also difficult to reach 10,000 supporters !

As you know the Cuusoo Lego project has started so I participates ! I have chosen a little moc with little amount of part but lot of fun. In deed, 10 thousands parts replica of the queen victoria is not the idea of what lego want to product. I think this moc is in the continuity of lego technic product. http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/704 The vote requires registration. So if you want to play with this sweet helicopter (functionnal of course !), support me, technic are not really reprensented in this contest :)

As you know the Cuusoo Lego project has started so I participates ! The Cuusoo project promote a creation of Afol in order to be commercialized at 10,000 units. Then the builder receives 1% of the incomes. And that is you who choose the creation. So I have chosen a little moc with little amount of part but lot of fun. In deed, 10 thousands parts replica of the queen victoria is not the idea of what lego want to product. I think this moc is in the continuity of lego technic product. http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/704 The vote requires registration. So if you want to play with this sweet helicopter (functionnal of course !), support me, technic are not really reprensented in this contest :)

Thanks Dluders ! As you have seen here : http://technicbricks.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-techvideo-2011-39-three-wheeler.html The review and video are available : http://www.nico71.fr/morgan-three-wheeler/ ps : pictures are not to big for the forum ?

Thanks ! I am working on the rear of the Morgan. It is quite difficult, not because of the shape, but because of the homogeneity of the constructions ! I am trying to mix flex / panel and classic beam design. :)

New creation : quite unusual : Star Wars moc : This is my entry for the setechnic star wars contest. Not easy to greeb with tecnic parts ! And here is my last WIP : morgan three wheeler featured steering, suspensions, big block harley davidson and gearbox : * :)

Jeep Differentials cracks because of the 12th gear inside, what it is impossible to figure out. With the unimog, it is 3 times faster and the gears can't crack, the motor stalls. the differential is good for turning abilities but it is quite difficult to anticipate the diff's sliding. Again rammacco, many thanks for the offer but I can't be in belgium at this meeting, too bad ! I hope you will create a post or topic to see Trial Truck in motion during this meeting.

Thanks Yoshua for your answer ! It is always a privilege to talk with the designers. :)

Hello, if Lpub crash during the loading, you may verify if you have install Ldview or Ldglite (in the preference option), then ensure you to have the model.pli in the corect folder (again in the preference option). Regarding the flex part, you may install it when you install Lsynth. I have attached the file Lsynth.zip, extracte it an copy in C:/program file/Ldraw/apps. I have attache the file Lpub.zip, extract it and copy in C:/program file/ (this is the version 4). Then have a close look to the mlcad.ini because lot of line of code refer to lsynth and you must correct if the path is not good. I have attached mine, you can copy and erase yours but check the path before launch mlcad (this is the last version or mlcad.ini modified by J.C Tchang). Then, you can launch Plub. You can download the file here : http://nicolas.lespour.free.fr/fichiers/images/Lego/Lpub4/Lynth-mlcad.zip I hope you will figure out, the most common problem with lpub is about the lsynth, which is almost always a problem of instal or pathing ps : don't hesitate to mail me. I don't go often on the forum but I respond to every mail I receive and I am quite good to debug Lpub (last : Lpub setup project crashes when there is a line break before the list of part...)

Yes my bad, building with SR3D and mlcad sometime gives some bugs or mistakes. Like the axle 2L black instead or red and some other mistake. I repeat myself, but your work is impressive Nathan and always happy to help you in anything.

I have created many building instructions for my models, sometimes with a real good visual with Lpub (maybe 20% of my moc, half have instructions). I know the time spent in so I understand the fee even if my work is free (I have also considered the other way). So very good building Nathanael and good job joshua, you have done an impressive work ! But I have a question : why the instruction looks so like the lego one ? why not be more "exotic" or different ? Because the visual of the instruction are far from what Lpub gives. And for the business vs hobbys : personaly I earn money with my youtube video so my lego work tends more to business that hobbys but still be a hobby. Before my motto was "fun and building", today it is "innovation and building" because to be atractive, the moc have to be surprising. For the idiot question about "please instruction!!!!" I have made a special FAQ page of my website : http://www.nico71.fr/faq/ I will resume the whole sentence by that : "if you are a 11-year old boy and want I build a tank for you : don’t contact me" :)

Wow, you have done a good work ! I am a student un mechanical engineering and it is always interesting to know more about our lego parts, especialy the mechanical field. Therefore, many thanks to you, you acheived an usefull and interesting work ! At Setechnic.com, we have many crane-builders who migh be interested in your study (regarding the design of boom and jib).

I am happy that you like. The main aim of this moc was to have a nice and moved displayed moc at Fana'briques. People like when something moves on the table during the exhibition (better than static moc). :) In this way, I have also displayed my cuckoo clock and centrifugal tachometer.

Hello everybody, I'am going to present you my plan about proposing several technic product for sale. There are three : -PDF building instruction downloaded -Printed and delivered Building instructions -Complete package of moc including parts and building instructions. Some example : I have studied the different costs I will have in order to propose these types of products. Now I need your help to know your needs and your expectations regarding the price, the deliver time and if you are interested in. I add that the PDF instruction are in HD and high quality, this is not a picturing instructions. They look like my PDF instruction of gallardo's instruction by Blakbird. The complete package is a package including all you need to built a moc : parts plus building instructions. I think these types of product must be interested some people. In order to help me to know more about your expectations, I will be gratfull if you could answer to this survey : LEGO Survey - done in 3 min Don't forget to click on "envoyer" at the end of the survey. Please feel free to comment in this topic, remark, comment everything which can help me. :)

I love it ! Does the picture is a little pull up ? (little heigh deformation visible on tyres).

The HF pdf is online : http://www.nico71.fr/trial-jeep/ I ahve also corrected some mistakes. have a nice builting :)

Many thanks to people who gave me feedback regarding the BI. I will correct the mistakes (10..) and publish the finished PDF :)

It is nice from you but please remove the link. I want to be the only one who distribute the PDF (very important for me). For the moment, I don't have the possibility to do the PDF. In second, the PDF will be in high resolution, in twice more resolution. The PDF you make is based on low resolution sample on my webiste (but still enough to built). So please be patient until I publish the PDF. The PDF will be release in only one week. And thanks for the comment :)

The principle is very simple, I let you discover my mechanical tachometer : http://www.nico71.fr/centrifugal-tachometer/ Design for Fanabriques 2011 exhibition.

To respond to this : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=474926

As the PFS-M motor turn slower, I must change the centrifugal governor : add weigh or increase the lenght of beam. :)

Hello ! Diferentials for me were a first try. I have also planed to create the building instructions. As usual David, thanks for posting my moc ! And don't hesitate to go to my website to see more pictures.

My supercar is finished : Supercar features steering, suspensions, AWD drivetrain including 5+R gearbox, opened doors, convertible and spoiler. This car was developed on three basic principles : design, building and features. I wish I managed. The car was equipped with a AWD drivetrain, with central 5+R gearbox (with removable top). The V10 engine is on the rear, it’s enable me to place the HOG system near the windscreen. The HOG drives the steering with a 20/12t bevel gear, the steering wheel is connected do the steering with two u-join and 12/24t gear. A bout the suspension, the car is equipped with independent suspensions based on double wishbone suspensions from the 8145 set. As I said before, the car is the AWD with rear engine, therefore there is one differential on each axle and one central differential. The gearbox is connected after the gearbox and after the gearbox, the engine. The central differential avoid wheel slipping because of the difference of speed during turning. The next interesting features are the opened part of the car. First the doors can be opened with two damped shock absorbers. They are placed underneath the seats and are operated with a soft push on the connecting rods, as you can see, the doors are opened in the Lamborghini style. Then, the top is convertible, as mentioned in the name roadster. The top is operated by a damped shock absorber placed under the engine. It’s operated with a soft push on a part accessible in the center of air-vents. The functioning is based on a parallelogram with a lock point. To finish, the spoiler can erupt, with the 4th damped shock absorbers, placed after the engine. This damped SA operated a connecting rod which lift the spoiler. The release is obtained with a push on a axle under the frame. To conclude with the design : it was made with the new panel and flex system. It allows me to use light amount of red part and have homogeneous bodywork thanks to the curve of those panels. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=451861 At the moment, I am working on the building instructions with SR3D builder, here you can see some renders :

some news : I have figure out all problem I have for the payment BUT I will not launch finally the service. I explain you why : In fact I have always done my work in lego for free and now selling instruction embarrasses me. I think (finally) that selling thnig from hobbys is not the correct way to develop it. Although the price is low, I consider that the most valuable thing I can do to develop and encourage the production of instruction is providing for free. I don't judge people who sell instructions, because this is their choices but for me I assume that it is not the right way to monetize our passion (I already receive incomes from youtube for my videos so the money is not the point for me). Concerning the amount of time to create an instruction, if I had launched the service, I would have spent lot of time to create instructions and not to create models (creation is important for me). So many thank for people who contact me to become a instruction sellers. Continue to give for free, it is more rewarding for me :)

And many thank to you Eric, to have figured out lot of problem I had :)