DrJB Posted December 27, 2014 Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) Many on here know of the iconic Crowkillers' car, of course. I was fortunate to get a built copy recently, took it apart, and now exploring putting a transmission in it. The space is tight. Rather than building a transmission from scratch, I thought of 'recycling' the designs from both 8880/8448 but to no avail (without success). There is simply no space to fit those. I also looked into Sariel's Enzo transmission and have more questions than answers (why does he use 2 motors?). There is also the one on Sariel's book's cover, and it looks promising, but I do not have such book (yet). Anyone has done an LXF/LDD of that? In any event, has anyone come up with a narrow footprint transmission that could fit in the Murcielago? Edited December 27, 2014 by DrJB Quote
DrJB Posted December 27, 2014 Author Posted December 27, 2014 222 views and not a single reply? Quote
Omikron Posted December 27, 2014 Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) 222 views and not a single reply? Build from scratch. Recycling is more difficult if the space is limited. 2 motors in enzo were used to avoid "idle" I believe. Edited December 27, 2014 by Omikron Quote
kennywest Posted December 27, 2014 Posted December 27, 2014 I guess all the "viewers" expected to see pictures of a transmission :) Anyway, if you google a bit, you can find a lot of pictures of tranmissions: https://www.google.be/search?q=LEGO+technic+transmission Found an LXF here: http://rebrickable.com/mocs/zrhett/5-r-transmission I can also recommend Sariel's book. I have it and it's worth every penny. Quote
Rishab N Posted December 27, 2014 Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) Space looks really compact for this model Maybe a 4 speed would work, but it would need to be compact and would take a lot of modification in the middle of the chassis OT but how much did you get the rare #4 yellow connectors for? Edited December 27, 2014 by Rishab N Quote
DrJB Posted December 27, 2014 Author Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) Maybe a 4 speed would work, but it would need to be compact and would take a lot of modification in the middle of the chassis Correct, I'm thinking a 4-speed only. I'm working on an LDD file and was able to move the center diff forward, that way there is more room in the vertical direction, and hopefully can 'cram' a transmission in there. Doing so, I also removed the unnecessary gears between the center and front/rear diffs. This is turning out to be a 'challenging' exercise. Maybe a 4 speed would work, but it would need to be compact and would take a lot of modification in the middle of the chassis OT but how much did you get the rare #4 yellow connectors for? I bought the whole car assembled, but then dismantled it (for washing) and realized the connectors were in fact painted yellow (black original). You really can't tell the difference unless you hold them next to each other, at least from the outside. The guy I bought it from mentioned he'd gotten it from eBay, so for sure did not know either. Though, for the price, it was a decent deal nonetheless. Lastly, I'm not sure I like the door mechanism, a bit 'flimsy' for my taste ... but, the car looks sharp! Here is my (Work-In-Progress) LDD file http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=551132 Edited December 27, 2014 by DrJB Quote
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