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Sariel

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  1. Sariel
    There is no S motor, you probably meant M. M motors are surprisingly strong and can work well in medium models too, for example in tandems.
  2. Sariel
    No.
  3. Sariel
    See, I like to build compact & small. Yet I'm severely limited in this, primarily by the size of certain elements that can't be broken into smaller pieces. The most annoying of these are the LEGO power supplies: the battery boxes or the 8878 batteries. All of them are really huge, while providing just as much power as the small 9V battery. There is, in fact, an old LEGO box for this particular battery, but it's much bigger than the battery itself, and doesn't work with most PF elements. So, despite my being purist and all, it eventually occurred to me that there is no reason to stick with the bulky LEGO boxes. If the power is the same, why not bypass all the needless stuff and plug directly into the 9V battery? It doesn't affect the performance of the mechanism powered this way - it's still 9V, after all - it just cuts down on the size and weight of the power source. The 6LR61 type battery is roughly 4x2x6 studs big and has a convenient, rectangular shape, and it's just as "juicy" as the LEGO power supplies, except it runs dry sooner due to lower capacity. I asked the talented M_longer to help me carry this idea out (I don't know which end of soldering is which), and this is the result (click for full size): The whole thing is really simple and can be easily reproduced by anyone more skilled at tinkering with electrics than myself: it's just the regular PF plug connected to a wire with a switch on it (in this case, a tiny NC contact switch), and with the 6LR61 battery plug on the other end. It's tiny and works flawlessly. M_longer says he's not going to take orders, so you're on your own with this. Now, my goal is to use it only when necessary - I will be using standard LEGO power supplies whenever possible. Which doesn't change the fact that I already have a whole list of MOCs to use with this thingy...
  4. Sariel
    Most of them is listed at my website under Future Projects. The F-22 Raptor is most likely to be next, I'm just in the process of scaling it. Plenty of space inside this one.
  5. Sariel
    I take breaks ;) Also, one day I will eventually run out of ideas, but this doesn't seem close yet. With the Blackbird finished, I now have plans for 3, maybe 4 more aircraft models.
  6. Sariel
    So, I have eventually dared to try my hand at aircraft: Plenty of reading and some nice photos can be found here: http://sariel.pl/201...r-71-blackbird/
  7. Sariel
    Not at the moment. It could be a part of the Ultimate MechaHamster Power Armor, though...
  8. Sariel
    Nope, snakes.
  9. Sariel
    Depending on your point of view, this is either a safe way to feed your hamster, or a stuff for your nightmares: Some reading: http://sariel.pl/2013/06/the-tentacle/
  10. Sariel
    Splendid! Can't help but wonder how would it do at color-sorting hamsters ;)
  11. Sariel
    It's nice, but I'm a little confused about since when a chassis = truck?
  12. Sariel
    Amazing, as usual!
  13. Sariel
    Your setup is basically a triple adder. The idea is well known, and frankly - sorry for sounding unenthusiastic - I don't see how it's better than simply coupling & running all 4 motors together all the time. It's not like more torque is gonna hurt you, and if you put 4 motors into a MOC, I think you want to use them rather than use just one or two and carry the rest as extra weight. I fail to see the gain here, other than perhaps better control over the overall power consumption. There is also one possible problem, since all your motors have the same gear ratio - if there is a huge load on the output, the active motors can start driving the inactive motors rather than the output. Happened to me with XL motors, so it's all the more likely with the L ones.
  14. Sariel
    No, I don't.
  15. Sariel
    It should, and it does in reality. However, I felt this was too simple and I wanted to try out a 4-bar linkage here.
  16. Sariel
    I don't know exactly, but I guess over 1.5 meter.
  17. Sariel
    All of them.
  18. Sariel
    I'm not sure, but I suppose the real vehicle has the vital advantage of not being made of plastic :)
  19. Sariel
    I doubt it. More weight on back will only make the rear end sag down, and as for the shock absorbers, there is SIX of the hardest ones in the front axle alone, and a total of 14 in the whole model.
  20. Sariel
    Yes, because of the independent suspension the front end sags a little. Keep in mind, it's a really heavy beast.
  21. Sariel
    Nope, small linear actuators + PF Medium motor.
  22. Sariel
    Need a ride? Need to tow a glacier somewhere, too? Photos, reading & the RobotC control program are here: http://sariel.pl/201...kt-7428-rusich/ Remember, it's powered by NXT, but fueled by vodka ;)
  23. Sariel
    And then you show something a little more complex on YouTube, and one third of the comments is "give me instruction / how did you do that / I don't believe you do that / where did you buy that" type. There is a lot of theoretical knowledge behind more advanced MOCs, and, sadly, this kind of knowledge doesn't just pop into your head upon picking a few bricks. And besides: http://www.amazon.co...o/dp/0944353223
  24. Sariel
    You should now have been building for 9 days. How are the results, I wonder?
  25. Sariel
    Actually, this time Dluders is wrong. It's these: Boat Hull Unitary 51 x 12 x 6: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=54100c02pb02
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