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I don't use a strip like this but have recently changed my flood lights from halogen to LED. The biggest thing to pay attention to is the light temperature. The sweet spot is between 2300K and 2700K. Anything lower is too yellow, anything higher is too blue. Also, don't be afraid to up the equivalent wattage if you are replacing bulbs in a regular fixture. For example, you can put in a 100w equivalent LED into a fixture that takes a 60w incandescent. The extra lumens rarely hurt, and you are still reducing your energy consumption by quite a bit.

Did you also have to change it on your driver's license? I think it's a very good move. Much less confusing for potential clients.

It's incredible how many functions you fit in this MOC. I really like the brake system - so simple, yet effective. I'm also looking forward to examining the gearbox.

That would be a very heavy stabilizer. The EV3 brick with the motors already weighs quite a bit, and you need to add all the connecting bricks to it. Mounting it on a MOC will be difficult. Also, the motors are noisy, which will be a problem if you need the audio track from the camera. For hand held shots, a purely mechanical solution is a much easier way to stabilize your videos. It all boils down to a weight suspended below a camera (you can actually do it in reverse, too, for low angle shots). There are lots of examples on YouTube. Here's one:

I don't own that set - it looked like a new part. My mistake.

The panel used for the tail of the stunt airplane looks like a great candidate for a functional boat rudder.

Big kudos to all who entered the competition, and congratulations to the winners. Thanks to Jim and Milan for organizing it.

I don't want to be a nitpicker, but this is a somewhat valid question. 1x1 bricks are higher than their width or depth. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Lego_dimensions.svg/1280px-Lego_dimensions.svg.png Why not just use centimetres or inches to measure the volume, and avoid confusion?

Great model! The proportions are excellent and nothing looks out of place. I was looking at the two exhausts over the cabin and thought they would be linked to the linear actuators. An idea I may use for a future project.

Sorry, I typed a question about the use of XL motors when the answer was already in your post.

C'est une très belle création. Edit: I should learn to read slower.

What a fantastic place Grum, I can't wait to see the inside. Congratulations!

I like the idea of limited size very much. It forces you to be creative. The relatively small size should also allow having two identical sets of bricks for building the A and B models simultaneously.

6:10 13:6 9:4 5:3 16:2 15:1 Some great entries in this contest!

I agree with you that the majority of EV3 projects are very simple and not very interesting. However, you have a few shining examples of what is possible: 3D lathe/milling machines by Arthur Sacek, a Rubik's cube solver that holds the world speed record, and the bipeds by Menno Gorter. It sounds like you don't have any specific projects in mind, at which point the EV3 set becomes just a bunch of electronic components to experiment with. You may be better off with the additional lego pieces unless there is something that you are excited to build, something that can't be solved mechanically or with power functions.

If the software you write at work is used to drive mechanical hardware, EV3 will most likely not appeal to you. If it's used for soft applications (on a phone, in a server, in a cash register, etc) then you can see your code come to life by making it control Lego machines. I think it's a great set, although I wish the control brick was smaller. Its price isn't based on piece count, but rather on access to fairly inexpensive servos and sensors that are built to be integrated with Lego.

Looks great! The racing stickers work well, as there's actual lawn mower races.

Nice place, Doug. I like the idea of buying ice cream as an excuse to stay organized.

I'm not sure about CS3, but you can get CS2 straight from Adobe: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html I believe you need a (free) Adobe account. It's been a while since I used that link.

Bingo. The plates with holes are great for this, so you can keep the studs facing in the same direction.

Nice build! The suspension is quite interesting - it's like a natural evolution of a torsion beam. Is it based on the one found in this tank? By the way, the outdoor pictures are very good. The blurred background makes the tank really stand out.

This is some top-notch work, even if it's not allowed in the contest. The conveyor system is a great alternative to running large tracks and the flipper mechanism at the end is probably my favourite part of the system. Great job, even if you don't get a single vote.

Looking good, especially the X outriggers. I'm not sure if the air cylinders at the end of the outriggers will do the job, as the will leak with time and be overcome by the weight. You may have to pump up their pressure once in a while.

The seats in the airport truck look like the new curved panels in white. Also, the text in the corner of the page says these three sets will be available in January.

Two days ago I started building a crane. I'm not sure if it will be entered in the TC8 competition, because it's not based on anything that exists (maybe a remotely operated crane used to clean up nuclear disasters?) and its features are rather limited: 2 L-motors for tracks 1 M-motor for boom slewing 1 M-motor for the string The superstructure does not rotate because it's a tracked crane, so it can turn in place. I'm really enjoying this build because it's the first time I'm mixing studded and studless construction since coming out of my dark ages. So far the build is coming along very well, although the boom isn't mean for heavy loads. It's stronger than it seems and I'm very happy with the amount of extension it has. I'll post updates as I progress.