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  1. syclone
    Aircraft ain't my thing, dumb ideas are Basically rear end was a concept from 2016, rebuilt it in october last year as I wanted to test whether a counterweight placed in the rear of a vehicle would help with "drifting". Of course, this was paired with the best lego motors (2x mythical buggy motors), BuWizz (1.0 ) and not the grippiest floor tiles, producing a very fun experience (donuts, 180° turns, and if lucky, something resembling a drift). The steering department was done with a M-motor RTC-ed by a hockey spring as always. Controlled using the beta BuWizz app, which was a nice experience and luckily suffered a lot less connection issues than the older counterpart. Bodywork. Tough department. Looking back at it, could've done a better job on the front, but wanted to try something different to classic bionicle eyes. Was able to place 2 Technic figures inside tho. The video was thrown together today (3 months after finishing ) so as to finally dissasemble this thing. Any additional pics will be in the same Brickshelf folder. INSTRUCTIONS Download here (302.9MB) And the mandatory belly shot: Thanks for reading!
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    Well, nowadays space usually isn't a problem, but having to download smaller files rather than a bigger one would be more convenient as you needn't wait for the entire instruction set at once.
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    Imo these instructions are clear enough to understand, was able to follow the steps so far. Much better than TLG ones
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    There's a great article on TecnicBRICKs from 2008: http://www.technicbricks.com/2008/02/tbs-techtips-010-extend-limits-of-your.html . Covers most advanced setups from cars to complex multi-linkage designs.
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    Well, that had been in 2016, before the redesign. It is no longer possible to create private mocs as far as I know. At this moment it is only possible to export an excel sheet or upload a wishlist to Brickowl . There it'll tell you whether the parts exist in those colours.
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    Wow, that is an incredible and very quick build! However, as Rudivdk mentioned earlier, there is going to slack owing to the cardan joints, even one of them introduces a slack of a few degrees, and adding the slack from the gear systems most probably will reduce the movement angles a bit. Nonetheless, it is really impressive how many functions and design elements were fitted into such a small space, will wait impatiently for the physical model
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    2908? The only one I understand as a swashplate
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    Airbrake.
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    Thank you, nice to know the design is appealing Thanks XD Progress: Got the wings fixed in place, ailerons working. Mocked up the top part.
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    Rear horizontal stabilisers in place, prototyped some wings. Seems like this will end up as a show model, not a highly playable one. my apologies for terrible light, can't do much about it until tomorrow. LBG parts are to be changed to white, colorvomit is temporary support.
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    Probably the closest the humankind has ever gotten to an irl starfighter. Not a fan of white, but unfortunately that is the dominant color of my panels (wonder why). Heavely basing myself off the Sukhoi SU47 "Berkut" with the angled double tail and FS wings, as starfighters are banned. Started off witht rear part as imo these Mars Mission wheels resemble jet exhausts. Most probably will include basic aileron controls , not so sure about the rudder(s) Maybe a third vertical stabiliser to kick it off? current progress:
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    8 : 10 2 : 6 16 : 4 4 : 3 3 : 2 13 : 1
  13. syclone
    Something resembling a car. Trinus. Photos
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    Good Day! So I was really bored this friday, and wondered how small a buggy motor powered car can be, just for pure interest. As it turns out, 2 buggy motors don't occupy that much space XD. So here it is, mini-size car powered by two beasts, Azimus! Needless to say, it's crazy fun! Design was inspired by Lexus concept vehicle from Minority Report, and Deora II from HotWheels. Albeit it was mainly made that way to accomodate the BuWizz as low as possible and turned out different from both. Pics on G-Drive and Brickshelf whenever it approves. Video&photos below (click to enlarge) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCORMtsr1JY Have a Nice Day!
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    22: 10 1: 6 20: 4 3: 3 13: 2 16: 1
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    Good Day! Since first seeing Technic figures in a catalog back in 2005, I really wondered whether there was a female version as well. Unfortunately , as we know , there are none. This problem is solve-able either modifying an original lego part (which will decrease the number of those in existance) or making your own. As a purist almost , I would choose the second version. I was surprised that no one has done this before (there is a broken link to a japanese website where someone done that in 2000's, but no pictures to be found anywhere), I took my free time to make a quick mock-up. First step was to get the torso and head into my 3D program - Autodesk 123D - from LDraw. That was done using LDView (place part in x=0, y=0, z=0 and export the file containing it through LDView as an .stl). Next was the chest, which was done using a few spheres, lofted surfaces and tubes (I tried not to exagerrate the size too much, just for it to be slightly notice-able). Luckily there were mannequin's side & top-down shots for inspiration. Next I exported this hair piece and scaled it up to approximate size & placement. Please note that I'm a noob at 3D modelling, and my "art side" is non-existent (for me it would be easier to draw a mechanical piece as a blueprint rather than a human being), so I would love to hear any suggestions and ideas. I do eventually plan to upload the finished model to Shapeways, but I can send it via e-mail. Question: Do you think the "reduced"? waist (as the one printed on minifigs) is necessary? Images:
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    Maybe like this:
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    Looks interesting so far, I remember you proposed that kind of gearbox long ago somewhere on EB, nice to see it finally coming to life!
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    Hmmm. Difficult to answer. 1. For small MOCs one may want to go with a combined version (BuWizz style) 2. For larger MOCs one may want to have several combine-able components (current PF style) , so you dant need to worry about having several batteries that you probably won't need and which will add weight. 3. For smartphone fanatics, BT / BLE is a cool way to control your creation, offering customise-able controls with buttons and sliders. 4. Downside of BT / BLE is the dependance on your hardware (smartphone). All companies and even their phones have different receivers so you are never assured 100% compatibility. 5. The above mentioned hardware has a touch-screen , which sincerely is a crappy thing due to there being no feedback at all. (Although solvable by using separate wireless controllers, we will multiply by 2 the amount of lag and connectivity problems). 6. 2.4Ghz. Extremely extensive & popular way of RC control. Easily connetctable between controllers & receivers, with thousands of controllers available to suit your taste & style, offering real feedback which helps you control better. Having in mind all written above here are my 2 cents: - Separate receiver and battery-box , as long as both are small-sized and ARE rechargeable (while being used in sets) ; - 2.4Ghz way of control ( as long as it is compatible with 3rd party controllers which is not that sci-fi , since current PF protocol is open source) - Somewhat smaller PF components (micro-motor or maybe smaller servo)
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    Isn't a hockey spring a much smaller solution? part x928cx1
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    Interesting drivetrain, although not fan of the bodywork, was expecting something like your Junebug from the title
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    Amazing alternative model, the quantity of functions is overwhelming! bravo.
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    5. Retro-futuristic Racecar 3 pull-back motors on rear axle, 1 on front Discussion topic
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    Good day. This wasn't really supposed to be a retro car, but while playing with different shapes out of flex-axles, the folllowing car was made. Statistics: -power by 3 pull-back motors on rear and 1 on front -max speed of 1'77 m/s (~6'37 km/h) Video & photos: More photos in my Flickr album here
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    I wouldn't get so hyped about BT or most probably BLE receivers , not all devices are the same, specially considering OS requirements and not every smartphone being supported 2.4 GHz on the other hand , seems like a wise option - you always know that the controller provided will work no matter what (maybe even custom ones would be possible having in mind their currently open PF protocol)
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