Ape Fight

A really good Technic MOC. It could do with the mower bit on the front though (then you could polish tables and whatnot with it!)

Yeh, I want to get there too. Been on BrickPop before which was great : ) I think Brothers Brick is the ultimate place to be blogged though!

Bugger. That was quick! Apologies for the re-post

Found Sariel's new GT40 on The Lego Car Blog It's got full RC complete with turn signals!! Awesome build Sariel.

He posts on MOCpages and Flickr, and has been on The Lego Car Blog too http://thelegocarblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/yule-log/

A Lego glider is definately possible - I've seen one on the net somewhere (sorry, no link) that used those large blue flat plates from (I think) the old Technic space sets that ran for about a year. It glided beautifully, but I guess only because it used the least Lego-y Lego parts possible. Still, it's been proven to be possible, although it it is gliding rather than sustained flight.

Awesome creation, it seems to work beautifully (I'm suprised 1 XL motor is enough, it looks massive!) It's been featured on The Lego Car Blog too: http://thelegocarblog.wordpress.com/

I did the same thing - mounted the rear differential the wrong way round so that it cancelled out the front one. Took 45 mins to put right - ergh, I was so annoyed with myself!

Ha! What feminist bullcrap! Yes, of course anyone can play with LEGO, but moaning because a girls line is pink?! Girls LIKE pink! Scoop!: Boys and girls are different. They are of the same value, but they are different. The thing I'm most surprised about is the name, which I thought would be copy-write of Warner Brothers.

Hi All There are 4, as some people have correctly spotted. They are in a 'T' formation, so one on the bottom, one directly above it with one on each side. Yup, all this goes into one drive shaft. Took a while to iron the bugs out if it, as it has serious torque. Smashed a few cogs and twisted 2 axels in development. Now though, it's pretty reliable : ) Cheers Ape

Hi Tim, Thanks : ) Photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44436390@N07/ And more photos and a full description of the drivetrain on MOCpages here: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/299743

For whatever reason the html from Flickr won't work here, but there's a very short video now:

I realised that one pretty quick too! My cogs are doubled, and also have pins pushed through where possible to take the load off the central cross hole. I just never realised that XLs don't really need gearing down to any large degree, as they're so torquey anyway, until you posted that video : ) Great job

Thank you so much for this!! Not so much for the wheels, but for showing what XL motors can do; I have a model that weighs 4.5KG, powered by 4 XLs motors. These were geared down twice, from 8 tooth to 24 tooth, and again 8 tooth to 24 tooth, and yet I was busting cogs and even twisted (like a corkscrew!) two 5 long axels that were held in place every other stud. I thought I'd exceeded what Lego was capable of, but then I saw this and wondered why my model was smashing pieces and yet this, weighing 3 times as much, was fine. It turns out I had wildly underestimated the torque of XL motors, and geared them down so much they had enough twisting force to simply twist bricks to pieces. I've now removed one set of cogs gearing the model down - and it runs beautifully. No busted bricks so far, and it's so much faster it's a joy to drive! Awesome stuff : ) Thanks again

This creation has made it onto the Lego Car Blog too - Paul's even replied with some further details http://thelegocarblog.wordpress.com/

I also think Audi. I would say BMW X5 but I believe they're all straight engines. It could also be a Nissan / Infiniti as they use V6 petrols

Brilliant truck - great Technic fuctions and good to look at too, which a lot of TT aren't. Excellent work

There's a few of us making these now - if you're interested head over to MOCpages and take a look at the link on either Nick's Ecurie Ecosse or my Scuderia Ferrari page.

You can set the torque slippage at anything you like, depending which gears you mesh with it. I use this piece so that when steering reaches full lock it doesn't burn the motor or blast bricks apart. On my most recent MOC at the first attempt the clutch slipped too easily, so that the steering wheels wouldn't swivel unless the vehicle was moving - a simple switch of the position of the clutch in the sequence of gears and now I can turn the steering whilst the vehicle is stationary. Have a play, trial and error will give you the the right place to put it and what to gear it with for your desired application. Cheers Ape

The magic 5:2 SNOT ratio is pretty much all you need for brick building in my opinion. Studless Technic though, I'm trying to figure that one out at the moment!

These TT videos are always superb. The models are great but the videos are so well shot they're actually captivating to watch.

Thanks all - I will get round to it at some point. The PF driving isn't great though - it's a VERY heavy model, but a few more PF XL motors will fix that : )

A brilliant Technic MOC - great functions and nice to look at too. Best Technic creation I've seen in ages.

Really nice MOC. Clean and simple looking, and with great playable functions. Are you on MOCpages?