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    I doubt that would be a big issue, there have been more technic sets with looooong steering axles, 8880 had four wheel steering with just normal racks
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    That is quite a lot of moving plastic to get those four wheels turning, i was expecting just two steering racks
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    Yeah, i dont really MOC a lot, but when it comes to cars, i usually take the tire size im working with as a base, then work out my wheelbase from there.
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    Should be do-able through bricklink, it is after all just a tribute build, limited by the parts in those three sets, so improving the design shouldnt be hard at all
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    Another "lets use a new weird shade of blue" monstrosity I agree with the general consensus though, this set is overpriced, and is missing a lot of finishing touches, to the point where a 6 year old could probably improve the looks of it (bed floor, door gap) Quite a shame though, considering the general type of vehicle has potential, and i think even as unfinished as it looks, this truck has a certain bad-assity to it. Excellent review though Jim! great pictures and story telling!
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    1: not that big, the fake v8 takes up nearly the entire front section, so im not sure how i would fit any kind of suspension there. The interior is big enough for a full RC mod, but im not sure how suspension and gearbox will fit. 2: thanks, fixed it (and that is actually how 'how' is written in my native language, might have been a brainfart rather than a typo)
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    Im mostly a mod-er rather then a moc-er, but 42070 is waaay outside my budget I just got a cheap 8041 b-model which i plan on modding, ideas so far are a (simple, probably 2 speed) gearbox, live rear axle and properly designed bodywork. If i get it even halfway how i want, itll be a whole new car by the time im done :)
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    Thanks for the lesson in axle types guys! i did think the axles on 69 had a pivot point, but live axles are more interesting , so that is at least something positive, ill have to study the design for moc inspiration!
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    Yeah, you're right, i misread the rear axle on first glance I dont know whether dual pendular axles is more realistic on this type of vehicle, but i'd prefer full independent myself.
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    Independent rear, pendular front from what im seeing right? And for all the 42070 critics, at least 69 doesnt look to have a center diff.
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    Amazing car! replace the red and white with black, and you've got tay-tay the drift car from might car mods (ausi youtube show mostly about JDM cars)
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    I agree with DugaldlC, the rear of the car is clearly much too short, like someone took a focus ST and chopped a foot out of the wheelbase and ran the back into a wall. Other then that though, i think this is a very good effort, the front especially, but id lengthen the wheelbase (judging by eye, the technic model is slightly over 2 wheels between the wheels, the real car has nearly 3 wheels of wheelbase.)
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    I just watched Sariel's video, and seeing a shot like this... this thing really looks the business from the right angle Not a snowball's chance of me getting it though, im not much of a truck guy to begin with, and once you look past the pretty (oooh soo very pretty, thanks jim!) pictures, the thing is overpriced, poorly designed and looks unfinished from other angles.
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    Excellent review Sariel, many thanks for the quality video I think the truck looks quite good rolling through the mud/grass, despite the unfortunate colour choice. I agree that it falls flat on design finish/functions though, the outriggers look cool, but seem pretty flimsy, the crane boom looks flimsy as hell for something that long.. surely TLG could have made it 4 studs thick and added more bracing? And no front suspension or rear springs on a $290 set... oof after a set like 42037 offering full independent suspension and a diff in a $55 set, that is hard to swallow. no return to center on the steering is another odd design choice Kind of crazy that this set suddenly makes the porsche look like a good deal... when that set came out it was criticized widely for it lacking and poorly implemented features, yet compared to this truck, it suddenly looks a whole lot better.
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    Id prefer a sub $120 rally car as well, sets up to that level are OK to have some flaws in my opinion, and are easier to forgive and mod up to standard then a biiiig $299 set I do wonder how a small scale rally car would work though, anything below 42000/42039 size will be hard to put AWD in, but modern rally cars are all 4 cylinders, and i have trouble seeing a $120 set based on a front engined 4 banger... But a $55-70 set (think 42037 / funny car) would really allow for AWD i think, especially if there is any suspension in play... Either way, as long as its affordable and doesnt use yet another weird shade of blue, ill have fun modding it.
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    Yup, ive resorted to ebaying some sets from my technic dark ages to fill the void, ive got 8041 waiting for me back home (for the B-model that is), which will undergo extensive modding (just like my other large technic sets) Only new set ive bought this year is the gyro-copter, which is a fun little thing to mess around with, but its no $99+ car
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    Wanna bet its is one of the two pullback racers? That said, id love a new proper race car, 2017s lineup was shit for me as a car guy
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    I dont care about the gears, but the constant changes in body colours used really irks me, i find myself with several bunches of panels in a colour i cant even use, since all i have is two or three types of panel in that colour And honestly, lego's obsession with blue/azure is annoying me to no end, and it does give 42070 a very "$10 cheap plastic toy truck" look
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    Yeah, a locking diff is better then no diff, but i think on a €270 set, they shouldnt worry about customers not getting it, anyone putting that kind of money into a technic set will play around with the gears and work out what is going on
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    quick side question as ive never seen locking difs in technic, would this be achieved by using an old style 4L dif, and using a driving ring on either output axle? Either way, having big off-road styled trucks like 42070 have an all or partially open dif setup sucks, playability wise it might be better to stop the driveline locking up in child's play, but a €270 set is going to be an enthusiast set, and authenticity matters
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    The info there is in slightly different charts then im used to, but there probably is enough info there to find the optimum RPM for extraction the most mechanical power out of a buggy motor I know a gearbox probably isnt attractive due to transmission losses, but i think it might very well be worth it to make a two speed gearbox in these record breakers, a low-ish gear to take it up to 20-25, then a higher ratio to deliver the highest output power at slightly over 40
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    plastic wise, two parts in the same space will always use more material then one, and i can only assume that producing two parts (two mold-slots etc..) is more expensive too. I dont think lego designers specifically work with part count as an initial concern, but im sure that in tweaking, they will make some choices such as splitting parts or doing small side builds to fill out the budget
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    I disagree with that I have two 75072s (Starwars arc-170 microfighter), which use a different attachment method for the top wing connecting rod, the later revision uses a solution there which uses 1 part less per side, and in return some plates in the bottom of the build are split, to increase part count back to the original number. And while i dont have any technic examples, in the normal system themes, there are plenty of sets which include some parts where lego uses two parts rather then one, despite the fact they have the exact matching piece in inventory. Im really not a fan of this practice, considering in some cases the build as a whole can be a little bit less sturdy. And then there are the small side builds included in some sets, adding 5-10 parts (or in the case of say larger ninjago sets, sometimes even small vehicles for bad guys) to what is otherwise already a complete build
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    air resistance only overtakes rolling resistance in that chart at 60 km/h, at 40 the rolling resistance is twice as large as drag. Now i think that chart is not universal, as in, both curves will depend on some constants, such as the drag coefficient and the hardness of the tires for rolling resistance, so the actual graph for these record mobiles might turn out different, with the crossover at a different speed. Id be more interested in seeing a torque/power chart for the buggy motors, sort of like a dyno chart, because you want to make sure the peak in the power graph is at your target top speed, provided the graph isnt crazy, that should give you the best chance at hitting your target.
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    imho, the 42057 A model should have had a flat-2 as well, i modded mine to that layout, as boxer engines are much more common in airplane applications then Inlines, especially I2 (which is a rather unbalanced layout)
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