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  1. Conchas
    Taking some of the not so new sets, I'd say 8455 and 8479. After building both, you'll find why.
  2. Conchas
    It looks you exchanged the PF plugs when connecting them to the IR receiver. Change them. Also move the black switch below your right stick, to change the polarity for that stick. It should be enough to have everything working fine.
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    Hi David, It is a pity indeed! The tires look so nice. Although I suspected it could fail, because of what I've explained a few posts back. With this attempt you were trying to fit the 1,9" flange in a different place and at larger diameter of the wheel, then what was done with ANSMANN tires for the Crawler. Thanks for trying anyway! Maybe there is larger version that fits in 22969 wheels...
  4. Conchas
    No, because the input is limited to 1A and the unit is also protected agains overload. 2 PF XL-motors. Don't know it they can be stacked on the same port though.
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    Eagerly waiting to see the results!
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    These look awesome! However I'm not sure the inner diameter of these, is the most appropriate for the LEGO 44772 wheels!? While 1.9" I.D. may work well for the Ansmann and Comp tires which have a taller section and different profile (the tire inner part fits into the deeper part of the wheel section), these street tires should fit the outer part of the wheel because they have approximately the same width (35 vs 34mm) - This is a 48mm into 56mm fit which may deform the tire surface considerably.
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    Great work as usual Philo!! I'm also happy to see the values I've provided earlier are quite close to your measurements (380-400rpm and 110mA no load current). The stalled current is the one I had most difficulty because I never observed a steady value. Started at something like 1500mA then continuously decreasing very fast (guess there is here a thermistor doing its work). It is a pity we didn't get a motor with more torque out-of-the-box, so we need to gear it down as Allanp likes so much.
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    I didn't notice such problem! I've inspected it underside for scratches and only have a few at the front and rear "pin connectors". Out of curiosity, no parts broke apart during all turnovers - however it arrived home without a few parts in front of the frontal axle, that I never found again (even after returning to the park and looking in the grass). After a double check I verified they are present in the last moments of the last video I shot. So likely they felt while puting the Crawler back into the the where I took it.
  9. Conchas
    My 2nd video of the 9398 4x4 Crawler. This time performing outdoors. Other videos will follow "soon". Edit: BTW, here also the first one.
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    It seems a very similar problem to what I had, when I first built this model. It was everything correct and I only got it fixed, when I exchange the position of the motor that controls the changeover, with one in the remaining positions. Somehow it seemed to me that one of the motors was under-performing and was not strong enough to cope the torque required for the changeover. After that I never had the same problem again. Best, Fernando
  11. Conchas
    Reviews were agreed to be released simultaneously by the end of July. Once the sets were found selling at Oberhausen much earlier we got clearance to show them immediately. On my side I've been preparing the review in "slow cooking" mode (as Jetro called it), trying show all at once... :P So far I've taken hundreds of photos and tenths of small videos (should take some outdoors tomorrow). Now I'm in the process of selecting the best photos and the videos taken so far to compose the material for the review. Meanwhile, tomorrow morning you will have the interview about the PF elements, in the usual place.
  12. Conchas
    As far as I can tell, situation has been recovered. Both the blog and website are accessible now without Malware warnings. Those using Trend Micro may still see the website page blocked, but I've meanwhile requested them a site re-evaluation. Anyway I'll leave the situation to stabilize for sometime, before reintroducing my signature here. Thank you!
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    Ok, in fact many images (also from the blog) are hosted in that domain, so I see the relation. I'll try to fix this ASAP.
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    Meanwhile I remember that this week I got e-mail from my hosting provider, saying the ftp password was changed by them for security reason and that I need to change it to a new one. Now I guess they detected their servers were under attack, and took some security measures. Will look at it later when get back to home and hopefully it might be easy to clean the page, as it had just a few simple files. All the rest should be deleted. I also got a link from Google to later ask them to reevaluate site security status and remove the blocker.
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    Hi just got e-mail from Google warning about malware, but on technicbricks.com which is still not connected with the blog (on blogspot). In fact the only had an "Under Construction" message since years... No the problem is that I'm not an expert and still don't know what to look for. Nevertheless and once more this should not affect the blog in any way, which is under blogspot.com.xx and blogsopt.xx domains (where xx stands for for your country code). Doubt that Google would open the door to malware on their own infrastructure. Anyway I'll keep a look onto this. Any help would be also appreciated.
  16. Conchas
    The tires are not reinforced on the inner side. They are identical to the previous models. Yes there is a V2 sign printed on the IR Receiver.
  17. Conchas
    What I'd like know is some mid/low profile RC tires with tread patterns like Goodyear Eagle F1 or Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Some that fit 44772 LEGO wheels, but even better if we can find some for the larger 22969 wheels. Problem is that websites selling RC spare parts, don't use to provide detailed info about wheel profile and dimensions the fit the tires. So one has to have them in hands to check if the fit.
  18. Conchas
    Ya, after pulling here and there I think I got exactly the same effect. The tire rim is just next the wheel sleeve on both sides (so not in the sleeve) and it looks great! The tire rubber is a lot softer than used on LEGO tires (which is almost like plastic) and the tread is quite deeper. That's why the grip is a lot better and performs that good. The rubber is so soft that I guess you can't use the tires without the supplied inner foam. As for the tires you bought with steal rims, where the tire is glued to the rim, there are many videos on YouTube that teach how to take them apart. Basically you need to bake them or to put them in boiled water, to avoid damaging the tire when pulling the tires out. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=mxnRwRaora0
  19. Conchas
    @Efferman Did you take the pictures on the first post yourself, or are these taken by someone else and posted at Amazon webiste? I'm asking it because I bought a set of tires and they don't seem to fit exactly as in the images. Although they are not not that much different. The LEGO wheels are a bit larger than the ANSMANN bead lock wheels. So if you fit the tire in the wheel sleeve, I get a kind of deformed balloon effect. If I fit them in the inner part the wheels protrude from the tire a bit and doesn't look exactly as in the photos. From the first photo it seems the tire may be fit only from one side. Even though it also doesn't look exactly the same. Another possibility that I've not tried yet is to put something inside around the wheel to better fill the space between the wheel and the foam from the tire, stretching the tire and decreasing the deformed balloon effect.
  20. Conchas
    Don't know whether you refer to this one, because it was not done the last year but well before. Nevertheless the green F1 car was extensively painted.
  21. Conchas
    If you're looking for RC Hobby Tires in US, here you have thousands to look into, from tenths of manufacturers. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=Tires Challenge is to find those which fit into LEGO wheels... Otherwise you have always an alternative and buy 12mm hex RC hobby wheel adapters for Technic, from 'Brick Machine Shop' at BrickLink. http://www.bricklink.com/storeDetail.asp?catID=S43&b=-8363229&h=142678
  22. Conchas
    Good demonstration! I guess the larger tire diameter is a decisive factor for the better performance surpassing this obstacle.
  23. Conchas
    It looks a very clever design, besides we can only check if it works properly by reproducing it, as we don't have a video to look at. As far as I can see it is a continuous pump system, that supplies air into one of the two valve outputs, depending on the direction the motor rotates. Very interesting the mechanism to push the valve lever, from one and the other side, as one switches the motor direction.
  24. Conchas
    Given the wheel/tire combination, I must confess I thought tires were not LEGO when I saw the video for the first time yesterday. The performance on the couch is very decent!
  25. Conchas
    Congratulations to all the participants and of course to the winners in particular. Results reveal that EBs Technic fans really appreciate Out of the Box thinking!
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