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  1. suffocation
    Is it stated clearly and unequivocally on the box that a smartphone is required to control the model?
  2. suffocation
    In terms of pure power and ignoring friction, two geared-down XLs easily overpower four ungeared Ls.
  3. suffocation
    You can't really compare the two drivetrains. The Greyhound had a dedicated L motor per wheel and was built for speed and efficiency. I believe the challenge with this model is to have a powerful drivetrain with a gearbox and locking diffs that won't suffer from gears skipping even under high torque and/or sudden gear shifts.
  4. suffocation
    So basically we're going from "batteries not included" to "smartphone not included". Makes perfect sense.
  5. suffocation
    I'm still struggling to wrap my puny brain around the engineering of this masterpiece
  6. suffocation
    Absolutely mind-blowing.
  7. suffocation
    Things are what you make of them. Some might use Lego as a toy, others as an educational tool, others as therapy and so on. I find it disturbing when people worry more about "what is that?" and less about "what can I do with that?".
  8. suffocation
    Call it any way you like - it's fun and it's educational. Price is irrelevant - we're not talking about a primary good here. Oh, and incidentally, if you compare 42100's part count and part type with 42030, the two sets are pretty much aligned.
  9. suffocation
    Thank you guys! Although, to quote Garfield, I have to say "drat and bother" since I've already got enough yellow to trigger a worldwide jaundice plague.
  10. suffocation
    Hopefully the spider crane has grey gearracks and not red ones. The red ones are harder to integrate into MOCs, at least for colour-blind me.
  11. suffocation
    My phone could suck a golf ball through a garden hose so I guess I'll be rebricking the whole thing minus the motors and controllers and then I'll PF the hell out of it. It's good to be stuck in the 20th century, Pantera are still going strong here.
  12. suffocation
    I almost squinted my eyes out at 0:14-0:16 but I can't really tell. Can't say I'd mind a z84 turntable.
  13. suffocation
    That's an interesting perspective. Considering that the price is likely to drop to around €300 on Black Friday, that's still the equivalent of some 40 bottles of top-notch Nero d'Avola, which kinda sound more enjoyable than an excavator. Then again, a lack of MOC fodder means fewer chances to sip that sweet Sicilian nectar.
  14. suffocation
    Off the top of my head, 42030 and 42043 had B models. 8110 and 42054 had different attachments as B models.
  15. suffocation
    Looking forward to the planetary hubs and to what look like longer actuators to be available individually.
  16. suffocation
    Said the troll who's never MOCed a pin in a beam. The chassis yes, the whole crane no since the end model is likely to weigh in excess of 5 kg. I went for reach over power. Ha, I guess I'll be out of money for new furniture by then Those outriggers are standard fare but it's hard to give them any decent reach without being ridiculously flimsy.
  17. suffocation
    Haven't updated this in ages. Managed to start working on the boom at long last - just a very tentative prototype based on the Grove model published elsewhere on this forum.
  18. suffocation
    It's pretty obvious from the picture that the rear axle was designed so the average numbskull wouldn't struggle with the assemly. And as Erik pointed out, the rest of the build follows suit. So you end up with a poor design leading to a ton of added weight, slack and friction.
  19. suffocation
    Inspiring project, Erik I also really enjoyed your write-up and agree with every point you made. I knew I wasn't going to buy the Chiron - not even at the usual 30% discount - when the instructions were uploaded and I saw this: That's just begging for trouble. So I wasn't surprised when a slew of (mostly novice) users started reporting high friction in the rear axle. Lego's rationale was clearly "let's make a million submodules so it's easy but exciting to build" - fine and dandy, but they almost killed the model's functionality.
  20. suffocation
    I've seen quite a few reports of folks getting an M motor instead of an L.
  21. suffocation
    This turd sandwich is reselling your instructions: https://www.facebook.com/groups/403386893171574/permalink/1146279368882319/?sale_post_id=1146279368882319
  22. suffocation
    I was scrolling through the pictures wondering, "Okay, but where's the Leg... oh" Sublime level of detail
  23. suffocation
    A Silly Walks generator?
  24. suffocation
    This is awesome
  25. suffocation
    Not if you mount the springs on a pivot:
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