TeamThrifty
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You make your decision.. I'll make my own Lack of suspension is very disappointing, but i much prefer £200 construction model with 3 functions, to a £350 'super'car with 1 - steering. Maybe the gearbox counts as its complex, so 2 functions then. £175 per function vs £66.. Volvo looks better value than the cars do! I agree.. very confusing. Unless part of the design spec was to include the horizontal motor as part of the C+ roll out?
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All that just to power the XL LA's? ..and no suspension at all. Thats a terrible omission. What are those black 24z (?) - is it a new part? There's a gearbox selector in there... what function apart from the LA's is there?
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Giant tractor
TeamThrifty replied to howitzer's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
You're totally correct. Anything but praise is cause for people to be offended - not just on EB, but in society in general. Its the snowflake mentality. And that has nothing to do with anyone's perceived 'ranking' on this forum. Its a fact and @Sariel is right to point it out (and if people don't like it, it kind of proves the point!), people spit their dummy and get all offended at anything other than total agreement with their own opinions.. its the petty world we currently live in. -
it needs a ball joint on each end to handle the pivot and oscillation, so i did it with a 9l steering link arm.. but easy to do.
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It is.. think its been visible from the first leaks? However, a similar pivot is used on big articulated tractors.. these often use a bracing beam above the pivot to stop the sag. On CaseIH Steigers, they call it tri-point oscillation. i've implemented it in a moc, and it was needed as the turntable has a fair amount of sag in it.. Wonder if TLG have done something similar to support the pivot/oscillation point?
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Giant tractor
TeamThrifty replied to howitzer's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Aren't your 'king pins' on different planes? Surely it doesn't turn... hard to tell. Many parts make it confusing!! -
The guy she tells you not to worry about...!!
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Ha! Hopefully i don't get into trouble!!
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Wow... I'm a tractor guy, love them and moc them all the time. But you've just WON!!! I get bored with the aesthetics. Love building the mechanics, but then lose interest... but what you presented here with the Challenger MT965E is brilliant. I am blown away!! The 3 point linkage is a realistic geometry, (i used 2 mini LA's in the same way ), diff locks on both axles.. love it. I half did a steiger a couple of years back and used large LA's for the steering but they took up sooooo much space. You're solution with the small LA's is much better. I'm not so motivated to start a new moc now!!!
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I did mean PF.. i was typing and not thinking!!!
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Sometimes i think i'm the only person in the world that likes Control+..!! PU was old, outdated and limited. C+ isn't perfect but has massive potential, is hugely scaleable and uses far better comms protocol.... can't wait to get my hands on the new horizontal motor. Hey C+, I still love you!!
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(3rd party tyres! Shhhh not everyone is a fan!!! Case IH Steiger... On big 3rd party tyres!!! Thats my next project. Got some 150mm tyres. 8 of them so its on duals!!! It will be big thats for sure!!
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I'm loving the recent tractor action on here!! They are my favourite and what i usually build... I know its controversial, but i think there's a special challange with tractors. Cars are 1:8 scale, big with loads of room to fit basic suspension and a gearbox in. Tractors are 1:18/1:20 ish.. and need 4wd with a clutch, diff locks, front and rear 3 point, pneumatics, steering. A much more considerable technical challenge if we're all honest!! Great MOC by the way! Keep the tractor faith!
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..that reminds me, i need to book the dentist.
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Always love seeing a tractor moc!! btw, the real machine doesn't use a central diff.. Looking forward to seeing the progress!
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Some people have been in lockdown too long!!
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Technic is about problem solving and understanding enough about mechanics to come up with a solution, and thats exactly what this is... so i also find the 'unrealistic' comment baffling. As was mentioned, all engines are totally unrealistic, the suspension in virtually every moc and the UCS sets is not even close (and there's no excuse with suspension..). The gearboxes aren't realistic in any set or moc... but thats because its lego! Great gearbox!
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..."In the first half of 2015, The Lego Group became the world's largest toy company by revenue, with sales amounting to US$2.1 billion" Maybe you should give them some tips!! Personally i think they're clever in business.. $2.1 billion dollars is about 2.099 cleverer than me anyway!!
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Depends what you want to learn? Software is the way the 'real' world is now, for better or worse (i'm a software developer, and even i think its not all good!!). TLG are simply following the rest of the world. Schools teach coding, not engineering... i disagree with this as the younger generations are less able to fix stuff. I know thats a generalisation, but broadly speaking the average ability to mend things as simple as a bicycle puncture is laughably poor. Most kids would benefit from playing with technic and grasping the basics of a gearbox.. but it needs a software element too, its the times we live in... i love the mechanics, but i also like the software and i think it needs to be there. 'learning' about software is just as important and mechanics now. Maybe more so unfortunately. Valid point... maybe that will come. It should.
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Ha! You're right - i've been using the train remote for so long i'd forgotten what the original steering was like.. oops!!
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I agree that it would have been a more interesting technic solution, and more true to life... but the motor is an interesting part to add to the collection 42030 used a servo motor too..
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If the bonnet was just 1 higher it would have helped.. and higher is easy
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My comment is aimed at the haters that have nothing constructive to say.. those same people repeatedly claimed it was a terrible set because is could done better with 2k/2.5k/3k pieces. Now either those people are correct and can demonstrate that with a moc proving their own brilliance as lego designers, or they were noisy haters with nothing constructive to add. The lack of any moc's suggests they were just negative noise drowning out reasoned debate... Difference of opinions is brilliant (unless you're a snowflake..), but mindless hating reduces the quality of the forum...so my point in not wanting a repeat of that is totally valid. And so far its all reasonable constructive debate which is what it should be.
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Its 6x6.. so all 6 should be driving... Not possible! The forum excelled for 42070... wasn't the finest hour for a forum full of adult lego fans. Lets hope any concerns are expressed constructively as the frothing snowflake rants turn people away from forums... remember 42082? Everyone moaning about the piece count and how they could do better... i think only one moc was presented. All the noise wouldn't be so bad is people backed up their claims with a decent moc.. so lets hope the 'collective' handles it better. Assuming it has issues, may turn out to be a cracker like the Lambo!
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Your patience is a virtue! I take my hat off to you..