VKTechnic

Today's livestream is now live!

Today's livestream was a huge success! In 7.5 hours, I completed the majority of the rear top bodywork: I've had to use quite a couple of yellow and red parts as substitutes, and they will likely stay that way until a day or two before BrickCon (when the BrickLink shipments will arrive). Regardless, the top mounted active rear wing is fully functional, and the rear bodywork lifts up as one piece. The diffuser area does need some work, but tomorrow's livestream will be mainly focused on the front end! Thanks to all who came and watched, and I hope to see more people tomorrow!

Had a few issues setting up the livestream today, but here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldqmamc7xTo

Hey all! I've finally organized two livestreams to put some serious work into the Koenigsegg project! The livestreams will both be from 9-5 Pacific Time on Friday and Saturday (23rd and 24th). The respective links are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dG6pyF08ic and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKpPO-AYPp4. Hope to see you there!

Just keep an eye on this thread, I'll be posting a Google+ event page once it begins. You can also subscribe to the VKTechnic channel on YouTube.

Quick update. An order from LEGO came in, so I finished the engine bay entirely. Quick update by VKTechnic, on Flickr The chassis drives, steers, and the active aero mechanism is fully functional. Also, shortly after I took these pictures, I did the pneumatic tubing for the top shock absorber, and it works just as intended. I'm considering limiting the travel of the suspension so the ride height is slightly lower, which will let me pressurize the top shock even more (for proper anti-squat). Further progress will come after a week and a half. I'll be going on a short vacation, after which I will be working hard on the Koenigsegg project and placing a few last-minute Bricklink orders. Definitely will be livestreaming the completion of the car, and I'll announce the dates and times for those next week!

28 studs at the widest point of the body.

I don't know, everything checks out on the blueprints

Surprise, I'm back! I had a very impromptu all-night livestream last night, very much spurred on by the impending threat of a MOC-less BrickCon. A few people stopped by for my 7.5 hour stream, which went by very very well (aside from my potato of a webcam)! As for the car, a lot has changed: Shady's Back by VKTechnic, on Flickr Before the stream, all I had were two axles connected by a mock chassis. Now, all of the functional elements are, well, functional. The car drives and steers, and it has a mechanism for an active rear wing (which still needs to be built), a working steering wheel, adjustable seats, and working door mechanisms. All that's left is the bodywork, and that is sure to take a few long days to get done. Thanks again to everyone for all your support! BrickCon is just four weeks away, and this model definitely won't build itself! I will be posting a link soon to the next livestream, keep an eye out for that if you're interested! As for the car, a lot has changed.

Yeah I desaturated all the colors except red.

1. The front axle is two studs too wide, but aside from that, the proportions are accurate. 2. The motors are a half stud away from the wheels, which should be enough. The current axle design has very little wobble in the wheels.

Update time! Back to the drawing board... by VKTechnic, on Flickr Spent an hour or two working on the rear drivetrain and getting a rolling chassis, then I realized that the front axle is 2 studs too wide. Time for a new front axle...

Still unsure about that. It would be really cool to do it, but space is very limited. Rear wing will definitely be adjustable though.

Nailed it.

Oooh, you're really, really close.

First, responding to some questions/comments: At ride height, the top of the rear wheels is at the same height as the cylinder body (the inlets stick out 1 above), which should fit under the bodywork. There is some slack in the frictionless pin, so it's not "locked". All of the mounts for shock absorbers and suspension arms were at even stud widths, so it made sense to use the 4-wide diff. There is some slack in the pin that the #2 connector is mounted on, so it still does its job. The axle will probably be driven by 2 XL motors, not sure of the final gearing quite yet. I personally don't like the wheel hubs, as they limit the ability to create realistic suspension geometries. Plus, the wheel hubs have quite a bit of slack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now for an update! I stayed up pretty late last night and rebuilt the rear axle using a 3L differential. The sway bar still has some slack in it but not as much as before, which should be nice for the realism factor. I also started working on the front axle, where the main challenge is to keep everything as low as possible. A few revisions still need to be done to limit the travel of the suspension, but the geometry is still accurate and the dimensions aren't far off at all. Version 2 + Front Axle by VKTechnic, on Flickr Progress will be slow for the next few days, as I have work and university classes. I'll keep building when I have the time!

Overcome? In what sense? Helps with making this realistic, yes.

Hope the name doesn't give the car away, but I'm back to building! Here's the first prototype of the rear axle: Version 1 by VKTechnic, on Flickr Just a few small revisions need to be made (such as strengthening the sway bar mount), but the suspension is functional and even has proper geometry! Front axle is coming soon (ish).

Don't quit! I really liked the red cab, you could just finish with some simple TruckTrial style bracing on the back and call it good

Wow, that is one great example of LEGO engineering! If you could make an accurate body, that would be a whole other challenge, but I'm sure you're up for it

Looks like some nice 4-link suspension you have there, and also a very interesting wheel/tire combo. Looking forward to more pictures

I've been working on the "bae". Lowered the intercooler by half a stud (painful, yes), which let me get this beauty of a front end to work: Honda S2000 - WIP 4 by VKTechnic, on Flickr Also changed the stripes to blue, looks a little better IMO. The rear end's shaping up to be fairly nice, too: Honda S2000 - WIP 4 by VKTechnic, on Flickr My logic behind the front splitter: "Well, I put a huge wing on the back, might as well put a huge splitter on the front." Honda S2000 - WIP 4 by VKTechnic, on Flickr From this angle, it looks like a proper hill climb car (and yes, I'll mount that 9L beam eventually): Honda S2000 - WIP 4 by VKTechnic, on Flickr Lastly, this angle just looks sweet and makes for a pretty nice cover photo: Honda S2000 - WIP 4 by VKTechnic, on Flickr Thoughts?

You're telling me that's LEGO?!?!

That dash looks really nice, a bit boxy around the steering wheel though