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I am so happy this is coming as a LEGO set. Buying for 100% sure!! This could be promising. Could.

I am very familiar with the shape of the Tiger 1 Porsche. You nailed the shape very well for using only original lego pieces, with the gun version of Sariels Tiger 1 Henschel. Although the muzzle brake is too big a little bit, compared to the thickness of the gun and gun mantlet. Overall I like it. And I love your idea for the shovel. :)

Not on my site. _______________________________- Very nice review. Thanks for the nice pictures. I'm actually more interested in the (grey) parts than in the set itself. I hope they will find their way on BL although the set is not really fitting the matter of being a good part donator because of the price.

Wow. Amazing model! It quickly reminds me of a Lamborghini. Which scale is it? 1:12? I really love the wing doors and the rear.

No problem if you share more vids and images. The rpm is close togehter with the original. Thanks for doing this and I am looking forward.

Just to mention about the overall performance on the vehicle. I think the heavy big tires are doing a big part for that little power. When I got the 42082 AT Crane I put those wheels on my buggy with the supersonic RC Setup. (2 Buggy Motors and RC Module) With the normal wheels it had the buggy was very fast and accelerated quickly. But the wheels from the crane were so big and heavy that it was nearly impossible to get the buggy any headway. These where the original wheels:45982 which I replaced then with the crane wheels. And the Tires the crawler here has are also very heavy. Maybe if we put the tires from 9398 on it it will be much better. What do you think?

amazing

Even if a fellow UK master has problems with spelling such words I am finally not ashamed for my english! :D

Being myself a Technic newbie and also only for a few years now back as AFOL I am quite very happy about the overall condition of the 4x4 Offroader. I have neither many PF (less then ever PU or boost motors) nor a Buwizz. I invested in the Supersonic RC with RC Module and two Buggy motors (which I am so proud of) for 180€ like new. Also I am not able to pay for many sets over one year. (1000€ for all lego stuff in 1 year) Looking back the years where Technic was not that attractive for new members I am very very happy of the release of this Crawler. Its a chance for me to get 'cheap' on a RC system. (in fact everything I would buy atm would be a starter set for me). I wanted to buy 9398 but it has horrendous prices I will not pay. The qualities of 42099 are IMAO: It look's fantastic! It's a good starter set for the new gen Motors. The colors are very nice and put in a good accent. Very many black pieces. It look's fantastic! The planetary gear. Its expensive BUT: 9398 with 1327 pieces for 200$ was not that cheaper... (15ct vs. 23ct). And there was no complex hub. Its anyway too expensive. And the 9398 is understood as a good set as far as i got it and is today even more expensive. Also pieces are a big problem for me. Not the normal pieces. They are not expensive. I talk about springs, wheels and tires, gearbloks. Everything you need to built a car but not everyone has! When I want to buy a moc I have to pay dozens of euros for each piece. It is so annoying for me. In this set i pay 23 cents for each part. This is so much more cheaper for me than anything else. I think Lego did a very good job on this Set. It is needed. I am so happy that they released it. Now I am able to bring up my own powered Lego collection and can talk with the big guys. Which was not able for me for the last 6 years because there was literally no offroader. It looks very cool, it is slow but it works. This can also be a problem of the Batteries used and the hub. I think the motors can do more. Compared to the maximum climb angle for real cars according to its simplified structure its enough for me. Take this part not that serious, i just don't want to let it unmentioned: I am sad about the fact that people are know bringing a shadow over this set by complaining about it and say that this will come in reviews. I have nothing about everyone expressing its opinion which is important for improving the car at home. But for reviews it is important to be scientific and realistic for the size, power and purpose of this set. I can't remember a lego set RC car which was so much better in performance in the past except of 9398. (Buggy motors not included). I see this problem with the hub which does not give enough power and stalls to fast. The power cutoff is not to fast. It is appropriate to save the motors. Even if I look at the Buggy motors slow output I can say today: "Hey, it could be stronger." But what is realistic and what are just unjustified whishes. This is the question I ask myself about the 42099 4x4 Extreme Off-Roader. And I think it is important that we see this car as a start of a new era of cool cars and offrad vehicles in Technic and not as an reason to rant on Lego. We have to say them that this is what we want. (At least I want it :P)

Since the title of the Topic is only 'RC Buggy Motor' i may abuse it for a question: I am very curios, if someone ever tried a 4WD Offroad vehicle with 4 Buggy Motors with full independent suspension? Is this even near to possible because these machines are quite big... I have a Small Buggy at home with 2 Buggy Motors and their dedicated Big RC Module. I try to figure out if I could build a larger Buggy like the 'Greyhound' with 4 Buggy motors. Do you have more information on that or ever tried something like this?

Thank you very much for that link syclone. And there is a german edition as well. =)

A simple and cheap way to measure the torque is a Dynamometer Spring when not correlated to the RPM. (What you are measuring here is the "stall torque" or "static torque") You can also take normal springs and calibrate your own Scale with defined weights. You get such springs as in pictures showed for a few euros. Correlated torque to the RPM is called "dynamic torque". Heres a way how to find it out starting from the static torque: Or more professional DIY Torquemeter - How to measure torque: https://youtu.be/NIpspXaPVcs For RPM is the video you submitted i think useful to get diskrete figures and I would looking forward for this. For direct comparison with LEGO motors though theres a more simple LEGO-way: (At 11:28) And finally a guy already made the job to measure the datas for all LEGO- Motors:

@rm8 I'm looking forward to see your suggestions for third party wheels if the original will not be fit for RC.

I think with the adapter cable is this no problem. I use them also in my small buggy. Important is if this chinese motors turn at the same speed (rpm), and if they have the same torque on a fixed rpm. This should be interesting if you can find out that. Clawp if you get the motors.

When he switched to the app to choose a model there were more sections. I hope there is one to design your own steering layout.

Excactly. If you like links I can give you a lot of links I used for my research (e.g.): Real life ships for detailed images of a historic ship Ship Plans On the right and bottom are menus for more http://www.shipmodell.com/index_files/0PLAN1C.html Tutorial and Knowledge Google Searches https://www.google.de/search?biw=1920&bih=957&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=XlUhWrLfIsHCwQLG34e4CQ&q=hermione+fregatte+plans&oq=hermione+fregatte+plans&gs_l=psy-ab.3...239442.245794.0.245824.17.14.1.2.2.0.178.1654.1j11.12.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..2.8.1071...0j0i67k1.0.ekvxqlHGfZ8#imgrc=Kso5fjf0Lo4LzM: MOCs

I am also disappointed that it has no long shock absorbers. But I will not put the decision of buying it or not on the fact that the crawler has no 9,5L Shock absorbers. I have no problems to modify the car or redesign it completely. It will anyway last not long assembled because I want to test the PUP- Motors with a faster transmission on the wheels for a racing buggy purpose. Because now thanks to the app you can start slowly with the rpm and speed up slower it is possible to put a gear ratio between.

https://brickset.com/article/44144/first-pictures-of-the-technic-off-roader

I am very interested in this small Control+ box and the big motors. How will they perform? I hope they have enough speed (1500rpm?) or power to build a fast buggy. To be honest i'm a bit disappointed about the shock absorbers. Could be bigger (9L) imao. But I can see that there has to be space for movement of the axle as well so the choice of the small ones is realistic. What do we know about the tire and the rims? (I'm not so much in technic.) I dont think so. At least not on the official way. A customary remote control is analog (i think this is what you mean with other than an smartphone). It sends the signal and the receiver just get it and interpret the commands. It does not check if the signal was complete or not. Bluetooth is a digital data transfer. The reciever checks if the data package is complete and then convert it into control commands. The problem is that the Control+ receiver just accept this digital way. It has no atenna for analog signals. Also Bluetooth has a dedicatet frequency range. What you need is a converter. Maybe someone knows more. Sorry. My english lacks of elegance. :(

You got me comrade. Beautiful design!

Looks very promising. If you want to have ideas for a bow feel free to visit my topic on my custom hull ship: Make sure to finish the hull (orange part) the complete length from bow to stern before starting to build structure upon it. On the pictures the ship seems a bit short with a too much tapering towards the front. Why not use flickr, brickshelf or imgur as an image hosting service? So we can have acess to much higher quality images.

I hope this MOC helps. It's not mine but I got much inspiration from it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/hxmiesa/albums/72157625424565365

I do not want to determine it but i read many months ago that TLG knew this problem and promised that the new sets with reddish brown pieces will not be that fragile when they get old. I think it was a transition stage so there is no real 'date' were you can say until now the bricks are OK. But I think up to 2017/18. Maybe earlier maybe later. Who knows. Maybe someone here knows more. I have an idea that the reason of the fragility is coming from the brown dye they use. Every dye is powder which will be mixed with the fluid plastic. The powder makes the plastic more brittle and when after years all plasticizer evaporated the plastic starts to break. Every colour is made from a different molekule(-complex) so there are different chemical and physikal effects. But as long as we don't know anything about the dye Lego is using (for RBrown) everything is pure speculation.

Thank you! Of course it's better! It's out of LEGO-Bricks!

Nope :) @jim7564 Could you send a detailed picture of your steering wheel? I am interested in a custom one. Or is this a wagon wheel? _____ Edit: As you can see I resized the masts and reworked minor things on the ship. Also the front decoration is updated. And the cannons on my pictures are always outdated versions. I can't let them as they are. But the Shape of the cannons will not change. I am just trying out if the Pin Connector 1L or 2L is better working. ATM I use only 2L. Is easier to connect. But the slots do look ugly. The old mold is a bit too expensive. Maybe the front one of the connectors will be the only one.