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Hopefully... It will of course not be able to move wet heavy snow, but a few centimeter layer of powdery snow should not be a problem if we can get the design right. I have a few ideas, but i need more parts. I'm waiting for several bricklink orders, but will probably not receive them before I'm going on holiday. I will however come back with my design sometime in August. And there is defiantly many other out there with great ideas like tripletschiee proved. -ED-

Search for the set number here. Maybe you can find it. http://us.service.lego.com/en-US/BuildingInstructions/default.aspx

Yes, this is a very good start! It has given me a lot of ideas. Next problem will be to make a working blower that actually can throw snow... Nice work.

I would recommend to get the 8070 Supercar if you need a lot of pieces. It will probably be cheaper than buying them all from Bricklink, and it is actually a very good set that incorporate a lot of techniques that might come in handy building a supercar MOC. -ED-

Hi, Take a look at this page, and search for instructions for set number 8070, 8653, 8880, 8458, 8448, 8297. They might give you some ideas. There is also several threads on super cars, and large scale cars in this forum with links to a lot of MOCs. Just search around a little. If you want to look at the instructions for older sets peeronmight be a good place to start. Depending on scale there is also a lot of ideas for very original suspension/steering setups floating around. Search the forum for suspention or steering and see what pops up... Good luck. PS: We are of course expecting to see some WIP (Work in progress) pics once you have started the build. PS2: LDD or other Lego DAC programs might be a good help for studless building. -ED-

Hi, I had no problem with downloading them from rapidshare without registering. But nice if there are several options to get them, so long as Efferman wants to keep them free. Thanks again for great the instructions. -ED-

Nice to hear I could help. If you're looking for anything else, just ask.

Are you looking for these parts for LDraw or for real building? For real building you can have a look here: The complete Spindle/steering arm: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=x873c01 I don't know what part the other is, but may it be this? http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=bb75 -ED-

I did a Google image search, and got a hit on MOCpages. I cant get MOCpages to work, but this is the information Google got out of MOCpages: 500 × 375 Suspension pics - Rock Crawler: A LEGO® creation by Morten ... www.mocpages.com/moc.php/147876 - Cached 25 Aug 2009 – Suspension pics - Rock Crawler :: LEGO creations. Suspension pics of my Rock Crawling Bug So this was at last built before August 25 2009 by some Morten... The design also seems familiar to me. I've seen at least one other Monster truck with identical suspension design. -ED-

I would defiantly prefer a complete pdf instruction. It makes it a lot easier to build. -ED-

Some ideas for planetary gearboxes using this turntable (I've ordered 6). The outer gera are supposed to be connected by axels, and you can vary the gearing by exchanging modules. I don't know if this will work, but I'm certainly going to try it. -ED-

Thanks for the tip. It in deed does seem to work in the way I was hoping. I would still like someone with firsthand experience to tell me a bit of how good the connection between the parts are, and how much load it can take. -ED-

LOL

Hi, I found this part on bricklink. It's a small turntable that came with the Droid Developer Kit. I'm wondering if anyone here has experience with it. I'm thinking of using it for several constructions where I need to have a turning axle going through a twisting construction. If it can offload an axle going through it, and at the same time hold a load without affecting the axle, it would help me a lot. Here's a very simplified example of what I want to use it for. The blue parts symbolizes the turntable. I do have other ways to solve this, but i think this is very neat. -ED-

LOL I'll consider it...

8459 bulldozer? Isn't that a front loader? or are you referring to the wrong set?

As the hand of god steering is already attached to the cabin, I can't really see the problem... I do think a working steering wheel to be a nice little mod for this, and will surly include one on the set I'm buying to modify (I'm buying three as soon as they become available; 1 to keep original, 1 to modify and 1 for parts). -ED-

i like the simplicity of it. It's kind of like it's saying: "no nonsense, this is how it's built". A great MOC.

I've test built my wheel assembly, and worked out a few kinks. I had to change some pins that had illegal placement, added a 90 degree angle to the top of the drive-shaft, modified it to fit a pneumatic cylinder, and chose different parts for holding the 5x7 and 11x5 studless plates together. I also found a few problem that wasn't so easy to solve. First the one I didn't solve; The diff will hit the 11x5 plate when the wheels tilt. Second; The wheels has a tendency to fall off as only the bevel gears of the diff holds them together. In the last LDD drawing I have come up with an idea to solve the last problem. The diff problem is less then i thought. I modified the construction slightly by moving the half beams down to the 5x7 plate, and it helped a lot. You can still hear the diff hit the 5x7 plate, but it's not a real problem. The wheels tilt fine and the diff runs smoothly, even though it's an annoying sound. I load tested it to see if any part of the construction was to week, and am happy to report that the tires was squished off the rims before anything else started to give. As you can see from the pictures i lacked a few parts to test the complete construction. I hope that someone with all the necessary parts can do a test build for me to see if there is any more kinks. You can find the .lxf from LDD in my brickshelf folder, as well as more pictures. And here are the pictures and drawings: -ED-

Hi, I haven't had time to read the entire discussion in detail, but I did some research into the topic back in the darkages. This part [4692, Pneumatic Distribution Block 2 x 4 with Non-return Valve] can be used to make a suction system that can use an old style pump to suck liquid into a pneumatic system. The problem is managing to fill the entire system with liquid without getting air bobbles. The pump should of course be possible to motorize, but i haven't tried how this is working with newer pneumatic parts. I believe the old style pumps both sucked and pumped, and the pneumatic distribution block was used to choose between suction and pressure. To realize this system you would need a reservoir with a liquid (I would use thin silicone oil). One tube should be connected between the reservoir and the suction part of the distribution block, one between the pump and the distribution block, and one between the pressure output of the distribution block and the "hydraulic system" of modern pneumatic parts. When filling the system it would be important to remember that one side of the modern cylinders has pressure and the other suction. This means that the whole system must be filled with liquid and aired before use. 4692 4701c01 Hope this was helpful. -ED- EDIT: Silicone oil for RC at 100 wt or lower weight should work fine. I would use one as light as possible.

I agree to everything stated here. I think his cars have had a bit heavy look to them, but this has a pure technical look to it. I even agree in the tripod idea. May i suggest you put a micro transaction thing on your site? I would be happy to give you some cash to continue your great work. Maybe you could sell instructions, maybe even whole sets... Great work!

I would really like to see a working snow blower for it. I'm working on one myself, but have a problem finding a propeller design powerful enough to throw real snow. I would be happy to see others taking the challenge and make one. Sorry about the small picture, but it was the only one I had at hand. -ED- EDIT: Included a picture to let you know what I'm talking about. (I also updated my previous posts with re-sized pictures, and a few new ones including fixes to the designs.

Hi, Nice to hear about people recruiting to the Lego hobby (and it's a good excuse to play a little)... =D I would recomend the 8069 Backhoe loader. It's a good set with lots of playability, and not expensive at all. I would also as you to keep an eye on the new flatbed truck comming this fall. Hope you find something your kid (and, of course, you...) enjoy! -ED-

There is a lot of great ideas for automatic transmissions around, both CVT and traditional stepped automatic gearboxes. Should we start a thread to collect them? A Automatic gearbox index, or even an gearbox index with all kinds of gearboxes? @garson: The absolutely most interesting design I've seen of a CVT?. It seems to have speeds between the 5:1 and 1:1. Could you elaborate a bit? -ED-

Hi, As I have mentioned before, LDD or other CAD programs can be a great help when building studless. One trick I have found very helpful is making a starting template with the most important (and rare) parts. This gives you a good overview of the different parts you can use to solve a problems, and it's much more efficient then having to go search for each part. Specially for a beginner with limited knowledge of the studless parts it may be very helpful. I normally use this template for my Technic MOCs. It also shows me what color I have the parts available in. -ED-