Aurorasaurus

I agree. It seems like we're entering a new era of Technic, and it is looking good

wait thats AWESOME. when I read the title i had a silly idea: helicopter attached to a base. the rotors and base are stationary while the entire helicopter body spins. i love your design, really clever

looking better every time. i think now it might be time to start thinking about bodywork.

I just had a look at their products. they seem to only have the old standard rear wheel hub. im aware that because of its reduced profile it would be easier to build a structure around it so ir could be used like a front hub. but it also only accepts the old small cv joint, which have a habit of breaking under high load. if metal ones of those were available it would be a viable option, but currently i cant see it as one. thank you for bringing those to my attention though, they could be very useful in the future

Two of my 42160 wheel hubs developed irregular patterns when spinning, some parts of the rotation felt rough on one, and the other simply had high friction. i chose to try opening one. simply pulling it apart with pliers did not work, so i used a dremel instead and carefully enough cut enough space to use a screwdriver to seperate the two halves of the black part of the hub. the internals seem to come pre lubricated, and i couldnt find any dirt inside that could have been causing the issues. with that said, i was less than scientific with my method of opening it, so its certainly possible any unwanted dirt inside simply came out once i opened it.

all looking very good. only think id recommend is adding a beam on the other side of the lower point of your front shocks, so its supported on both sides. then attach that to the lower arm so the shock is supported better

can you show the shortened towball liftarm? im very impressed with the scale and functionality, it reminds me of paaves pickup truck a bit.

im glad hes made a patreon, hopefully it means his channel can continue. im already supporting him, hopefully enough people do that he can review the big sets.

that rear suspension is looking much better now. im excited to see how this progresses, keep up the good work!

id love to see a return to sets like the green le mans racer, 42069, 42077, 9398. even 42099 was good in my mind, as these sets were all sets that had one thing they were built for, and did it well. they were all very playable. i think the new audi also excels at this, as not only is it fairly playable, its a fantastic starter set for anyone wanting to get into the hobby. i wish they would do a series of rc vehicles though, like 4 trophy trucks, 4 rally cars, or something like that. and please take the gearboxes out of the 1:8 cars.

perhaps this piece of advice may prove harmful, but for me i find the most difficult part of the building process is the bodywork, so you could start with that, then do the chassis and stuff underneath it, making it all work. this might help you if the technical aspects are not challenging to you, but the bodywork design is/the fear of not finishing the bodywork makes it too difficult.

28t clutch gears, to save us needing to use a differential and a driving ring. i designed and printed some, with good success, for a relatively small design time. only change id make is making the outer part smaller to reduce friction. https://bricksafe.com/pages/Aurorasaurus/miscellaneous video of it working and 3d file available there

i pulled the trigger and bought some gearbox parts. very pricey indeed. however, hopefully they'll earn their keep. im surprised nobody was selling them on bricklink though, as they could have easily fetched around 8 usd, i feel.

at least the parts are up there now. still, i cant help but feel they should be cheaper

I may be wrong, but nothing about it actually makes it a batcycle, so I believe it has no market with batman fans. It also offers nothing technically new or any interesting pieces (from memory) so the main audience of technic fans has no reason to buy it either. I don't personally think that its target audience exists; batman fans who want a lego technic motorcycle with no interesting functions, and no display value (no stickers or anything to show its a batcycle) So yes, I would agree in thinking its been a flop.

Really good little build. Nice work! Very polished, I like the bodywork a lot.

ive been building a trophy truck from the body then the chassis now, as it seems to work better for me. this one is very similar to madocas truck on the outside, the roof and sides are near identical, and the front bumper is similar as well. however, as the internals should be pretty different and the body isnt an exact 1 for 1 replica, im thinking its fine. just looking for any feedback anybody has regarding this bodywork. i do want to add a bullbar but haven't got round to it yet.

probably device specific, send a message to lego and some logs and stuff, and hopefully they'll sort it out

i mean for the rear axle, since they are easy to reinforce vertically and horizontally at once

if you have flip flop beams, they are very useful for that sort of thing.

nice! how did you find the experience?

thats how ive done it. but your shocks are a lot bigger, so as you say it might not be possible. best of luck regardless. my upper arms use 5m half liftarms with cross axle holes, and they seem to work on a theory level. i haven't built a vehicle to test that yet but i think it does work. if you google "goober reboot fastest trophy truck" you can see he used a similar setup, so it is doable with lego parts. just maybe not with rc shocks

im impressed. good job! especially on the doors, those work great

I would suggest trying to mount your rear shock absorbers in the middle of the arm. the way you have it right now means that the screw holding the shock in will experience more shear force than it needs to. while its unlikely to shear, you could pretty easily fix it by changing the geometry or mounting your shocks closer to the arm and closer in on the chassis. same thing at the front. if its AWD then try mount the shock above the arm, or add another small arm thats linked to the larger lower arm with the shock mounted between those, so its supported better. if its RWD then you should try mount the shock inside the lower arm and make your upper arm wider so the shock can go through it. other than that im very impressed.

okay. thank you :) https://bricksafe.com/pages/Aurorasaurus/awd-trophy-truck chassis photos available here