amorti
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The hub is basically just a 9x9 Technic frame in this context. Shouldn't be too hard to get a common or garden 5*7 frame and bulk it out to meet the necessary mounting points.
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@n2kar_jw very nice! Not tempted to get some 8mm white pinstripe tape and continue the stripe on the roof?
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More likely they have better or newer batteries.
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@Jundis, reckon just changing the diffs would be enough? There's not space for much else.
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Not really my place to decide, but since CaDA has now hosted instructions for free on their Facebook fan group, so I see no issue with posting a parts list for a mod version.
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If you know that you have built it too tightly, then try slackening everything off a bit. That does seem an awful lot of weight for one L motor to try and move, especially without significant down gearing. If you're not using brand new alkaline batteries and a V2 receiver, I would expect it to struggle as you're seeing. You'd lose speed but gain torque by using the new differentials and 12z gears to drive them.
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@thekoRngear they definitely are learning and improving. I saw the 20z tan gears I complained about above have been changed in CaDA's blue crawler. @brucewayne I have bricks from various Chinese makers mixed up with my Danish Lego. It started with everything segregated, now all that I keep separate is technic pieces (pins, axles, gears, etc) from Lepin, which honestly I should just junk but sometimes are useful if I run out of something. The panels and Liftarms are fine though. For me you only need to keep it segregated if you ever plan to sell bricks or kits. Otherwise, why make the effort? Would you really order a rare/expensive Lego panel if you already had the same available from CaDA, just to keep the purists happy?
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I honestly don't get it. Why not buy the whole thing from CaDA for 180€, and if the few loose fitting pieces bother you, spend maybe 20€ on rebrickable to bring it up to 100% Lego quality? How does Lego still inspire such brand loyalty when all they do these days is suck ever more money out of pockets for ever lower quality bricks and lamer models?
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I think it's an idea from a previous version. In the end version there are belt tyres around the rear swingarms to steady them a little.
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The large hubs are about reducing free play, and they are very good at that. They do get tight with use though, because they grind and make plastic dust. You can keep them free by adding silicon grease between the halves.
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Not exactly cheap, but it seems to represent decent value compared to V2, because fewer models will need two buwizz to run at full power.
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Definitely. Metal u-joints, metal/carbon axles can already be found, but I'd definitely take some metal or composite 12z thin bevel gears.
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@brunojj1 I wonder how much speed you could get out of two CaDA pro motors and one battery? Maybe not this much performance but it must be very light compared to your red one, and we know how well they perform there.
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That's brilliant! How about control+ motor and hub? If you're making it modern, may as well go the whole way. The lbg #1 connectors on the claw might pull apart in use, a 5L beam would fit just the same.
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[MOC] 42123 alternates by TGBDZ
amorti replied to TGBDZ's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
That's great work, and shows Lego should be embarrassed by the lack of a B model. I really like the helicopter, as it appeals to me a lot when the B model is completely different to the A model. -
@9v system those are a very specific servo from a particular Chinabrick manufacturer which only comes in a handful of their latest sets. As far as I know that's only the one in the link below, so far. It also (probably) only works stepless with their own battery box and app or remote as it doesn't work in the same way as Lego servos. What you're getting will be bang-bang, probably only capable of shooting at high speed to 100% in either direction before returning to 'sort of' centre. Pants for steering, but not at all bad for stepper assemblies.
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It's going to be a mission to fit the Bluetooth hub inside. There's a couple of PF upgrades available on rebrickable using buwizz as the power source. I think in this case discretion is the better part of valour, unless you really really want that PU hub.
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1:10 Mercedes-Benz G63 6x6
amorti replied to Zerobricks's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
I know MouldKing is a tough sell around here and that's because they've stolen designs from various members. Even so, this one is licensed to the designer, and it's going to be imported to Europe by my favourite alternate bricks seller bluebrixx.de so no need to send out money in a red envelope to some unknown Chinese seller. Also while it won't come with a proportional remote, it'll be fitted with MouldKing's new proportional servo motor and battery, which can be proportionally controlled via app if you don't have the proportional remote. https://youtu.be/CgqvLZQLpjg ...And two higher powered buggy motors. I don't know what the price will be yet, but if it's anything under 300€ for this model, with MouldKing's part quality (absolutely negligible colour variation and very smooth technic functions) and that list of PF parts... I'm definitely in. Thanks in advance to @Zerobricks, I'm already excited for this one! -
Well Bruno can't say, so I'll start a rumour in lieu of facts. Bruno has a secret project he can't tell us about. It'll be a new model for CaDA - at least I hope so! That will be another large model that needed stronger gears than ABS. Maybe it was test-built in Lego with CaDA motors and kept exploding the 12 tooth gears in the differential, or maybe there's some design reason it needs to pass a lot of power through 8 tooth gears. Best chance to get information will be to follow CaDA's socials, if I'm right :)
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@brunojj1 I eagerly await the moment for news, and hope the new project will be available from CaDA. New and exclusive Composite parts sounds exciting too! There's definitely some parts which need to be made of better materials when you get to 1:8 RC models. 8 and 12 tooth gears, for example.
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@gethemalooks good! Too bad CaDA didn't add this and your gear paddle mod when releasing a manual version. @brunojj1 in fact I doubt a Buwizz will manage two of these motors at 11.2v. I didn't try it, but I do know it can't manage 2 X MouldKing high power L motors at ludicrous power. 9.2v should be ok, but I bet you'll be able to hit the thermal limit without too much trouble.
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That's going to be quite a thing! Even at 8.4v, those 4x CaDA motors can strain the gearbox. Should be better with a Lego differential, but there will definitely be stresses happening. I think at 3kg with 4x high power motors, you're now past what can be asked from ABS axles! If you do get clicking, I think the solution would be carbon or metal axles running through the gearbox,so the gears can't move apart from each other. I'd be very interested in a video of it with those CaDA motors at 11.2v. Also very interested in your next project. Are you allowed to disclose if it's something for CaDA? It's amazing what your work has done for their brand, I hope they show appropriate appreciation :)
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@astyanax great work! Very strange to see blue pins in this model! I particularly like your solution in the headlights. Do you have any favourite mods? Interesting that yours is 2.95kg. The CaDA model built per instructions is more like 2.6kg and only 2.7kg when I added a battery box and two more motors. Did you add *so* many greebles, or are Lego bricks just that much heavier? The Lego 13*3 curved panels for example, are definitely noticeably thicker plastic. @J159753 the Hyperspeed motors have no chance to pull this model, not even if you put four of them in. They don't have enough torque. The only way to make those work would be to gear up as described in earlier pages, then back down using planetary hubs. Lot of trouble to go to, just to add a lot of friction. I wonder now, what was clicking when I fitted the four CaDA motors. At the time I assumed it was something inside the gearbox, but it might well have been as minor as the CaDA differential and 20z tan gears. They aren't fully compatible with Lego, as noted at the top of the previous page. I saw a build video of the new CaDA 4x4 crawler, they've changed the 20z gear's design. Anyway, having built the model twice already and now put the extra CaDA motors in something else, I'll probably never find out at this point.
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Well that's Bloody Stupid. (Sorry, couldn't help myself, reminded me of something from my favourite books).
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Those are XL's ;) Very cool mechanism. What did you use for "toes"?