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True, and valid.

@aminnich you're right that some of the panels, particularly the 13L arches, are thinner than Lego. But the connections are all there so they work as equivalents, and on a big model you can save a few grams which is useful for motorisation. Give it a go, and when you build it keep in mind that it's significantly cheaper to buy than Lego. You may be rich and it may therefore be irrelevant to you, but it's valid when comparing quality. Also unlike those idea-thieves Lego, Cada pay their Ideas designers. See how I put the IP theft argument on the other foot? ;)

@aminnich you are in the perfect position to form your own opinion rather than just a prejudice against alt bricks. Take them apart, and have a go building them, you may even enjoy yourself. I wouldn't suggest selling the parts separately. Anyone who has a missing or broken part in a Cada set would know to use bricklink and replace it with Lego, no one is looking for used Cada parts. The only ones you might sell for any kind of money would be the electrical parts and maybe any interesting special parts like short alternating beams. You'd be stuck with the rest.

Proves that someone spent 22$, doesn't prove your bike works or is worth 22$. So far 19 people have bought the bike I linked above. Also proves nothing, but the on board videos by @aFrInaTi0n prove something.

My dude, we've been here before. There's nothing impossible here except describing that thing as self-balancing. It self-balances like Buzz Lightyear flies. Whoever wants to see a brick-built motorcycle which really self-balances, can click here: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-83960/A_morti/fast-street-bike-self-balancing-rc-motorcycle/

I would say the correct answer is no it didn't, until you added the training wheels. Even if it's not actually a motorcycle (there's a different name for vehicles which drive on four wheels), it looks brilliant and the hubless wheel trick is cool too.

And the price*with motors* at barweer is about 110€ with free shipping. Compare that to the Lego Ferrari without motors, it's incredible value, and it looks better.

Generic Italian supercar... Not worse than calling it a Lamullgenie. Either way, a nice looking 1:10 with doors opening on a mechanism, and optional PF with lights and a steering wheel that turns with the servo.

@eric trax Wait what - new control system? Consider my interest piqued!

I'd also like to see it. Maybe seeing something new would inspire me to pick the bricks back up, they've been sat in the cupboard unloved for a few months now.

@LvdH I've found the DBG pins and blue axle pins to be loose, but never tight. The blue ones would be loose on the axle end, the DBG ones would be loose on the pin end. Fortunately on Bruno's red one, the blue ones were never critical and the grey ones while working almost as non friction pins, were never at risk of falling out. I think the same issue was a real problem for t-lego's centenario though, since he had pieces' attachment relying on the friction of the blue pins' axle ends.

@kbalage there's no "try" here, @aFrInaTi0n has clocked the bikes on GPS at 29km/h

@kbalage In my specific case, I'm asking a bw3 to handle two BW motors off the fast output direct to a 91mm tyre, in a motorcycle weighing @700g. I don't think it's an unreasonable ask, but it will shut down under hard acceleration. I specifically spent over 250€ on a BW3 and two BW motors with the expectation that this would work. Firmware can't magically whistle up enough power to drive a full size pickup truck at full speed, but it should be capable of reducing power to keep it running without me manually setting up power curves. Those should be a default. It also shouldn't completely shut down when overloaded. Maybe go into a limp mode so you can still at least try to brake or steer. Even with this whinge out of my system, the out of range issue is, as you rightly say, a much bigger concern. Those ten metres or so of range (don't tell me it's "up to" 100m!) disappear very quickly at 25+ km/h.

Look forward to your thoughts. @Jim would admin allow a separate thread for that?

Same as @aFrInaTi0n - the fast motorcycles we like to build, as well as anything else fast, absolutely need a failsafe when they get out of range. If you don't have that, you can be certain your 300€+ of bricks are going to hit a curb, go in the only water for miles, end up on the autobahn, etc. Also same as @shroomzofdoom: you sold it to me the BW3 and two BW motors package on the premise a BW3 can power two BW motors without shutdowns. It can't. Frankly, that's false advertising and the EU already has something to say about that. Edit: just looked through the website for the wording which I reckon claimed that, there is none. Either I'm crazy, or it was removed in the meantime.

For us mere mortals right at this moment... https://decadastore.com/products/cada-bricks-fantasma-sports-car-c61048w I mean, you also can't buy individual brand new Lego pieces for a few months after release, unless someone parted out the set on BL.

@brunojj1 it only increases my excitement for the next Master set! I think it's great to get exclusive pieces like this in alternative brand sets, it really differentiates the copycats from the creators.

Since nobody tagged anybodyyet... @efferman can you confirm if it's your design? @brunojj1 looks like the cat is out of the bag!

@LvdHthanks for sharing, where did you find the pics? I like the technical action of the piece. With the Lego orange one and a lot of torque, it can wobble in and out, but looks like you would get a more solid engagement of the slider by using the shift fork there, not to mention it bears more similarity to a real gearbox selector mechanism, imho.

Outstanding!

14.99 seems fine to me, but i'd personally rather pay more to get it inside Europe, and not have to pay customs. https://www.custombricks.de/motors-cables-sbrick/CaDA-Powerfunction-Bricks-Micro-Motor-JV5043.html

The turntables need grease to run well. They have the advantage that they'll never melt unlike an axle in a hole can. You can tighten up the wheel to the hub like this: Pins in pin holes, means less play. You just have to get over the use of the middle 1L of the 2L part of the pin. Also you can then turn the wheel inside out, to get its axle hole nearer the driving axle, so again less play:

I did have a few short shots from cada. Nothing big like that yet, though!

Let's not go into that. It's a stolen copy of @brunojj1's work, with some or all of @astyanax pimp-mods, plus some panels which didn't exist at the time.

In some cases yes... But they are significantly bigger, and don't have unlimited capacity either.