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Impressive, and that's an interesting rear suspension! I'm glad to see it here!

That is really bizarre! I wonder how that's possible given the hardware. I'd be curious to see somebody disassemble one of those motors so we could see whether the plate contacting the brushes has 3 or 14 different sections on it, as I've observed on AliExpress and Lego servos, respectively. It's likely not worth risking a good motor just to learn that, though!

Looks good! I've thought about what it would look like to have direct drive from motors to wheels and then a gearbox to run the piston engine, like you have here, so I'm glad to see it in practice! It's a nice way to have complexity and performance in a single package!

Nice job! I was intrigued with that in the video in the RCDeck topic, so I'm glad to see a fuller presentation. I really like how this model manages to both look really good and have really good performance! Too often models only have one of these things, but having both of them makes for something much more fun to play with, in my opinion!

Ooh, if they actually do that, it'll be a seriously cool function for a somewhat uninteresting segment. That on top of a real differential and what should be a smoother engine could make this the best set in its line yet!

I've also seen trucks similar to that at work in quarries, picking up stones to load onto flatbeds for shipping to landscaping companies

Thanks!

How many parts will remain exclusive to the Osprey? I'm sure I could figure it out, but I expect someone on here is already keeping track

Well, if it were an RC model that would definitely be interesting, but I don't think anything suggests it will be

Ooh! So that's what's going on there! Very cool!

Better aero on the rear, but still good cooling for the higher braking loads in the front, I guess? Sounds smart

That's pretty normal for electronics with single cell lithium batteries. You want a charging voltage above the battery voltage, to ensure that current flows in the right direction!

Looks pretty cool! I hope we see those tires in black at some point-they do look fun for buggies! Seeing the LBG steering links gave me hope that they might be 5L ones, but I'm pretty sure they're still 6s. Rats!

Oh, my preferences for what a Lego set would model have little to do with the real-world advantages and disadvantages of different systems! It's just that a model of the EV version in Lego would have far less potential for interesting functions than an ICE one. If it's a model of an ICE one, there's potential for differential locks, a transfer case, a transmission, and a piston engine, while if it's an EV one, I guess at best there's U-joints running from the suspension to simulated electric motors. Though on re-reading that article, it does mention that the real-world EV one has a two-speed transmission attached to each of the four electric motors, so if Lego were to model that, it would actually be decently interesting. I just think it's a lot more likely to have mechanical complexity if it models an ICE one!

There's some impressive engineering going on in there! It's quite interesting how those magnets improved the accuracy so much, and the compensation for thermal expansion is pretty next-level!

Ah, nice job! That is a very detailed grille! I especially like the thin gap between the cab and bed, and the nicely formed wheel arches in the bed

That is a very good set! I recently acquired it, and it has excellent complexity in both flight control linkages, and in the transmission. Recently I've been studying helicopter aerodynamics in college, though, and discovered a somewhat significant flaw in the cyclic pitch mechanism. In the Lego design, you pull the stick forward, tilting the swashplate forward, and increasing the pitch on the rear rotor blade. This makes a lot of sense--you'd think that increasing pitch in the rear of the helicopter would result in tilting forward. However, real-life helicopters have to compensate for gyroscopic precession (https://www.copters.com/aero/gyro.html), which essentially means that in order to make the rear of the helicopter lift, you actually have to increase pitch on the blade on the left (for CCW-rotating systems) in order for the increased lift to actually come into effect 90 degrees later. So, for a 5-bladed rotor system like the Airbus's, the swashplate should actually be tilting at a different angle than the control stick. (Two-bladed rotors can just offset the pitch linkage mounting points by 90 degrees) I can understand Lego not including it, since it's counterintuitive and might just confuse rather than educate audiences, and because it would be more complicated to implement, but I thought it was interesting that it was unrealistic in that way.

Yeah, the looks would be similar--I just hope they model the gas version, so we can get a proper drivetrain and engine in it!

That wheel combo and the panels over the rear wheels work quite nicely for a tractor!

Very nice looking, and the level of detail on the interior is impressive! I'm glad you were able to keep a solid base of Technic functionality in there too

The EV version of the new G is revealed now. Hopefully that's not what we get in Lego, but for reference: https://www.autoblog.com/2024/04/23/2025-mercedes-benz-g-580-with-eq-technology-revealed/

I might be an outlier here, but I started designing my own Technic MOCs at 13, ramped up in complexity very quickly, so at least some teenagers like to build Technic like adults! That's probably not typical, though, so the point still stands

Those new images are nice! Yeah, I certainly don't expect it to beat the old buggy-motor powered cars! Still, we'd think it has at least some speed, which really doesn't make sense with the 3.7V. Weird!

Just reread this... 3.7V? That sounds very low to be consistent with their claim of "fastest"! I guess it's possible to run high-output motors at low voltage (high current), but it doesn't seem to make much sense to me So we do know it has three motors, eh? I would have guessed that they'd just use one rear motor and forget the differential, but two would be better!

You're right, this does deserve more comments! It is a very nicely done model with an interesting topic, combing good looks and interesting functionality! Also really nice presentation