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Nice job! I don't think I've ever seen a MOC like that, and the execution is very nice, with a lot of details I wouldn't expect to see!

Impressive and cool-looking! Good work!

Ok, thank you!

Wait, I thought that was normally allowed! In the current entries, @Berthil and I have both used some custom stickers. Mine aren't particularly important to the model, but the whole model has been taken apart, so there's no opportunity for me to take new pictures without them. Do you think this is alright, given that it wasn't especially clear?

Special Delivery Faction: Space Police Highlighted feature: Deployable "Shipping Container" Boarding Ship Functions: Spring-loaded landing gear Removable cargo container Container eject function Rear door on container Extending rear spike Expanding rear spike Split opening hood Hidden two-axis joystick operated six-shooter gun Opening cab doors Sliding rear "Ray door"

Phew, thanks for the reminder! I've been putting off putting mine in the entry topic, but I guess I'd better get it up now!

Yeah, it'll be a bit annoying. I reckon if I ever need to buy any CADA stuff in the future, I'll just buy some dirt cheap clone PF extension cables and solder them in myself.

Probably approach angle would be the term for that?

It's not Technic, but the new Creator Land Rover Defender has some rather advanced suspension! Triangulated four-link live axles, I believe? I think this image is too large to embed: https://images.brickset.com/news/92683_P1077383.JPG

Wow, that's really impressive stuff! Thanks for the link!

No, I think his is just starting from the one extreme side and moving all the way to the other extreme. I don't think there's really any way to misalign a sensor on these?

Yeah, I ripped Sian wheel arches from Studio too for 3D printing, back when I was trying to piece together a multicolored Sian from my collection!

I'm pretty sure it would? I don't have anything like that on hand either, but I know I used to have Star Wars speeder bikes that used normal clips on that kind of attachment, which would imply that the diameter is the same as a standard bar. You'd have it under compression, though.

Quite cool! I like that supercar-esque approach, and the functionality looks pretty unique! Are those black wheel arch pieces 3D-printed?

Yeah, problems with those motors, in my experience, are usually based on one of two things: 1. Poor connection on that copper track. I've typically been able to fend this off by cleaning the tracks. (Some recommend using an eraser for this) and perhaps bending the tabs a little bit to add tension against the track. 2. Worn insulation where the cable enters the motor or the plug (more often the motor) This can be solved by opening up the motor, cutting out the part of the cable that was rubbing at that joint, and resoldering the shortened wire back to the motor. (This is significantly harder on Servos than other PF motors, because all four wires have to be soldered, and close together, unlike the simpler motors)

Bars will fit into both ends and go in one stud, so you might be able to get enough friction to pull it out that way.

Looks very cool! Have you tested that style of steering, where the motor is indirectly moving the forks, rather than the shift-center-of-gravity strategy? Do you think the higher center of gravity will cause problems? I'm also very impressed at how few pieces you were able to use to make a solid, lightweight frame. I'm looking forward to seeing it working, and maybe even trying to build my own version with alternate electronics!

Nice! I was reading a review of that car yesterday, and was wondering when someone would do it in Technic, especially because the wheels looked so similar to the Daytona ones. The upper part doesn't seem as high as my mental image of the real thing is, making the model here look a lot more station-wagon than SUV (though the real one is kind of in a grey area anyways), but that's probably a bit of a natural problem of trying to make a B-model of something that's actually bigger than the A-model. Good job!

Those are both very true observations! I'd agree that no gearbox and minimum gears is definitely the best option for peak performance, though sometimes a two-speed can be enjoyable for a multi purpose machine. I've built autos before, both mechanical and electrical, and I'd agree that electrical is much more practical, at least for gearboxes with 3+ gears. 2-speed planetary automatics can be somewhat practical, though, when made using a planetary hub.

That is interesting steering! I always love seeing those 14T gears being used.

Yeah, my 95A worked fine, so I'd agree that you could make 85A work too with some care. Was that actually grippy, though?

I'm sure they would be, yeah!

Yeah, my experience is the same. Nice and flexy, but not sticky at all. I imagine there are specialized sticky filaments that would work better, but they'd probably require better machines than my Ender 3 and old RepRap Prusa i3. At any rate I suppose you'd want a direct drive extruder at minimum!

It could be done, but it would probably run into the same issue if it had a wide ratio spread, and because the complexity of actually getting an automatic to work right is so high, and because the complexity of the diff lock isn't insignificant, stacking the two together would add too much friction and be too unreliable to be an ideal combination. It'd be very cool if someone could pull it off, though!

Is that axle supposed to be meshing with the gears? If not, it's going to lock up those 28T gears in that spacing