Jim

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Hehe. For me it's important that they are stronger than ABS, and I am sure they are They are pretty heavy, so I reckon stainless steel is the right material.

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They are very nice indeed!

Hehe. The tag you currently have is indeed NOT a medal.

I forgot to add small helicopter, since the 9396 is way bigger. I have edited the review.

Hi. Yes, you can start a discussion topic for you entry. And when you have completed the model, you need to create one post in the entry topic (this will be opened before the end of the contest). So, simply start a discussion topic for now, and you are good to go!

Wow, very interesting topic and a very cool project!! It does run very smoothly. I expected it to be more wobbly. I will be following this topic with great interest.

One of my favorite sets. I really like it. The color scheme seems a bit outdated, when you look at recent Technic sets, but the model itself is very nice.

Thanks! I have added it.

New review online!

REVIEW - 42092 - RESCUE HELICOPTER INTRODUCTION It feels like yesterday that TLG released a small rescue helicopter, but actually it dates back quite a few years. I'm talking about the 8068 - Rescue Helicopter released in 2011, packing 408 parts. In the 2010, one year earlier, TLG released an even smaller (152 parts) helicopter. The 8046 - Helicopter, which is clearly a rescue helicopter as well. With 325 pieces, the latest rendition lives somewhere between the 2010 and the 2011 version. Let's take off for the review. PICTURES Pictures can be clicked to view hi-res versions. More pictures can be found in my Flickr album. DISCLAIMER This set has been provided by the CEE Team of TLG. It's not my goal to promote this set. It's my goal to give you an honest opinion about it. Therefore, the opinion in this review is my own and is in no way linked to TLG. SET INFORMATION Number: 42092 Title: Rescue Helicopter Theme: Technic Released: 2019 Part Count: 325 Box Weight: 451 gram Box Dimensions: 28,0 cm x 26,0 cm x 5,8 cm Set Price (RRP): € 29,99 Price per Part: € 0,092 Links: Brickset, Bricklink THE BOX CONTENTS OF THE BOX The box contains: 1x Instruction booklet 1x Sticker sheet 4x Unnumbered bag BOOKLET STICKER SHEET BAGS HIGHLIGHTED PARTS The white Axle and Pin Connector looks new, but it has already been released last year. The white 7 x 3 Panel is new this year though. PART LIST The part list for all the 325 parts. COMPLETED MODEL The completed model captures the shape of a real helicopter very well. I was surprised by this. The landing gear has some white details, where you would expect black ones. I suspect this is because these parts are already being used in other sets in white this year. And they are being used in white in the tail of the helicopter as well. TLG tries to limit the number of different colors per set, and over the entire Technic range for a specific release period (e.g. 1H 2019). We have seen this strategy before. It probably has something to do with warehousing logistics and obviously optimising profit. When I get the chance, I will ask one of the designers/employees. The rear section opens up, but unfortunately the life-bed can't be stowed on the helicopter. This is minor gripe for me. Maybe TLG could have designed a different bed, which would fit in the rear. It feels kinda mandatory to be able to store the bed. The usual left-over parts. B-MODEL The B-model looks like something well worth building. It's a Concept Plane with moveable wings. SUMMARY I wasn't expecting much of this set, but it looks really nice for such a small helicopter. It has some playability and the opening rear doors are a cool addition. When I noticed the doors could open, I expected to be able to stow the life-bed (stretcher). Unfortunately this is not the case. It comes with a B-model which is interesting enough to build. It even has a cool feature (moveable wings). PROS Looks great Opening rear doors Winch Cool B-model Affordable CONS Life-bed doesn't fit the rear section of the helicopter Usage of obvious out-of-place (white) parts on the landing gear SCORE How do I rate this set? 8 DESIGN It captures the shape and looks of a helicopter really well. 7 BUILDING EXPERIENCE Fun to build, but nothing really special. 7 FEATURES The opening rear doors and winch are cool extra's. 7 PLAYABILITY It has swooshability, but the life bed doesn't fit the helicopter. 7 PARTS Mostly common parts and panels. 8 VALUE FOR MONEY The B-model looks interesting enough to build as well. 7,3 FUN ENOUGH TO KEEP THE KIDS BUSY FOR A WHILE FINAL WORDS Thanks you for reading this review. All pictures can be found here.

Thanks for the review! Great work. I am really wondering what the future will bring for Technic. I would not be surprised to see a big 2H Flagship with new PUP parts. Most likely a big Excavator or Bulldozer, given the new sprockets.

I don't know where this will end, so it is interesting for me as well Tomorrow I will complete version 6.2 of the base, so I can do a test drive with the new setup.

Yes, you are right. The beams are aluminum, not the axles. I don’t know how heavy my project turns out to be, but it could easily be between 10-20 kg, as I have written in one of my earlier posts. In my first post you can read my plans for it. Maybe four motors are enough, but I like to be on the safe side and power it sufficiently. And why wouldn’t I use eight motors?! I would hate to come to the conclusion that I do need eight, when I have finished the upper structure. If you scroll back to the first pages, you can read when I decided to switch from four to eight.

What you see is the base of the robot. There will be a big (thus heavy) upper structure. Powering a wheel with a single servo might not be sufficient. Hence the two motors per wheel. It says aliminum on the Bricklink page: https://store.bricklink.com/Eezo

Thanks! Let’s indeed not turn this into a wish list topic.

Too bad Nederweert is not around the corner for me.

Yeah, that sounds like a plan! I will check various situations to pinpoint the actual issue. Probably not today, but I will keep you posted. Thanks, again.

Reading the comments, it should work. Do you think I need to make an issue for this problem?

Thanks! I will check it out. But that doesn’t explain why the display DOES work when I switch on the Pi’s one by one, right? PS yes, I am using Hdmi.

Okay, here's an update for my Robot project. After toying around with Brick Pi's and Python, it was time to do some (re)work on the hardware. This was the design when I added the Brick Pi's. However, the gears weren't properly braced. I already suspected problems and they indeed occurred. And I didn’t like the motors on the outside of the robot. So, I decided to do a complete redesign of the wheel units, placing the two motors next to each other. I also changed the gears, driving the turntable. This will speed up the robot a bit, and I think the combined motors will have enough torque. Since the weak point of this robot are the axles, I decided to order four aluminum stainless steel axles. These axles turned out the be slightly (very slightly) too big (maybe only half a mm or so), but nothing a little push couldn't handle. They seem quite strong, which is appropriate for my robot. Here's the current state of Robob (that's how I call my robot) Now I need to finish the wheel units, so I can go for another test drive. I really love the new compact design. It leaves ample space to place the Brick Pi's in the center and there are no motors on the outside of the robot. This leaves me with much better design options. All in all very satisfied with the rework.

I am using two Brick Pi's, connected to a monitor. Both Pi's are powered via my new rechargeable battery (which is awesome btw). When I turn on the switch on the battery, both Pi's power up. But there is "no signal" on the screen. Apparently, the Raspberry is not booting. The Raspberry seems to be booting, because I can ping it. When I switch off the power switches on the Pi's and I turn them on one by one, I do get a signal on the screen. Any thoughts?

Thanks. That is very useful.