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Thanks for sharing your many information. to fix the unwanted change in the caster angle, would it be possible to use such modified swing arm design (just a fast mock up)?

Thanks for your review. The fact that the instructions are only delivered digitally has so far kept me from building the B model. But after your review I will make up for that in a timely manner.

A kinetic sculpture showing a boat on waves. _DSC3592Ready by Pow, Flickr _DSC3595Ready by Pow, Flickr XtraGifTiny by Pow, Flickr

looks promising. i am curious how it continues and look forward to the videos as they are superb!

@Lipko Your creatures are very well made. Good luck to all participants! EDIT: Is that really an official TLG Event?

@vergogneless Thank you. But i don't know if it's terribly or ingenious ;) But at least it's following the rule: "something is finished when nothing can be removed." -> This steering is definitely finished. ...and no, I am still not satisfied with it.

Gluing: No brick was harmed during build. There is no glue involved. and the Slope: You'll be surprised how simple the solution is.... And I really wonder why you don't see that more often. Oh, I'll just throw in the promotional video.

The structure is nice and tight. And looks great. But if you move the steering linkage in front of the wheels like in the case of the car, don't you automatically get an anti-ackermann geometry? So the the curves outer wheel steers more than the inner wheel?

You know the rule. If a set has wheels, or parts that can be used as wheels. Then at least one F1 car must be built! I built one. Sorry! _DSC3525ready by Pow, Flickr _DSC3538ready by Pow, Flickr _DSC3539ready by Pow, Flickr ...at least it has a lot of different angles. Have a nice week.

@vergogneless Here is a third photo. It's pretty self-explanatory. What i like about this mechanism is that the pivot point of the wheels looks more natural compared to legos default steering mechanisms. where the wheels move forward and backwards a lot. The blue liftarm with the brown axle is connected to the motor at the front. It pushes the steering arms. The rest is just unholy wizardry. And yes it has a lot of Anti-Ackermann! But that can also be fixed. And if you provoke heavy load changes say push the steering very hard more weight goes into the curves outer wheel and the steering becomes sharper. Plus Anti-Ackermann is used in very fast cars (NASCAR for example). So perfect for brushless motors. Any questions?

As i am a in a hurry i just post two pictures of the front suspension. a few words on how it works will follow on monday. Or you find it out yourself

small and simple. I like that! In that scale you can easily integrate a shock absorber - getting rid of that rubber band. I build something very similar like your car last year. ...Just for inspiration. The finished product is on rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/131895

Thanks for sharing all that knowledge. i like it! what does low cost mean?

They did a relatively good job with the pins. nearly all pins connecting the (green) panels to the car are in black. But what would important to me is the amount of gears. And whats a shame: it has 100 parts less then the bugatti but costs 3 Money more.

impressive indeed

A motorboat with two indicated jet-powered outboard engines. The steering works like a real boat via the stern. And as Jurss pointed out: my alternates are more dedicated to kids. ...or adults who have remained a little bit of child. "Motorboat" @ youtube 06_DSC3453 by Pow, Flickr 01_DSC3455 by Pow, Flickr 05_DSC3459 by Pow, Flickr

Nice MOC. I would stabilize the arm with something like this (just a mockup), to reduce stress on all the bended liftarms.

...you learn relatively fast that this kind of steering would suck in real life. It has some heavy suspension steer! ;) But despite that it's absolute fun to drive around.

I liked 42147 from the beginning. Here is my first alternative - a cute little City Car. Because of its googly eyes, which remind me of a well known character of the animated movie "Ice Age" it is called Sid. Citi Glider I (aka. Sid) @ youtube I hope you like it or at least find it funny. 02_DSC3402 by Pow, Flickr 04_DSC3412 by Pow, Flickr 05_DSC3426 by Pow, Flickr

"The Modular Approach" Hi, you could prioritize by complexity and progress from the most complicated to the easiest areas of your build. In my opinion the most complicated areas are mechanical functions (like the gearbox or the door mechanism if done proper) and special design elements (bonnet and c-pillar?) of a model. When you know how much space and which connection points these sub structures (functions and/or exterior) need, then you can work out how to integrate (bruteforce) them into your model.

@aeh5040What about a workshop thread where you collect all your masterpieces? sometimes brilliant inventions just get lost in the background noise of the contributions. Along with the inspiration that a work often conveys only as a whole. ...Yes you can argue to use the search function i know. https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/profile/14345-aeh5040/&do=content&type=forums_topic&change_section=1 I would answer: The individual is not just the sum of its parts. By the way I love the Pangolin it reminds me of the work of Steve Reich. Best wishes

I like how you reduced the motion to a minimum. Thanks for that masterpiece of art!

https://rebrickable.com/sets/42040-1/fire-plane/?inventory=1#parts Have fun

Your instructions are also very well made. Thank you for that. I will build on of your models in the near future. they all look fantastic.

thank you for sharing the additional information and pictures. The longer i look at it the more i like it! I do understand why your nephew loves it.