Merlins_Technic_Garage

Yeah, it's not ideal . That also why I went for a wheeled vehicle instead of tracked; no snow . Definetly not ideal! Well at first i was gonna make the unloading motorized but I ran into so many problems with gears of the truck and the mobile base lining up so I scraped it.

Arctic Expedition Mobile Base Truck Task: Conquer the harsh arctic terrain while transporting a mobile base for prolonged periords of research. RC Funtions: - Drive via XL PF motor to all four sides with no differentials for maximum performance offroad - Steering via servo motor - All powered by Buwizz 3.0 pro for performance and precision purposes Manual Functions: - Lowering of outriggers for raisng the mobile base / loading the mobile base onto the truck - Opening door - Ladder that can be stored in the mobile base - Easily removable roof for access to the insides of the mobile base - Rails under the mobile base to help with aligning for loading onto the truck - High travel suspension -Tilting cab Images: For full gallery check out: https://bricksafe.com/pages/Merlins_Technic_Garage/tc26-arctic-expedition-modular-truck#

Thanks, I am done; just have to post now Testing out the suspension with the mobile base on the rear of the truck: Unloading the mobile base:

The finished mobile base looks like this when in its lowest height: In its loading height: It has a ladder that can be stored inside and latched down so that it doesn't move around when traversing serious terrain: The roof is easily removable for easy access: Here is a closer look at the outrigger mechanism and the alignment raals used to help load the mobile base. NOTE: The knob on the rear is used to adjust the height og the outriggers:

I have now extended the wheelbase: The cab can also be opened to reveale the servo motor: Testing out the suspension and trying out a cosmetic Central Tire Inflation System: I didn't really like the look of the hose sticking out, maybe because it was too thick? Anyways I scrapped that idea. Working on the mobile base outrigger system: Trying to figure out the size and alignment I spent some time making the outrigger really compact while still being large when extended:

when I saw @Thirdwigg's post on Instagram about the progress on his entry for this Technic Arctic Contest I knew I had to join! With many other projects and the limited time I had to narrow my options for contest. I didn't want to do a track a vehicle because of the limited off-road capabilities (and also because we don't have snow where I live). So I went with an expedition truck, however that's not interesting enough and wouldn't have many powered functions; so this thing is going to be modular . Now I had to choose the scale, for this I didn't want to go too big due to the time constraint or too small to the point where I would have spend precious time making iterations optimising for space. So I eneded up using the tyres from the Zetros Trial Truck, however the tyres look a lot larger on it (as they should on an arctic vehicle ) Next I had a look through some LEGO CITY Arctic sets and came across this: I really liked the overall cab design of the truck so I tried to recreate it while adding my own little personal touches. The wheelbase is way too small (and very cute) this was just for drivetrain testing purposes.

Wow this is really amazing! Congratulations, I was thinking of doing something similar with the mothership kind of idea, but I decided against due to my time constraint . I love the loading feature where the whole base just lowers; its so cinematic!!