ITSDEEKAY
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I started collecting Lego technic 2 years ago. Based on my observation on free vs paid moc. I'd rather buy MOCs that are high quality... meaning proving PDF step by step versions and not just photos including 20 steps into one photo (it gets confusing). Because I live in the USA, most of the MOC designs are foreign to me and the parts used on the designs are either from decades ago or very hard to find on the market. This is also why I stuck with official released Lego Technic models and appreciate the designers here making their own MOCs from the official released (Unimog looks very popular to build in this community). Best of all, I'm getting into motorizing my MOCs and this is where I'm putting my money in.
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42177 Mercedes G500 4X4
ITSDEEKAY replied to SNIPE's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
I feel like the Lego designers went on Rebrickable and took some ideas off of the MOCs there. The MOCs of the G wagon looks a lot better than this. -
I've been using RC components with 3s Li-Po using 4-L motors in my Land Rover and it has been working fine. It generates enough power for me to drive indoors and outdoors. Now the other problem I'm facing is the same as you. I've tried running dual buggy motors in my builds and in all occasions it would burn the PF plastics using 2s or 3s. The only scenario where I could run dual buggy motors safely is when I use the steering wheel hub with planetary gear reduction.
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That's unfortunate. I came to accept that a lot of the motors and battery modifications are made in the Europe and enthusiasts such as buwizz. I found a modified RC brick control that allows to run 2 buggy motors with no issues from an Russian lego enthusiast. Again all of these are unobtainable for me since I live in the US. I'm happy enough with the power of 3s lipo batteries gives to my motors safely without burning up.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one out here trying to make these buggy motors faster. I've removed the thermistor from the motors and so far, I've only melted the PF plastics and the motor still works (I just replace the cable+PF plastic part). Two models I've tried to use two buggy motors, range rover (i know its heavy) and Ford raptor. I used 30A esc with 3S and 2S Lipo. It runs pretty darn quick but at the same time it melted the PF plastic just as fast. So I went back to using 2L PF motors with 3S lipo and it works just fine. It won't be fast using the buggy motor but at least the L PF motors can climb over bumps and hills vs buggy motors with out melting the plastics. I've also tried using two ESC+transmitter to run on each buggy motor on 3s lipo. One of the buggy motor would stall. On the other hand, I use a 3S lipo with a buggy motor(thermistor removed) on a much smaller scale model and it still works fine for the past few months now.