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Looks great, I can't wait to try a few of them out. I have made six of your inline brushless motor which have been excellent, so I'm sure this one will be too.

I really hope this is just a mistake and not deliberate.

Great design! I bet this will be a lot of fun when it's done. It might be worth looking into some crawler shocks, as these can be oil filled and make a huge difference in performance.

Probably LoxLego, I have converted 5 of his amazing 1:8 cars with ZENE RC and they always go smoothly, not to mention the bodywork is very stout.

I would like to see if metal bearings could be squeezed into this for use with brushless motors. I have been using some portal hubs based around the original lego portal hub design with bearings for a few models, but would like to experiment with these due to the scrub radius mainly.

Any chance you could upload a step file version of these parts? I'd like to make a couple of modifications...

Awesome, just ordered some parts, I can't wait to test this out. You can get the gears on amazon in case anyone is wondering.

There's nothing wrong with charging people for something if they want it. I also don't really mind if people post topics here that show off their model and include a link to buy the instructions, as long as the post has effort.

Wow that's a big boy! Pretty fast for it's size, too. I really like the radar deployment feature.

Very fun! I would like to see a video of it drifting

This is pretty much how I see it, and I had two units that let out the magic smoke lol. I think the product you designed is great and at a great price point, and I am more interested in you continuing the project than discouraging you from doing so. Speaking of which... So, I had both ESCs blow on both of my units upon testing them with a 3s lipo. They seemed to work great with 2s though, so I did some digging to try to find the ESC you used. I believe it's a very common unit, and it looks like it's only rated for 2s, or 9V. I looked around on amazon and found a small ESC that I believed would work, while providing all of the same functions but could handle 3s. I settled on this one: https://www.amazon.com/Brushed-Electric-Controller-6-12-6V-Accessories/dp/B0BTNZDW7T/ref=sr_1_95?crid=IDOQ1GB1XBCO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZpPzj7DOpYwRyXIHrYF-vQTSPHZvpPGcWvs6nAP2U56foqUHssaSGxWAVRLZQnmWMLWrNfpmDiuPuG6SvhJI1-pl25O2u6NUkXxXaN9aW-6Fh-2lgEy-2LaxLBzBFX0fjzJJpTPkSSVT6C_WaWBlBcublblPJxD_Qm72pgKZzV7H7CfoqtM94TdS7znoFhXIoJsq7u4zY2NRqNy5ZjU7c45_5hS_jrefZy8ApsWHW9kT_8OWgsbUYqKJBFX_-ddyjiQ7P6RqMXozzOrbqCv10lchSvkAKjKRs2khCpmxjf0.k23Cw1oJrIq5RPDxn5SynHfnNcoyvj-dEY_ddp_-Rzg&dib_tag=se&keywords=brushed+esc+3s&qid=1721659192&sprefix=brushed+esc+3s%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-95 It arrived today, and the first thing I did was liberate it from it's plastic housing. To do that I had to drill two small holes in the side with a pin vice and work a small pry tool in. After that, I swapped the unit with the blown red ESC by soldering 7 wires and jumping the power switch with solder. I have only ran through one battery charge worth of testing so far, but it seems to work perfectly! The only downside to this is the size of the board is slightly larger than the red one, so getting it in the case will probably require some clever arrangement. I do think it's possible though. I will update you with my future findings. My next plan is to order another one of these and see if I can find the clever arrangement to get it in the case. Worst case scenario is that I will need to make a new bottom plate with a little clearance for the new board.

I received my units yesterday, and should be able to do some initial testing here shortly. My initial impressions are that the unit is very polished, and the form factor is great. I'll give an update after testing a few models out.

It's an impressive chassis for the size it is. What kind of speeds are you getting with that single L motor?

What about brushless motors and things like geekservos?

Excellent, thanks for the update. Can't wait to get mine and test them out!

Probably the coolest lego tractor in the world, well done!

I'm very interested in getting my hands on this asap, and can go ahead and pay up front to help with development costs. Might be helpful for testing too.

The design of the chassis is seriously awesome, I love how you were able to add control arms at this scale.

8880, it was the first technic set I saw that really made me lust. It still holds up great today; tons of features, great looks, cool parts, fun to play with. The first technic car that lego made that perfected the formula. I'd give an honorable mention to the Unimog, 8110. It introduced some awesome parts and is still a blast to play with, and looks great on display.

I think it's easier to recreate the mechanics of the subject, when available. You can't always do this but it's getting easier and easier with new parts. To me, aesthetics come secondary to mechanics, but I don't really see the two as being in competition. Aesthetics are informed and influenced by the mechanics, they are not necessarily in opposition. I prefer to mix the two. I don't consider them separate systems, just different styles. I just build whatever appeals to my inner 10 year old. This tends to be sci-fi stuff or race-inspired stuff. For design challenges, I usually try to come up with solutions that would be done in the real world, and build a test model to see how viable it is. This is usually an iterative process. I am a mechanical engineer in the automotive industry, and I would say my lego process mirrors my real-world process to some degree, although my budget tends to be less, and there is less rigorous testing. But lots of guessing, testing, and tweaking. I choose both! To go from standard bricks to technic, you will need to learn some mechanical principles, and how to make stable structures. You can do this to some degree by building sets, but I think the best way to learn is to pick up some motors and just start playing around. Making a basic car with steering and a differential would be a great place to start.

Looks great, I could really use something like this.

Very impressive suspension setup, well done. I second the request for the bearings source, and would you be willing to upload the 3d printed parts somewhere? I think those could be useful for a lot of people. You will probably want to glue the tires onto the rims, and consider inserting some foam in the tires. This is necessary for any RC with weight and power.

I will write more about my experiences with using Zene's brushless kits later, but I will say that I'm pretty happy with the parts so far. The integrated planetary reduction motor is really quite nice. I would recommend picking up a kit from them if you're curious. Here are the three cars that I've finished so far.