Lipko

Oh, the container naziness How do you find the right container from the forest of containers?

Am I the only one who works on the ground? Sets: I just build from the original box and a little extra box for pins+small parts, I only open the relevantly numbered bags. When I'm MOCing, I group parts every time I start to build in a day, always with relevant conditions. For example I only collect red and black beams and rare half-stud-offset-whatever-connectors and everything else is form the box. Grouping/collecting lasts about half an hour. I don't have many sets though.

Yeah, I should build instead of pussying around. I looked for differential designs over the web, I saw your Toyota rm8 (it's an impressive model!), but neither of them fits my needs. I don't want to give up the independent suspension, and I can't increase sizes any more (one or two studs is okay in length but I can't increase the width). And I don't want to give up the difflock, it would be just lame, as it's pretty much a basic feature of any off-roadish vehicle. The one thing that I could give up is the portal axle. Which I obviously won't (since it's so characteristic to Humvees). I could use a custom one instead of the Unimog's/crawler's, but I also want the more stiff base for the wheel instead of a single axle (I often see the slightly tilted-invard and weak wheels of otherwise great and iconic models). I want to use as few gears as possible, because I'm a bit worried about backlash. Too much backlash will significantly increase (at least to my understanding) the load of the drive train, since the motor can speed up to full speed without much load until the backlash is "used up" then BAM, full load at full speed. The other problem is that I use the new type of differential at the front (due to the small place), so I can't just use the old type at the rear because then can't simply lock the central diff due to the different gear ratios. The only other gear with the same tooth count is the mini turntable. Or I could use a series of gears somehow, but sigh..... So, it's not an easy one. And it's pretty annoying that a simple looking basic feature takes so much effort and space.

Thanks for the comments. I'm slowly getting to the point of giving the whole shit up. I'm giving up so much features the model eventually becomes like a Model Team vehicle but without the good looks. And I wanted a freaking Technic model. Gave up so far: realistic suspension geometry front diff-lock (okay, that one wasn't important) Adjustable suspension Modularity (I wanted the model to be motorizable, but not motorized by default) Winch with clutch for manual pull-out The rear differential lock is a real nightmare. Even Sariel's difflock is too wide. If I use a series of gears it will be too long. If I give that one up too, the project becomes meaningless.

I'm very surprised that the U-joint didn't fail.

A little progress with big compromises Front suspension: independent with the Portal axle hub. Ackermann (slightly imprecise), but no chamber angle, no caster angle, no toe (I made a mistake in the previous post. There is a differential of course, but no diff-lock). Steering (working steering wheel) Chassis of the front half, some other tricky parts such as the power functions' attaching points (for two L motors + a servo motor) The nose is one stud longer because of the large offset of the wheel turning axle. It looks quite good with the Crawler's wheels but the Unimog wheels will be the real thing. Sorry for the bad photos and bad English, it's night here.

People can't grasp the idea that it's just significantly harder to turn the wheels of a standing car. Even in real life.

Use the other type of steering rack that fits to the 12t gear. That rack has more pin-holes and axle-holes, so you can put some extra pieces to get the desired rack width.

Some WIP photos about a sketch version: more here Implemented features so far: 4+R manual transmission Hi/LO selector central diff lock winch Features that won't be implemented: first differential: real hummers don't have it either plus it will be hard enough to build the suspension adjustable suspension: not realistic, I don't think I can stuff that into the "small place" modular design. I'm not read for that yet Next week probably I'll get the Crawler and the Unimog so the building speeds up at last.

Amazing creation! I saw the "work in progress" photos. Are those really WIP photos? Are you able to build from beginning to end without modifying the the WIP construction and think so much steps beforehand?

I don't think I'll participate, but please add some extras functions too, like working winch, or whatever. A body itself is really just... a body

There is a report button under each post. You can report if you think a post is offensive or not following the forums guidelines. I think I made a point with that offensive post. This is a forum for AFOLs. I just didn't believe a statement to be truth. I don't think that even the target of the post got offended because he replied and cleared the statement up a bit.

That doesn't change the ""fact"". At least if "cool guys" is not some agreed term about some specific guys. If I'm a GBC guy, then the "cool guys" are the GBC guys. If I'm a car/vehicle guy then the cool guys are the car guys.

I don't think that's true. It's sounds like BS to be frank. Anyone who is seriously doing something wants to be really good in it. The feeling that you are not able to ever produce anything as cool as the cool guys (which you can see on the net unless you close your eyes) is just destroying. Unless you are Buddha, creations need to be compared to other creations. And comparisons need at least some rules. This whole "I build for myself and whatever fun blahblah" sound just a Facebook slogan.

Are you sure about the caster angle? It's not the orientation of the Lego pieces that matter but the angle of the rotating axle. Since on your setup, the pivot points still appear vertical on the side view, the caster angle is still zero.

9396 has it somewhere. As far as I remember 8070 too. A particular question I'm struggling with at the moment: is it illegal if a driving ring only goes into a clutch gear with one click instead of two? It seems that it's not less stable, but looks a bit wrong anyway.

I don't know why using plates other than 1x1 with beams is not allowed. Sure, it's hard to pull apart, but much easier than pulling apart 2 same sized plates, where there isn't anything to "grab". It's a magnitude harder to pull out a axle-pin from 2 half-beams (especially from 2x1 half beams) than getting the plate off a beam. You are allowed to use tools, and use some creativity (pushing the plate with an axle from the other side). Okay, maybe we can't demand that from kids, but I remember form the old times those handy one-page tutorials at the beginning of booklets which showed how to pull apart some specific parts. Maybe it would be useful to reintroduce these? EDIT: DOH, I've just took a closer look at that 5x1 plate + 5x1 halfbeam. Frightening. And another thing that TLG does all the time in booklets: Pushing beams together while having pins on BOTH pieces in the "contact zone". It's very hard and stressful to push these together, they only click when they are almost perfectly aligned. I often just re-plug the pins on one side then push the beams together.

This whole purist thing is nothing unique to Lego by the way. I did paper modelling for long (completely self-created stuff), there is this purism too. I do cooking. I am purist in that too (using spice mixtures and other stuff makes me feel cheating). It can also be observed to some extent in game programming (low-level vs high-level language wars, using or creating engines, tools etc) I don't really understand why non 100% purism is so evil to many people (including me). I guess bypassing one challenge with non-Lego a piece makes us feel we can do this to any challenges, so the whole Lego building loses it's main characteristics, and we start to be afraid of thinking that why are we even building with Lego if everything can be solved with neater, stronger, more efficient and better looking ways. So maybe purists are just defending their entire hobby and fabricating ideologies to overcome their fear of loss. Or maybe beansoup.

That's pretty nice. I'm building something very similar. Do the wishbones pop out of the ball-pins since they are not connected vertically? Or putting the lower one upside down (ball-hole points down)is enough to make it strong?

yup, this is a very IMO question. I would never-ever use non-Lego tires or rims. They are just too eye-catching part of a vehicle and they set the first and maybe the biggest/most important limit of a MOC: the size. If I could use just 15% bigger tires for my current project, I could stuff every features and thing in the vehicle without much effort.

Maybe I miss the point but always using only Lego parts would mean that there wasn't a Technic theme at all. What is the fundamental difference (considering only the final product) between a Lego-employee-designer or a non-Lego-employee designer? I am a purist by the way, I would never modify parts but why?

Plus if Lego invents a new piece for a new model, does that make it a non-Lego model? Okay, "it's the Lego company", you might say, but what's the fundamental difference between a Lego-employee-designer or a non-Lego-employee-designer? I think if a new piece is well designed, reusable and fits well into the theme (in it's material, shape, color, mechanical properties) etc, then one or two may be okay in a MOC and it would still be a Lego MOC. Declaring it a non-Lego would be rather arbitrary I think. Maybe we should set rules on the shapes instead (like no "one Jeep Wrangler body piece" is allowed, no "steel parts just for the sake of strength" etc)

I think it's an absolutely good MOC piece source. 1/3 the prize of 8070 and many red panels (more than in 8070). It's possible to make a medium sized car body from it. And many knob-gears, it was absolutely worth it, I will probably buy another one soon.

I'm thinking about something like that. I like non-powered Lego cars, I just like to push them around or take them in my hand and steer them. It's not easy to implement though. You have to make pretty much all the gear-box elements (like the main gearbox, hi/lo selector, portal axles, etc) easily reversible (extremely modular design) to be able to make a model with TLG like PF modding capabilities.

It's easier to write down: 9396 8265 8880 9390 9394 8070 8052