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  1. Blakbird
    I don't think you did anything wrong, but TBB hardly ever blogs Technic creations.
  2. Blakbird
    I did the same thing to mine! I agree that matching front tires would be great, but I'm not holding my breath.
  3. Blakbird
    If it is not turning properly it is because there is too much friction in your build. Go back through all your axles and make sure they turn freely. If you want the brute force approach, you can just remove the white 24 tooth clutch gears and replace them with regular gears. This will eliminate the slippage, but if you have a lot of friction your motor will be working very hard.
  4. Blakbird
    This axle needs to be able to both push and pull. If you build it up out of multiple axles and connectors, it is more likely that it would pull apart when in tension. However, this link already has a #1 connector at one end which seems to work in tension, so you might be OK.
  5. Blakbird
    No, it has never been used in a set.
  6. Blakbird
    Check any of Crowkillers' models including the free instructions for the Scorpion. He uses a built-up bracket.
  7. Blakbird
    For 90%+ of applications, they are interchangeable. Both work fine with those wheel hubs. There are some cases in which the chamfered versions provide necessary additional clearance.
  8. Blakbird
    Now that you have released instructions for your telehandler, I am really enjoying the continuity of the "Lipko family". The backhoe, the telehandler, and the simple supercar all share a color scheme and a design style. They would look incredible displayed together. Perhaps I shall make it happen!
  9. Blakbird
    Wow, that's a massive scale model! Excellent job on the details.
  10. Blakbird
    It will be very interesting to see if it is actually 6x6. There have been plenty of examples of Technic sets called "4x4" which were NOT four wheel drive. So does it just look like a 6x6 or are all axles actually powered? Any time you have more than two axles it is very easy for a wheel or even a whole axle to come off the ground. This means any open center differentials would be trouble. I hope it has a large suspension travel. Locking or limited slip diffs would be even better! This has still never been done in an official set despite the fact that the 24 tooth diffs were provisioned for it.
  11. Blakbird
    Sigh. The last 3 pages of this topic mean nothing to me because I don't have the pictures.
  12. Blakbird
    I finished building this last weekend and thought I would offer some impressions. First, some renders: The transparent render shows what is going on inside. I like the geometry of the 4 wheel independent suspension, and you can see that this model is all wheel drive with three differentials. Best of all is the gearbox though. The way it interfaces with the center diff is clever, but the sequential shifting mechanism is the real star of the model. The whole gearbox works more smoothly than any supercar I have ever built, and I've built a lot. Here are some photos of construction. I had to build the body before the chassis because I was waiting on a couple of Bricklink orders. Below is the result. The model is not really designed to be modular, but I actually found that making these modules separately worked very well. The chassis the the most rigid I have ever made. It is so well braced, and yet very light. Really good engineering here. You can easily pick it up with one hand and wave it around with no problem. You might call it swooshable. And the completed model: I really enjoyed building this. I'd have to call the design "professional" and I feel like it could be a real LEGO set. Speaking of LEGO sets, the comparison with 42056 is inevitable given the color and how many of the same parts are used. Here is an image comparing them. The size is a bit different and obviously so is the design.
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    Portal axles have two benefits in real vehicles. By placing the gear reduction as close to the wheel as possible, you reduce the amount of torque required in the rest of the drivetrain making it more robust. It allows the axles and differentials to be placed higher in the vehicle increasing ground clearance. Usually the drive axle must enter at the center of the wheel, but with a portal axle it can enter significantly higher. Only really heavy duty vehicles use this. For example, the full size Humvee has portal axles. If you look at one from straight on, the ground clearance is incredible. No diff housing hanging down.
  14. Blakbird
    Wow, I have never had this problem. I have hundreds of PF motors and I have never had one of them have a wire issue.
  15. Blakbird
    It is your duty to go. For all the people who would love to go but can't, it would be cruel to know that you could have gone but didn't. Be our eyes and ears so we can live vicariously through you. Don't forget to check out the Pocher models!
  16. Blakbird
    Since this MOC already has another topic, I am locking this topic.
  17. Blakbird
    More like the first one. It is roughly a V-8 but with an offset second set of cylinders, still overall shaped in a V. You can get a picture of the block on Wikipedia.
  18. Blakbird
    Thanks fkr your understanding. I actually appreciated your list as it pointed me to a couple of excellent models which I hadn't seen before.
  19. Blakbird
    If he built the Bucket Wheel Excavator at age 6, I think you have a prodigy on your hands and you should feed his enthusiasm. If you venture into the world of building MOCs from instructions, there is a wide range of quality both in the models themselves and in the instructions. Jurgen Krooshoop, Madoca, and Crowkillers would be good examples of builders who have good MOCs with good instructions. Any of those models would probably be really cool for him and would be somewhat more challenging than an official set. Of course, someone has to collect the parts first....
  20. Blakbird
    Holy buckets (so to speak)!! I wondered when someone would use the new ring gears to their full potential, and you have certainly done so. In the slew ring, did you use something for a roller between the upper and lower ring? I also like how you use the rings to open the bucket. This model is the same subject matter as Sheo's Terex TH400 (Cat bought Terex) but at a much bigger scale. The wheels used as sprockets are awesome, the drive is smooth, and the home-built actuators are incredible. Really wonderful job.
  21. Blakbird
    Agreed. A plane with this shape would need to use elevons for pitch and roll control. While this is perfectly possible, the center of pressure is just too far back so this plane would never balance.
  22. Blakbird
    The model has 2485 parts. If you part out the Porsche, then there are 785 more parts remaining. So having 42056 covers 68% of the parts and 73% of the cost. Incidentally, this model can ONLY be built in orange because it uses the Porsche fender panels.
  23. Blakbird
    I like your list but you didn't actually present anything in the topic; you just posted a link to your web site.
  24. Blakbird
    That's some good detective work. It looks like the leak is in the check valve. This should allow air into the cylinder on the upstroke, but close after that. It doesn't appear to be closing completely.
  25. Blakbird
    Thanks for the pictures, I was able to figure out the problem. The entire bumper was installed one stud too far forward causing the interference. In Step 118 on Page176, it is hard to tell which holes to use to line up with the arrows. It looks like the holes in the 5L should be used, but it actually the holes in the 15L behind in. Once I made this correction, everything works OK.
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