Omikron

Well we need to organize all this. Also we need moderator's help to control the voting

I think people expect or demand too much from LA's Look at my TSTTS submarine - the yellow arm is adducted by 1 LA, and this arm is pretty heavy. I prefer to see LA as "proof of concept with bonuses" but not as heavy lifter.

The basic idea is to have fun while challenging others creativity and skills. New technic builders can gain a lot of building experience while participating. Also sharing ideas and their realization is much more effective and here is why. People are building tons of different things - boats, tanks, planes, trial trucks, gearboxes etc. but you cannot use new cool suspension in your car because 90% of MOCs in this month are not cars. And those which are cars have regular suspension. Now during the duel(month) all participants (like 20 or more) built cars and bam! 3 new suspension types! Titles are more like souvenirs. "car duel participant 11.05.12" "car duel gold winner 11.05.12" and so on

So we had super cool competition TSTTS! With prizes and all stuff. But such competitions will be rare (1 time in a year i think) But I have an idea! I was registered on some other forums and they had "DUELS" People were dueling each other just for fun or titles and were gaining a lot of experience. The "duel" had no restriction for participants quantity, the major restrictions were time limit, a theme of a duel, MOC class(size, functions etc). After the time limit simple public vote determined the winners. What do you think?

I don't think that airtanks will come back because the reason of their existence was - no motor in the set. Now when all sets with pf have motors TLG just adds pumps.

Maybe because TLG was never planning LA as a heavy lifting device?

Batmobile

I think we will never see this MOC complete.

thanks for the ideas! Hope I can keep my kidney intact

So is there any real LEGO alternative bigger then 2 unimog's tires?

I need your help guys! I want to build something really cool and big and I need 6x new power puller wheels&tires but it seems to me that it will cost me a kidney Can you guys please tell me where can I get 6x of wheels&tires? Can someone help me with LEGO direct or smth?

I want to thank everyone who was participating in TSTTS contest, all the viewers, builders and especially voters. My special thanks to people who decided to create this exciting contest. Very good job! I'm very excited to see voting results

Thank you! Cannot wait for public voting

So, when the voting starts?

Could be this

Thank you for your replies

Hello Everyone This is my entry for "To sail the Technic sea" contest. I'm still trying to get good camera to update video There are some videos from old topic here Hi res photos available in my brickshellf gallery Quick overview and some info: Weight about 4,5 kg (was 4,3 without proper hull) Parts count: more than 5000 (was 4800) Has 2 arms - pneumatic sample arm and heavy duty arm Uses 4 M motors and 1 XL motor Uses 3 battery boxes 1 Additional M motor is used to power the heavy duty arm Has 2 gearboxes - main (the big red one) for operating arms functions secondary gearbox for operating propellers, tail stabilizer and retracting lights Has 2 tail (upper and lower) propulsion distributors and 1 front propulsion distributor. 1 Pilot seat Length 76cm Width 50 cm Hight 30 cm (without the tail stabilizer) The whole construction is using a stand, mainly because of the bottom gearing system, axles and weight Functions: 1.The hull has pneumatically opening/closing hatch 2. 2 independent light sources 3. Retracting lights 4. Diving rudders pneumatically controlled from the pilot joystick 5. "Rising" tail stabilizer 6. The "X12" engine. 7. 8 propellers (4 propulsion ,2 vertical, 2 horizontal) driven at the same time from the XL motor (I was trying to make third gearbox for switching between propellers but I ran out of parts and didn't receive new parts yet, I will make this gearbox later) 8. 2 Counter opposite pneumatic pumps running at the same time (when the first pump is recharging the second provides airflow) providing constant airflow 9. Remote controlled switching of gears 10.Remote controlled Left and Right arms 11. 360 degrees rotation of right arm 12. Abduction/adduction of right arm 13. Elevating main boom of right arm 14. Elevating secondary boom of right arm 15. Heavy duty instrument driven by 1 additional M motor (this one is like the Unimog, I'll make lots of different instruments like saws, cutters, drills and other) 16. 360 degrees rotation of the left arm 17. Pneumatically controlled main boom 18. Pneumatically controlled secondary boom 19. Left arm pneumatic grabber. (The left arm can operate between 2 baskets (the lower one sample basket and the left upper one) 20. Abduction/adduction of the left arm. All Arms functions could be controlled in the adducted, during abducting and adducted positions. Functions 6,7,8 are driven at the same time from XL motor with additional possibility of powering function #3 or #5 Gearboxes: 1. Main Big red one gearbox is used to power and switch between arms. 2. Secondary tail gearbox is manually controlled and is used to control retraction of the lights and for controlling the "underwater" and "surface" mods of the submarine. There is some place for improvements but I'll do them later This creation is my first since "dark ages" I believe I didn't hold Lego parts for more than 10 years. I hope I will be able to create more. Oh and I have some photos of building process, some features, prototypes I used in this entry, if anyone is interested just see upper part of this message for links Sorry for mistakes and bad English.

Do I understand it right: You are locking all TSATS topics (old ones) but not locking the "complete" topics? Do I need to create a new "complete" topic or just replace all data in my current?

Thank Yo for clarification! I've edited post and will upload small photos tomorrow.

I've finally finished the new hull Wait for the tomorrow update. More info and pics are incoming Maybe a new vid

The crane stops when the pneumatic hose create too much resistance. I mean You can't turn the crane because all pneumatics(under the air pump pressure) go through the turntable and overturn at some point

Here are some photos of building progress. All photos were resized to 800x600 but you can see them in higher resolution in my brickshelf gallery here Early gearbox prototype Pilot's seat (the pilot can walk down the shaft after the hatch is opened) Twin pneumatic system (providing constant airflow) Stand Diving control Pneumatic control Heavy duty arm's control Heavy arm's chainbox No outer frame Arms adduction mechanics Early arms build Early arms + main gearbox Installed engine Installed secondary gearbox Early pneumatic concept (was changed because of weight balancing and huge empty space in left arm section)

Good news Everyone! I've created brickshelf account and posted some additional photos! Also made a new video of arms functions (no new camera , sorry) Don't know am I allowed to post 2 videos though. If I'm not then I'll delete one of them immediately. New video is

Hello again! Can I ask for 1-2 additional days after 31 of March for completing my entry since the last package with bricks is finally clearing the customs in my country? I've already posted the entry before deadline =)

I have some pictures of early building process, some prototypes and so on. The Wire is for controlling the heavy arm's "device". I've got one of the last packages today with extension wires so I'll post photo and video a bit later