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That looks really impressive, I like it i do!

or pray for the day when we can transmit power wirelessly to our remote control devices

HA HA HAAA HAAA HAA oh man that is awesome

Okay makes sense... Sounds like a plan

Yes, I have been considering that, I also noticed it could be done at the motors aswell not sure which would be best place to do it, on all four wheel hubs or on 2 motor sections?

I am hitting the "LIKE" button..... damn not on Facebook

Okay been playing with this beasty for a day or so now & I have some observations that I would like some of you to confirm or blow away please I bought some of the Ansman RC Tyres that efferman had found fitted these rims well, so I put them on my Crawler, it looks much better with them on but i have noticed something interesting. Due to the larger diameter of the tyres it makes the crawler drive slightly faster and with the softer grippier tyres it can grip better.... but it does not have the same hill climbing power as before obviously due to the gearing effect of the larger tyres. Lego seem to have got a perfect balance between gearing and the size of the tyres/wheels to provide just enough forward speed with plenty of "UMPHH" to climb obsticals whilst giving plenty of fun out of a set of heavy duty AA cells. With the Ansman tyres fitted the hill climb capability is actually reduced slightly and it eats a set of AA Cells much quicker than with the stock Lego tyres fitted. Not sure if it will damage the motors either so I have personally returned back to the lego original tyres and am having much fun finding obstacles to climb in my living room.... my basset hound dog was not impressed when i drove over him earlier. So, in conclusion, if anyone has the Ansman tyres and the 9398 crawler please do some of your own testing and let us know what you think?

I have my own webspace to load em to so can use em straight away, Here goes some build pictures, i made em small, I still need to build the top part of it but have not been too well so am doing it slow. EDIT: Added the rest of the build photos. Changed the wheels for the unimog hubs and the Ansman tyres... I like it better than the black wheel rims. Obviously the unimog has no wheels now so i put the crawler wheels on to it... looking good

I just finished building the chassis part and can now drive it around and have fun.... what an awesome beast it is, I took 7 pictures during the build but dont know if i should post them or where to post them, as i dont want to upset anyone by doubling up posts of builds on the same model.

Just managed to reserve the only 9398 at Argos here in my area of UK, got to travel 20 miles to get it but what the heck I cant wait till they open! I also reserved a 9396 Helicopter aswell.... Build time coming up for me! EDIT:- just got back with this, wife gone to get the helicopter for me aswell, Now what to make first?

Just reserved one at local Argos here in UK, will pick it up later as i have to go to a different Argos to pick up my Rock Crawler! Edit: Wife just got back with this !

I am going to attempt a medium motor on both front and rear suspension system a bit like the rock crawlers I think there is enough space to do this but maybe not and it would give enough UMPH with the right gearing, question is should i use diffs or not as i want it to climb well? Also would it be a good idea to do rear steer aswell, but i digress from the thread subject... wow these Ansmann tyres have fired us all up lol I Blame Efferman

Just a little bit at full turn or at full compression but not alot, could be adjusted accordingly with little modding. I am thinking of motorising my Unimog now, need to do some more thinking about it.

I just tried to purchase one, sadly not yet available, hopefully we will find out when available. I am a little excited over this if it does what it says on the box.

My Ansmann tyres arrived to day as i dont have a crawler yet I put them on my Unimog, wow they do look fine it actually makes the Unimog look much better!

"another one bites the dust"

Well I have just ordered a set of these Ansmann Tyres thanks to Efferman Saw his videos and thought "yep my rockcrawler needs them" so here is the details of my order, I am in UK and these are cheapest i could find for 4. they come in sets of 2 211000224 Ansmann Racing Crawler Wheel and Tyre Set - 108mm Black Beadlock 2 @ £11.49 total = £22.98 Shipping: £3.00 Total: £25.98 Modelsport UK, Cross Green, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK LS21 1HD Tel: 01943 466535 Fax: 01943 850810 VAT Reg No. GB 171 9645 40 Website: www.modelsport.co.uk Email: www.modelsport.co.uk/contact/

Wow that is so clean and awesomeness just oozes out of it... I am so Jelly! Also love the little critter running up and down the first tree you "chop" in the video

I am liking that

Did a colour sensor test for the rear steer once i have printed a colour bar on my pc it will be okay i think.

I had a reply from Deepak Patil at mindsensors... this is as he wrote it.. About Angle Sensor - The GlideWheel-AS angle sensor (which would go on the Sensor port) doesn't seem to be economically viable product (so we are debating what to do, we will probably put it on back burner, and do it later). But the current design of GlideWheel-M can be used as angle sensor on Motor port, if you need one. about release date - we are currently doing beta tests, and results are promising, but there are few concerns which we want to address before we make final product. So all in all, I think it will be mid-July for the production ready product. Regards. So looks like i am no further forward well maybe but it will be a compromise.

Yes that is Correct, just the ones i was talking about, I emailed the company to ask em when available and what price and they have asked me which one i would prefer, now awaiting their answer.

One big problem with that, to produce enough current from one to drive the other direct you need to move it faster than a trailer will turn, and it also creates cogging as the magnets pass the coils, you can do the same thing with 2 NXT motors direct connected but it dont work at slow speeds. I have been in touch with a company called mindsensors who have got back to me with details of their rotation sensor that is almost frictionless but can output degrees to the nxt brick, hopefully when that is available i will be able to create a working design.

After chatting with David on his youtube channel he made the suggestion that i should show people what would happen if i did give Mindcuber a completed Rubik's Cube to complete....

DLuders, it only took a couple of hours, I was short a few pieces as they are in my other models ATM so i substituted some other parts and i added an idler wheel opposite the turntable drive wheel to give it more stability on the turntable, I think because my cube is a bit stiff it was jumping the gears sometimes so I improvised Must admit it is a better design than the Tilted twister that I built once before and it is much faster, the TT fasinated everyone who saw it so mindcuber is gonna surely amaze them lol. Just make sure you have good batteries in it lol or it will slow down.