DrJB

Maybe reading this will make us slightly 'better' forum members. Personally, if I don't get the point, I move on ... but, that's me . **peace** Edit: Fixed Link

I'm not sure it is about 'consistency'. TLG may have run two (or more) production batches, and often they have variations in spare parts.

@ cumulonimbus ... You obviously have totally missed the point ... This thread s NOT about complaining about Lego, and next time you feel like lecturing, please 'move-on'. ;) Many of us come to Lego Technic from different backgrounds (I'm a mechanical engineer), and some of us are after replicating real-life mechanisms with plastic parts. I do fully understand that these are toys we're talking about and the many reasons so many functions get 'sacrificed, but again, that is NOT the point of this thread. You must 'accept' that, for some of us, it's a prototyping / proof-of-concept medium. Sorry, unlike you (and possibly many) I want to see beneath the flashy colors and superficial RC functions. It's all about 'diversity' my friend. As I've often said ... Happy Building/Modding/Collecting ... or whatever it is you chose to do with YOUR bricks. Thank you, and I stand corrected. I was going by the previous sets I have ... as I have not gotten the Volvo (yet?).

Working for a construction company, I have the 'luxury' of having first hand exposure to the mechanics of many of the machines we've come to build with Lego. Over the years I've noticed several 'inaccuracies' in the way MOCs and original sets are built. My most 'favorite' has to do with the all the wheel-loaders TLG has put out. A wheel loader consists of two articulated half-chassis. The front chassis holds the loader mechanism and has a solid axle fixed on both sides (left/right) of the chassis. The rear chassis (holds engine+transmission+Cab+counterweight) has a solid axle that is pivoted in the middle. This gives the wheel loader the ability to go on rough terrain and guarantees all 4 tires to always be touching the ground. In fact, this is also how many of the undercarriages of motor-graders and bull-dozers are actually done. In the lego renditions (Wheel loaders and Dozers), none of this 'detail' is replicated. What other 'large' deviations/inaccuracies have you noticed ? Better yet, have you seen MOCs that are more accurate? Of course, I am not after things of the sort: real machines use hydraulics, Lego uses LA's/pneumatics. I know it's a bit difficult to draw the line but, let's try.

what can I say ... simply love those curves! ;)

Correct, storing energy using large flywheels has an important side-effect: The flywheels become very 'stiff' gyroscopes, and tilting their axis of rotation requires much more effort. Remember also that, if you push on the axis of a gyro in one direction, it'll move in a direction perpendicular to the one you intended.

This is interesting. Are you sure this is not due to different 'clearance' between snapping parts? Have you tried pushing the gap to extremes i.e., fully compressed, and then fully stretched?

@Blakbird: That MOC is already huge in itself. Photographing it against such a background is surely befitting. I've been wanting to build a BWE for a while (BWE = Bucket Wheel Excavator). To me, it's the ultimate construction (or excavation) piece of machinery. Maybe that, and a TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine). I was opting for smaller buckets though, such as those in the Mars Mission Crystal Reaper.

Maybe one 'fix' would be to create sub-forums (not sure if possible here). Other forums i read have such feature. It is rather simple, we can have the following sub-forums: 1- Technic Junior ... for young kids with basic questions 2- WIPs and Ideas 3- Official Technic sets and MOdding ... You get the point.

I agree with this. Per recent guidelines, this thread is doomed to be locked.

I have posted my 'share' of questions, that may seem 'similar' to the McPherson you're referring to. Before we blanket 'kill' all questions, let's keep in mind that not all of us have the same interests in Technic. Some are after building !MOCs, others about sharing their creations. My personal interest (and I'm sure many would tag along) is to reproduce realistic mechanisms with Lego. Be it the McPherson suspension, or the transverse engine, I'm sure you'd agree those triggered interesting discussions.

This has already been discussed at length in a multitude of threads. The two sets are essentially identical. The small differences are because some parts got upgraded due to a mold re-design.

Agree fully as well ... unanimous for once, nice. This has bothered me for a while as well, but did not want to 'offend' new-comers. So, a set of 'clear rules' might be the best 'Politically Correct' way to address this. Reminds me of a scene in Ice AGe ... You do not want to curb their enthusiasm nor genius, but I'm digressing already :)

I only built this MOC in LDD and appreciated very much the build experience. Very detailed/unique MOC.

Nice. Has anyone tried a regular USB camera, plugged directly into the EV3. Granted, the VE3 may not have the processing power for video, but some camera controls for sure can be routed through the EV3.

I wonder, has anyone been able to use RIS on an XP 'Virtual' Machine?

Ugliest of them all? ... It has got to be 8277

Is that a custom made 9V adapter for the battery box? Is the signal clean enough (true DC)? with the many battery boxes one has ammassed so far, modding one would be ok.

Very nice. Reminds me of an EV3 version I saw about two (?) years ago at BrickWorld Chicago, before the EV3 officially came out.

I like your large soccer ball (picture below, from the links you provided). I've built smaller versions, but because axles are short, it is very difficult to bend them. What length axles are you using? 12? I wonder if you can attach a go-pro in the middle and record the view from the center of the sphere, as the ball is rolling.

Neat. For some reason, reminds me of the daleks and Dr Who.

I do too, close to 200 total. I started building dodecahedrons and shapes similar to soccer balls. The parts above and various angled connectors fit the job.

Very nice! I guess the hailfire wheels and soccer balls solution can't be as easily motorised.

Very nicely done. Just amazing the ingenuity of some people on this thread have. The rest f us either watch quietly or comment non stop ;)

I recall seeing the two Ferraris (Enzo and Fiorani) on sale at S@H. My thinking back then was: Who needs yet another RED supercar? Well, I've acquired most of the sets I wanted, but those two are still on my 'wanted list'.