Chrismo72

Great MOC!! Clever rotorhead (without severe vibration), and transmission of movement from the cyclic stick. I like the way you designed the helicopter, and the fact that you only use current lego parts. You obviously know a whole lot about helicopters, and you are able to translate this knowledge into clever lego builds. I don't think most people appreciate how difficult it is to make a helicopter such as this one. Keep up the great work, you really inspire me to stretch my goals.

I'm not sure why it's grainy. It's not a problem on the full size versions. The settings are f/5, 1/60s, Iso200. Shot with a Nikon D3 and Sigma 50mm. I agree, the black details are to dark. At the time I thought it looked good, won't happen again. Photoshop work: Adjusted hue and saturation, removed som dust and dirt from the background cardboard, curves adjusted, added some vignetting. Nothing much really. BTW: Here is the flick-gallery, with bigger pictures:

I think it useful to remember that the background is almost as important as the main object itself when composing and shooting a nice picture. Daylight from a large window on a cloudy day, combined with a plain background will get you far. Direct sunlight is always very difficult, and usually requires reflectors and carefully picked background. Stay in the shade or wait for a cloudy day is my advice for outdoor photography. I use a DSLR and flashes indoors myself, because it gives me good control of the lighting. In the picture below, I used two flashes. The first flash lit up the helicopter itself (through a small softbox), and the second light was aimed at the background to avoid harsh shadows fro the helicoptr. The background was some leftover thick cardboard i used to protect my floor while I painted the bedroom roof. The cardboard was taped to the wall and desk so that it was softly curved. Finally i did some touchup in Photoshop.

Thanks for giving us these brilliant MOCs . You shouldn't feel bad about making MOCs without the astounding complexity we all know you are capable of. The cars are stil way ahead of what many of us are able to invent. These two wonderful cars provides lots of valueable information, and I'm learning a lot from studying them. And the fact that you have a signature look to your MOCs is quite an achivement. Hope you keep feeling better.

All of you, thank you very very much!! I had no idea my creation would be met with so many kind words and good questions. The last few months I have sat at my desk and built lego while I wondered if anyone would notice my helicopter. If you are interested in seeing some bigger pictures, I made a Flickr album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131504322@N02/with/17533827830/ The tail is, as you correctly point out, rather heavy. Without support the whole tail hangs kinda like a sad banana, but not all the way to the ground. The last picture shows the tail-support, and so does the small picture of the box-art. Yes, I will make a video when i got some spare time. The fact that my big hero Madoca1977 commented on my MOCs makes very proud. Thanks a lot.

Testing multiquote #1 Testing multiquote #2

Actually this is my third MOC in total, but my first here on Eurobricks. My first MOC was more like a practice session, but the second one (Lego Technic Urban Buggy) was somewhat better.

I can't even begin to describe how impressed I am. The amount of work you put into this really shows. The pictures are fabolous, and so is your MOC. For a newcomer like me, it's very inspiring to see what can actually be made out of lego. I think this is the most beatiful lego MOC I have ever seen.

Thanks for your comment. I agree, the tail rotor housing is to bulky. I rebuilt it at least 10 times before at decided to use this version. Initially I planned to build it with RC pitch control, but I just could not figure out how to construct it. But I haven't given up, and then I will need the space in this design. One day it will be great

You are really spot on with your comments. The blades should definitely be longer. i tried a few different approaches to this issue, but ended up with the version you see in the pictures. I even made a horribly big and bulky version with lead/lag rubber dampers and weird mechanics. It worked well, but looked plain awful. I also tried to use a longer beam between the rotorhead and the blade-part, but came out funny as well. In Bergen you will find the EC135P2+, at least until the P3 eventually arrives. The landing skids are, as you correctly point out, wrong. But on my helicopter there are lots of moving parts underneath the belly, so there wasn't anywhere else to attach the legs and still carry the weight of the MOC. The Bear Paws at the back end of the skids and the Black Box are pretty much okay regarding their position. Thanks for your questions, and happy celebrating tomorrow

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Thanks so much for your nice comments. That REALLY means a lot!! Steph77: For some weird reason I forgot to add you to my hero list. But you are by far my biggest inspiration while I built this MOC. Therefore I actually feel very honored by your comment. Your Bell helicopter is just incredible, I've watched your video about a million times, but I never figured out how you made your mixing commands so smooth and at the same time som stable. Your rotor setup is more complex and precise, but I had to make mine much smaller. When I get som spare time, i will do some detailed shots of the rotor setup. But it won't be just now, beacuse i have a busy schedule.

Very clever idea. I like that you have used ordinary lego parts which is easy acesable.

Hey all As a new member on Eurobricks, I’m excited to introduce my first MOC. It’s a Lego Technics Air Ambulance, and I’ve drawn inspiration from the Eurocopter EC135P2 +. This thing took me about 200 hours to complete, but that's okay for a rookie like me. I'm pretty happy with the design, but I had bigger plans for the technical part. All in all I am satisfied. I’m very grateful for comments, questions and suggestions for improvements. Power Functions - 2 PF remote controls for controlling the Rotor head and Cockpit controls - 2 PF Infrared receivers - 1 PF Servo motor Roll movement of rotor head and cyclic stick - 1 PF Servo motor for Pitch movement of rotor head and cyclic stick - 1 PF Large motor for spinning the main rotor and Fenestron (tail rotor) - 1 PF Medium motor for Collective pitch control of rotor head and movement of collective stick - 1 PF Medium motor for future Fenestron Pitch control (I haven’t figured it out yet) - 2 PF Lights for lighting up the Features - Remote controlled, but obviously not flying - Realistic control of the rotor head and the associated control sticks - Front, side and clamshell doors that can be opened/closed - Fully decorated interior with large and flexible cabin space In this picture, I've edited out support for the tail, but it is visible in some other pictures. I tried to maintain the smooth lines of a helicopter, without too many sharp edges. This part was really tricky to design. Still, I'm not completely satisfied, so maybe I redesign it later. Initially I wanted to add pitch control, but for me it turned out to be impossible. The doors remain open, just like on a regular helicopter The layout of the cockpit instruments is actually pretty close to the real thing in a EC135 with glass cockpit. The cyclic stick and collective stick is remote controlled and moves accordingly with the rotor head. Far left, I tried to makes an IOS Electronic Flight Book, which is used in the Norwegian Air Ambulance. Here you see the headlights, moveable searchlight and the wirecutter. The whole rotor structure is quite small in order to avoid that the cabin was filled with gears and moving parts. Unfortunately that meant I wasn’t able to build a good Collective Fork. Remote controlled, of course. When darkness falls, it is nice to have interior lighting. Here I have tried to give the impression that the instruments are backlit. It's actually pretty cool in real life. Here you can get a glimpse of the wall-mounted medical equipment within the cabin. As it is impossible to take good pictures of the cabin, I have made a copy of the floor plan. Here you see the medical standard layout. IMIS (Interchangeable Medical Interior System) is something I invented myself, but it actually fits the concept quite well. This is for the time being to be regarded as a concept, as today's air ambulances are not flying with CT. But it will probably change within a few years, and then I expect it will include a blood lab for measuring biomarkers. Premature babies can be transported by the incubator in air ambulances. If this set landed on store shelves, it could perhaps look something like this. Obligatory image of the bottom side. In conclusion, I take this opportunity to thank all of you here on Eurobricks which is a great inspiration for me who is inexperienced but eager. Also although they probably are not reading this, I want to especially thank Sariel, Madoca1977, Nico71 and Efferman. You guys are the best! Thanks for visiting,

Thanks so much for the warm welcoming. Much appreciated.

Hi everybody I'm a technic newbee from Norway trying to make the best of the bricks I have available. With a very limited budget, my MOC's will never impress anyone except for my kids. But I still find Lego to be an excellent and fun hobby. And all you excellent builders here at Eurobricks sure give me lots of inspiration to stretch for my goals. Hopefully I won't make a complete fool of myself when I start posting pictures :-) Regards, Christian

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