Junpei

The lego education website sells parts with lengths denoted in 'm', e.g. an 8M crossaxle.

You can fit the servo motor in something that small?

I was thinking that too, but I have no idea of how they compress as I don't have any. Also, this is a much harder spring and can be adjustable.

I can't wait for the new suspension parts, double axle pins, and dog bone beams!

Awesome! Are those LA's painted?

I can't describe how amazing this in words.

Yeah, but 8069 kind of sucks... It's my only technic set, and if it weren't for the good parts in it (4 mLA's, gears, etc.) I would have completely regretted buying it.

I wish I was planning on building a model, however I don't exactly have the parts or the budget.. Maybe someone else could use it though, but sometime I want to make an R/C car that scale with 2 'modified' XL motors...

Thanks! I still need to find something that takes even slightly tolerable quality video though.

Today I decided to use my 11.5L shock absorbers for something, and when I was bored I thought of making slightly damped shocks as you would see on real RC cars. I have a friend that has a perfect example of an RC-grade car, so I studied the way the suspension moved and tried to replicate it with Lego. After a few minutes of tinkering, I came out with this: The yellow bushings are where it can attach to the control arm in the picture above. I think it might be a bit too hard even for a fast car, but it is adjustable with pneumatics of course. You would probably need to build it to test it out to see if it works well, because pictures don't exactly do it justice. Of course, questions, concerns, comments, criticism, etc. is welcome!

Trans-opaque light blue? And how the hell does he get all these Bayer test bricks? They must cost a fortune. Dat 4x10 brick... :wub:

Welcome to EB sergiuparaschiv! It actually doesn't look like it would hold a motor tho, but I really don't have any idea.

Does the small piston have enough power to actually grab on to something?

A motor? I have no idea.

That's amazing Dokludi, how do you do that? I do think the cab is a bit too far forward though.

I don't know, how can you? It can't be that hard, pneumatic cylinders are nearly the same dimensions as LA's, just switch them out I would guess. I don't have a 42006 to test it though.

Looking good! However something looks off on the truck, maybe the wheels?

Fantastic! :thumbup: It's really surprising how fast it drives. I love the coffee cup in the cab, it's the best part of the model!

Cool! Isn't it Hewlett-Packard?

It looks pretty good for the scale! I wonder why they don't just make the flex axles in dark grey, maybe they have a surplus of the metallic silver ones? The shape is very well captured.

Looking good, I love the harvester! Do real tractors have hoods like that? Maybe at least an engine for the tractor, I see tons of space for functions in the tractor and harvest truck. I guess piece count is a burden, but I think making the tractor PTO attachment smaller is a viable option. I think maybe a total revamp of the tractor may be in order, but the rest of the project is amazing! I also like to see the use of those small balloon tyres, they look great.

8069 is great for spare parts. I scrapped it just a day after I built it and the bucket tilting mechanism simply sucks.

Doesn't it take about 5000 years for the LA's to extend? I think outriggers are one of the toughest things to build with lego.

I love it! I've never seen a MOC with a compressor linked to the wheels, very smart design!

Maybe you got some of the broken ones from an old copy of 8448?