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Wow, that 42168 Harvester has to have the highest amount of studded bricks in any modern Technic set.

Maybe reduce the limits to some 1,75A?

One more detail I noticed. There's a toilet in the top right corner of the interior. First toilet in a Technic set?

That net is such a simple, but awesome detail!

What can I say... Well done! It's very detailed and functional, love the fober optics and wish TLG would brought them back, especially now that they are much better and cheaper solutions available. Only critique would be the area around the doors, I think it's a bit too messy and hopefully you can update it when the micro panels release in LGB color. P.S. I think it deserves a feature ;)

I just noticed the sun uses YELLOW 2L (frictionless?) pins that are not supposed to be used in Technic theme

The small robot/rover thingy has full pendular suspension. Great attention to detail right there!

The steering seems to be self-centering by using the black 2393 part which offsets the wheel from it's steering point by a stud. Like wheels on a shopping cart. The new panel is a greata ddition, especially since you can now use 2 of these to fill a 4 studs wide space without gaps which was not possible before. I don't see any launch mechanism though, but I think this might be the fastest pullback since is so light and small, yet powered by 2 motors.

Nice to see TLG do something new for a change. I don't think we ever had such a static Technic model before.

I doubt there are any Yamaha shifting parts due to limited space, but a 24 tooth clutch gear would be nice. Since the real Kawasaki Ninja uses an inline 4, I'm pretty confident this model uses a brick-build inline 4. At least that would explain why it's so hidden.

I think it combines with the module from 42181 to expand the space.

42169 has new, slimmer curved trapezoid panels, they seem to go from 1 to 3 studs width. Also, love the gray tyres on the mars rover! EDIT: New round sphere panels for Earth and rover white reseorvars.

Thanks for noticing the issues, I fixed the inventory on my rebrickable page.

Maybe you misswired the left and right motors.

Yes, the whole front axle tilts and also has independent suspension. No wear on the gerabox parts so far, but haven't driven it that much. Plenty of torque as it is already, so I see no need for addiitonal gearing. Yes, the 6L links keep the front axle from bending, without them it's much more loose. Thank you both for the praise.

Many people have been asking me for a simple, easy-to build and most importantly cheap Off-Roader. When I started this project, I've set myself the following guidelines: Use a single BuWizz 3.0 and "only" 2 BuWIzz drive motors Implement a 2 speed gearbox Maximize the ground clearance by using a pendular axle (this way the independent suspension doesn't have to loose ground clearance when going over obstacles) The model has to be built from under 500 parts All the parts have to be standard and in current production Keep the number of different parts as low as possible Use color coding to simplify the building process Design the model so that it can easily be modified by other builders Create proper building instructions And this is what I came up with in the end: I managed to successfully realize the all the planned functionality, features and more: All wheel drive 2 speed gearbox Pendular front axle Independent suspension on all wheels Openable doors for easy acces to the charging port Interior with seats and a steering wheel The dimensions and specs are as following: Built out of ~460 parts 27 x 20 x 13 cm ~ 850 grams Top speed of 7 km/h As usual there's a video showcasing the model in more detail: But just building the model and recording the video was only half the story. I also taught myself how to create the building instructions using the Studio which can be found here: https://bricksafe.com/pages/Zblj/simple-off-roader Since these are my first such instructions, they may not be ideal... So in a case of any issues, confustion, or such I also uploaded the .IO and .LXF files which can be found in the corresponding Bricksafe folder: https://bricksafe.com/pages/Zblj/simple-off-roader All in all this was a great learning experience, I'm always happy to learn a new skill and being able to create my own instructions sure is a good skill to have as a LEGO builder. To conclude; using this as a base, I wonder what kind of tweaks, improvements and crazy mods other builders will come up with!

Yes, currently controllers are only supported in beta. As soon as the gearbox and mode switch buttons are supported, the stable version will be updated too.

There seems to be a gold colored shock absorber near the front axles at the rover. Pretty sure this was recolored for some other set which needs such color.

What would work really good IMO though is if you make a triple ball pin that you easily just insert through suspension components. 1 ball slot in the suspension arm, 2 in the hub and just insert them through all 3. Very tough and robust.

That's awesome, thank you for sharing!

I think making one side with a cross-shape would solve the issue of putting things too deep.

Well done! Only thing missing is some tyre smoke and having steering wheel turn in the driver's POV.

Can you link the episode?

Could have been different materials/mould polishing used. Also turntables are really sensitive to dirt and dust, those will increase friction dramatically.

Thank you! I used the hubs from Audi E-tron, 24 tooth clutch gears from the Yamaha and the yellow diffs from Ferrari Daytona.