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  1. Zerobricks
    Thanks to the recently released gears and hubs, I was finally able to upgrade the model with an updated driveline. The main changes in the driveline are the increased reliability and a higher difference between the gears. Basically this means the low gear is now slower with higher torque than original and that the high gear is now slightly faster, allowing the model to reach almost 22 km/h (10% speed increase). I mananged to do all the upgrades without any major changes to the exterior: As usual, there is more info in the video: To add topping to the cake, the increased torque and robustness allowed me to also create an off-road variant, which can be easily set up in under 5 minutes. While redesigning the driveline, I also redesigned the suspesnion in such way, that it can easily be adjusted between two levels - low/hard and high/soft. I also changed the rear bumper attachments, so it can easily be swapped out for a different one. Here's how the off-road version ended up: Despite a few remaing flaws, I'm really happy with the upgrade since it gave this old model a nice performance and reliability boost. On a personal note, the upgrade was a really good learning experience for future projects.
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    Good luck. I can tell you from my personal experinces that the Slovenian LEGO costumer service is great!
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    Have you tried reinstalling the app?
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    Again, the more information we get, the better we can help...
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    Of course it is, many official sets use it like for example 42154's spoiler.
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    I recommend you guve us more info, which set, what motors, etc... Also double check instructions, or reinstall the app if all else fails.
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    I think that turntable is overnginnered for such a small MOC. Having said that a simple PF M motor coupled to a 5V power supply should do a trick.
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    Funny fact, I heard there's a TLG rule that an axle can only pass through 3 friction parts at most. Anything else can overload the builder.
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    I'm happy to see you recovered from the axle ordeal and that you're back at it!
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    Wow, good catch, basically the whole gear deforms into an oval when you insert an axle. I wonder why they didn't compensate for it during design though, so inserting the axle would round it out.
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    You can always use a clutch gear and a 43093/18651 axle pin.
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    No idea, but if we check Bricklink history for wave selector, they were like 2-3€ ish in May 2020 and now they go for like 1,5-2€? Wish I could see more history though. I tried looking for my orders, but they have long been purged, though I have a feeling their price was around 3-4€ when they were released.
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    The 24 tooth clucth gear prize seems fair, but the shorter gearbox ring and other gearbox parts? From the info I got, the gearbox parts are licensed parts, but maybe the 24 tooth clutch gear is actually not, hence the lower, normal price. But as with all these new parts, the price will fall, we had a very similar scenario back in 2018 with wave selectors and 20 tooth clucth gears.
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    I'd recommend start building at a smaller scale and than make your way up larger scale once you get more experience.
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    42159
  16. Zerobricks
    Compact, maneuverable and good looking. Very cute too. Also love the mirrors.
  17. Zerobricks
    I reported the issue to LEGO and attached photos where you can see the new straight gears literally toucing the gears which they shouldn't. Also my measurements are as following, remember that you have to measure the largest dimension by spinning the gear so it's perfectly aligned tip of the tooth to the tip of the tooth. 12 bevel: 13,40 12 straight: 13,99 16 normal: 17,42 16 clutch: 17,81 20 bevel normal: 21,40 20 bevel clutch: 21,48 20 straight normal: 21,88 20 straight clutch: 21,83
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    Can you send a photo of what you mean? Also I'm thinking of reporting this issue to the LEGO group.
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    I think your track assemblies are placed one stud too high. EDIT, 2 studs too high*
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    The bigger the gears, the smoother they generally interact since there are more teeth in contact, allowing for smoother power transfer. Also biggar gears are more efficient because there is less force on the axles.
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    I think they introduced the straight version of the turntable just for 42146, since longer teeth reduce the possibility of slipping and than everything followed, 20 tooth and 12 tooth gears. For 28 straight version I would love to see a slightly different design, maybe remove the axle holes and make it thinner to reduce friction. Also a clutch version would be awesome. Regarding the issue though, I'm thinking of maybe actually reporting it to LEGO, I really think they messed up the design on these gears and sooner or later there will be issues, especially in gearboxes where different sized normal and especially clutch gears are close to one another.
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    Anyone else encountered a compatibility issue with the new 12 and 20 tooth straight gears? While making the gearbox for my 4x4 Universal off-roader V2, I noticed this issue in LDD: Tested it with real life bricks and basically the new, straight 20 tooth clutch gear can actually touch the 8 tooth gear, especially if there's a load pushing it towards it. Same applies to a normal 20 tooth bevel gear and an 8 tooth gear, even when supported by beams on both ends, they can touch if pushed towards each other. Interestingly, there is no such issue with 16 and 12 tooth normal straight gears. BUT a 16 clutch gear and 12 straight gear can also touch, clutch gears generally seem to have longer teeth/larger diameter. For the application above, I decided to stick to bevel version, since a straight version could literally push the 8 tooth gear and therbye push itself out of gear or cause grinding. What is your opinion on this? I think LEGO messed up and that they should slightly reduce the teeth size as they did with 24 tooth gears.
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    It was a pleasure see them all in real-life. Just wish I had more time to really look at all the details, they are just so many!
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    A bit frustrating at first, but I will get used to it.
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    I just made my first ever instructions in Studio for an upcoming MOC, so hopefully you can expect more of them in the future
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