Zerobricks

Bit of a bump, what was the agreed up contest type/theme?

That's an interesting choice. Personally I never owned that set, but it seems like a good starter set with many useful parts and quite easy to motorize.

How about a 6x6 or 8x8 logging truck with a penaumatic crane powered by PU?

You probably messed up building somewhere, there is something physically blocking your steering?

Are you refering to this piece (32555)? It's funny that this piece has been used only once in 2001 when it was released in 8466 and than it was out of use for 4 years! And yes, it makes sense that all parts have to be in system, I suppose either the 8 mm raster for studless or a multiples of 3.2 for studded, or a combination of both.

Thank your for the positive feeback, guys. I managed to fiip the engine and now it's perfectly supported at the sides so it can't spin: The model runs much smoother now

I ahd the same idea, about flipping pins, but than there is nothing holding the engine from spinning sideways... I will give it more thought though.

I'm glad to see you back and building. What do you have next in plan?

I don't see a good reason mentioned anywhere? What's wrong with PU? Most motors have kept the same perofrmance and general shape (+1 stud longer for some), but with added position sensors they opened up a whole world on new possibilities. Not to be rude, but without a proper reasoning it sounds to me like you want to keep PF just because you don't like changes? This pettion feels simillar to making a petition to stop manafacturing of electric cars to "save" ICE cars. Save them from what? Progress?

It's a good looking model, but I suggest you put more effort into your model presentations if you want good fedback. Like: What kind of a drive system? Suspension system? Steering system? Gearbox? Photos of interesting mechanisms/underside?

The piece count has been increased to 725. Like I said I built the real one too. Yes the engine can be a bit jumpy when going slow, but it's nothing too hard to overcome. Good idea, thank you.

After building the 42122 for the review, I just knew there has to be a way to give it a proper functionality. It took me some 5 hours of fiddling in LDD and in real life to come up with this MOD, whic adds the following functionality: 4x4 wheel drive with differentials Live axle suspension with shock absorbers on both axles Working minature V6 engine Improved steering system coupled to the spare wheel I tried to keep the looks as close to the original: The balls joint were used as the abse for both axles: Proper soft shock absorbers give it a full live axle suspension: A 90°V6 has been squeezed in the front, driven by both axles: With the old HOG gone and the steering connected to the spare wheel, the rear bench was tidied up: I of course built the real one in parallel too, there will be photos and a video following soon.

Another suggestion iIf you have issues with the steeering arm coliding with the shock abosrbers, replace the suspension arms with 5L ones + thin fliftarms to get 6L and move the shock absorbers a stud deeper.

Well done and you gave it Ackermann geometry. I think a 13L gear rack would fit exactly in there without the need of other bricks.

Maybe a bit out of context, but has the bright green color been used in any other technic set?

I think that was done for the bigger 56mm wheels 76023 Tumbler which needed additonal connection points for the double wheels and than the mold for the smaller wheels followed same style.

Well done, except for the steering linkage. Surely you could use thinner 5L suspension arms to squeeze the front suspension tighter, so that the steering links can be parallel to the arms? Looking at the model now it looks so simple and empty, but back than it was the pinnacle of Lego Technic. Makes you wonder where Technic will be some 30 years from now...

So the new beam is indeed 15 studs long. Seems like a fun set and the 80's vibes are really working for me.

If you want more suspension travel, than i suggest you attach the shock absorbers to the control arms.

No, both L and XL motors have the same polyfuse, I think 750mA.

Given enough space I could have given it adjustable suspension height which would increase stability even further at high speeds.

Thank you for the support! The reason I used RC motor was because I wanted more speed than XL motors can provide.

BuWizz 2.0 can fully power one RC motor in ludicrous mode, but for 2 RC motors anything over normal mode at high load may cause interruptions. If you want the best offroad performance go for the fox 8x8x8 V2.

Tiger 4*4 are 6*6 are built on more or less same platform, they both use 4 RC motors and a dual speed gearbox coupled with portal hubs. Wildcat on the other hand uses planetary hubs with no gearboxes. If you want a fast offfroader go for the tiger 4*4 If you want something a bit slower, but simpler go for the Wildcat The Tiger 6*6 is the most capabale offroad of them all, but slowet than the 4*4 version. I did try to upgrade both tigers with 4 BuWizz bricks, but the extra power causes the gearbox to grind and break gears in low gear, so it was simply not worth it. And yes, BuWizz 3.0 will be capable of driving 2 RC motors at once, that was one of my requirements for it's development.

Not to mention you can't really apply stickers to parts which are curved in more than one axis.