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On his Brickshelf gallery, Emilus posted 32 pictures of his Lego Technic Tatra 813 8x8 Kolos trial truck built for the GPMazovia event in Warsaw, Poland. The first event is this Saturday, April 16, 2011. The Tatra has "Weight 3,6 kg, 1 PF XL for drive, 5 motors on board, 4 gears." It has a VERY STOUT "spine" for a chassis. Additional details are coming soon on LUGPol (original Polish and English translation) and TruckTrial.pl (in Polish and English). In the meantime, here is the :

On his Brickshelf gallery, Sheepo posted several pictures for each of these three Lego Technic "Return-to-Center Steering" configurations. "Return-to-center standard system using specific piece - x928cx1" (Known as the Lego Hockey Spring) (3 pictures): "Return-to-center type 1. With medium size and high accurate, this is de most recommended." (5 pictures): "Return-to-center type 2. It is a smaller version of the type 1, more compact but with some less precision and not suitable for engines larger than a PF M." (4 pictures): "Return-to-center type 3. It is the larger but equally effective, ideal for high torques and flat spaces" (4 pictures):

Biker made a fully-motorized Lego Technic 8265 Wheel Loader using LDD v4.1.6: LXF file . Here's the of it in action:

On his website, Nico71 posted (in French) about "How To Create Lego Building Instructions" using SR 3D or MLCAD. He provided step-by-step English instructions on that website page.

Biker also created Building Instructions for a fully-motorized Lego Technic 8265 Wheel Loader -- "All functions motorized, full RC. Reliable and fun. The set was heavily modified, to fit all the electronics. The V6 engine is still in its place....fully motorized with 3 PF M and 1 PF XL motors. The set has been heavily rebuilt, as I had to find place for the 4 motors + 2 receivers....The outlook is the same as the other models without RC motors." On his Brickshelf folder, he posted many photos (with helpful words on them), a link to this , and a Lego Digital Designer (LDD) v4.1.6 .lxf file. A 3-page PDF Parts List (using LDD Manager) is attached at the bottom of this post. To save people's time, here is the single, 25.8-MB PDF file with all of Biker's photo-sequence instructions (via MegaUpload SkyDrive). Parts List for Biker\'s Lego 8265 Motorized Loader.pdf

Some more (English) ads in thorsten-ac's "Recent" folder:

On his Brickshelf gallery, thorsten-ac has several 1970s and early 1980s Lego Technic (and pre-Technic) advertisements, written in French and German. Parlez-vous Francais? Können Sie Deutsches sprechen?

@ davidmull: Here are the Lego Acronym definitions (which you can look up on this LUGnet Acronym webpage ): AFOL: Adult Fan of LEGO. MISB: Mint In Sealed Box.

On his Brickshelf gallery, jorgeopesi/ jorgeopesinas posted 41 BIG images and this of his Lego Technic Ferrari Testarossa ("Red Head"). He wrote (in this rough Spanish-to-English translation) that it has "5 Speeds + Reverse gears, 12 cylinders, independent suspension, pneumatic retractable lights, closing doors, operable hoods. [it is] completely RC [remote controlled]. I present you the Testarossa." The pictures are just too big to post here, but you can see them on Brickshelf.

On his Brickshelf gallery, TT posted 28 pictures and this YouTube video of his Lego Technic ZIL E134 Trial Truck (2011 version). It is controlled by a Lego Mindstorms NXT programmable brick and a combination of Power Functions and Mindstorms motors. The sign on the side of the truck is TomasZajac's eBLOCKS Lego parts store in Poland. TT may post a description of this in LUGPol's Technic or Mindstorms Forums soon (English translated version). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Os9eFpv1s

On his Brickshelf gallery, 4Lord posted BIG 25 photos and this MP4 video of his "Black Two-Seater" Lego Technic car. The video make take 30 seconds to load on your web browser.

On this TechnicBRICKS post, Conchas wrote a nice article and posted a VIDEO of Khan's Pilatus PC-21 Training Airplane's functions. It even has two ejector seats!

On his Brickshelf gallery, Erik Leppen posted photo-sequence Building Instructions for his Lego Technic 5-Axle Truck with Crane. He wrote that it "Features five electric functions: Three for the crane, the other two for the outriggers and the container." To save 45 minutes in downloading the individual JPG files, one can get a single. 20.8-MB PDF instruction booklet from MegaUpload SkyDrive here.

Yes, the 32305 "Technic, Pin Connector Block 7 x 3" piece has only been used in four Lego Roboriders sets (according to Bricklink). It seemed to be used as just one big Connector Block that allowed other parts to be pinned on it. I always thought that it could hold a Worm Gear....

The deadline is Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 (as written on this webpage). This would be consistent with the deadlines set during previous months. The folks slapping in the Rules and Regulatons didn't change the DAY OF THE WEEK, only the date.

On his Flickr photostream, Texan AFOL Thomas J. ("TJ") Avery posted 28 pictures of his BIG Lego Technic "Crane Project, Phase 1". He wrote that "This is a test project to try out new ideas and prove if they work or not. Phase 1 focuses on the upper (superstructure) part and also the turntable. Phase 2 will replace the pedestal base with something a lot more interesting :-) " More discussion appears on his TEXbrick website.

@ NaturalBornUser: Welcome to Eurobricks! You have a nice design for your "Portal Axle"! I see all 19 images of your photo-sequence Building Instructions on your Brickshelf folder. Thanks for sharing!

Here's what I think is the "SNIPE-to-English" translation (since you won't use a Spell-Checker or correct your typing): Do the 4143 "Technic, Gear 14 Tooth Bevel" fit inside the 32324 "Technic, Brick 4 x 4 Open Center", like the 6589 "Technic, Gear 12 Tooth Bevel" pieces do? The answer is "YES". I used real Lego parts just now, and three 14-Tooth Bevel Gears DO work in the "square" Technic Brick frame to create a differential. Three 12-tooth gears work as a differential too. If you try to "mix-and-match" the two types of bevel gears in the SAME differential, it works but it runs extremely rough and has a LOT of friction. Trying to get all the bevel gears to mesh in LDD is a lot harder than in real life. One has to rotate the gears JUST RIGHT to get them to mesh. LDD v4.1.6 has a box in which one can specify the angle of rotation, so that your Technic Axles rotate to the same degree as the gears. [You can insert your own images into your posts by clicking on the second icon to the right of the "smiley face" appearing in the menu bar. Hold your cursor over the icon and you will see "Insert Image". It's one icon to the right of the "Insert Link" icon that you've been using.]

In addition to his Brickshelf folder and MOCpages entry, Nathanael Kuipers has his Flickr photostream too about his creation. On MOCpages he wrote the best, most extensive description. The reason that his video did not show it driving around in circles is that "To give the video some flair and make it easier to present, 2 motors were included, but they are NOT to let the model drive autonomous or remote controlled." Nevertheless, this is an exceptional MOC! :thumbup:

On his Flickr photostream, Americo Verde photographed these Lego Technic and Model Team exhibits yesterday at the "Atrium 0937" event in Coimbra, Portugal. Did any Eurobricks members go to this exhibition? There are some interesting variations to some standard Technic sets.... [/img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/5602446845_a706bb8a82_z.jpg[/img]

dimnix86/ NaturalBornUser posted this of his Liebherr 9250 Excavator model using Lego Technic elements. On his website (in Polish and in English), he wrote (in this rough translation), "I present a model Liebherr 9250, the largest of the excavators...The original weight exceeds 250 tons, the engine power is more than 1000 hp, and the bucket capacity is 15 cubic meters (about 27 tons of rock and earth) indicate that we deal with a serious machine": "Pf [Power Functions] XL {motor] drives both tracks, with the possibility of a seven-speed adjustment via remote control. Pf Medium [motor] is used to turn moving to the front of the vehicle while speeding up the one and releasing the second caterpillar to a degree dependent on the remote control. Thus, the higher the twist the steering wheel on the remote control, the smaller vehicle's turning radius makes steering very convenient....Running the Medium [motor] during the stationary-off XL provides turn in place by the movement of one track to the front and one back with the same speed. So much for the advantages of a subtractor." The model's specifications: * Weight of Base = 1100 grams * Rotating Cab Tower Section = 2300 grams without arm * Upper Arm = 900 grams * One caterpillar tread consists of 42 Technic Tread pieces. * Inside the tower there are 3 motors: - Pf XL Motor - to raise the whole arm - Pf Medium - Tower Cab rotation - Pf Medium - bending the arm in the middle There is a good description of the wire-activated Linear Actuators that he used -- check it out on his website links above.

sunnykoomos posted this of a Motorized Trailer that can accept the container from the 8052 set:

I like your flat engine and the suspension so far. The MICHELIN (not "Michigan") tires will be a nice addition.

The Bricklink.com Inventory of the 8069 set shows the 41896c01 combination "Yellow Wheel 43.2mm D. x 26mm Technic Racing Small, with Black Tire 81.6 x 38 R Balloon (41896 / 45982)". Note the 3 Technic Pin holes in each wheel. If Mortymore's set came with 6-hole wheels, maybe TLG is transitioning to a NEW wheel of the same 43.2mm diameter, as merman noted. I don't see any other possibilities on the Bricklink "Tire on Wheel Relationships" webpage.

@ Superkalle: I upgraded my LDD Manager to v0.97, and it works great. I tried it on Zblj's X24 and X48 Lego Technic Engines that he built using LDD 4.1.6, and everything was super-smooth. Thanks for your hard work!