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Exactly ! Some backward races have been organized in the Netherlands and they always have finished with some crashes. Some new : http://www.nico71.fr/continuously-variable-transmission/ Some pictures to rebuild it are included :)

Hello, Thanks David for the feature ! The CVT I create is a modified version of zblj's one (slightly). But the functionning is the same of misha's one : based on friction. A interesting way to get a CVT is to work with resistive torque but not by friction, resistive torque by gyroscopic effect, like this : The main advantage is the loss : less than a friction. The other advantage is that you can recover the kinetic energy. For my CVT, I will put in the first mass-produced car which had a CVT : DAF Variomatic (mine will be a 55 model, not the 33).

Of course you can. Many thanks for the comments :)

Something new : Piaggio APE ! http://www.nico71.fr/piaggio-ape/ A icon of italy for me. Fun and functionnal !

This is quite old moc but still nice to be featured by you david. I have been working for a long time on calculation machine, not easy to deal with dead-point-angle of gears (I assume play of gap in english words ?). I will publish my work as soon as the multiplication works.

Many thanks for buyers who have contacted ! The pre-order are closed for Europe now, stay tunned on your mailbox !

Hello David, at the moment is is not planned but maybe :). In any case, thanks for supporting me.

I have decided to sell my own lego product, first with the Technic Helicopter. I have finished the instruction. I have ordered all the part according my supplier. A menber of Setechnic Forum who works in printing industry has printed for me building instruction. So the first 10 helicopter were for france. I have had 8 pre-order so I will be able to sell 2 more helicopters For France (for interested french people on this forum). So I can open the pre-order for Europe. If you are interested in getting an helicopter, please answer to this post. The model has a rotating and swiveling main rotor controled by the joystick in the cockpit, and rotating tail rotor and gaz turbine. The price is fixed to 35€ + average 6€ for shipping (depends on your country). The kit includes 308 used or new parts with good condition, the Motor is not included 7-page building instructions (professional color printing) The price is 10% highter than the official lego product (same amount of parts) so I think it is quite good, and not too expensive according to your opinion. If you want to have a functionnal helicopter, support or encourage me, please answer in this post with the quantity needed and your country. Of course, a pre-order will engage yourself because I have to order then the kit for 10 helicopter so I prefer that the pre-order are firm order. You can of course disangage you as you want before the order is not launched. (when I have 10 pre order). I have planned also to sell other moc and As promise a long time ago, the next released model will be the wheel loader (you can also said if you are interested by the loader). If you have any questions, comments, be free to ask :) :)

And the helicopter is ready to be sold for france ! I have finished the instruction. I have ordered all the part according my supplier. A menber of Setechnic Forum who works in printing industry has printed for me building instruction. I have had 8 pre-order so I will be abble to sell 2 more helicopters For France. So I can open the pre-order for Europe. If you are interested in getting an helicopter, please answer to this post. The model has a rotating and swiveling main rotor controled by the joystick in the cockpit, and rotating tail rotor and gaz turbine. The price is fixed to 35€ + average 6€ for shipping (depends on your country). The kit includes the 308 used or new parts with good condition, the Motor is not included, the helicopter is manually operated. The box also includes the 7-page building instructions. If you want to have a functionnal helicopter, support or encourage me, please answer in this post with the quantity needed and your country. Of course, a pre-order will engage yourself because I have to order then the kit for 10 helicopter so I prefer that the pre-order are firm order. You can of course disangage you as you want before the order is not launched. (when I have 10 pre order). :)

And I present you the new video for the helicopter : If there are french people on the forum, please have a look to this topic on setechnic in order to buy an helicopter for 35€ : http://www.setechnic.com/Forum/topic5212.html 10 first helicopter will be for french people (already 6 pre-order), then I will order an other pack of 10 for Europe. So stay tuned if you are interested in :)

Thansk nathan ! I have sent you an email to correct my mystakes abouts part number :) I have already fixed on my website.

The building Instructions are available : http://www.nico71.fr/morgan-three-wheeler/ I have made a picturing building notice with the bill of material at the end (frame, better than pictures). You can browsing my website to watch them or download the high definition PDF. To finish, Nathan is currently indexing my moc on Rebrickable in order to make easier the matching. :)

I also participe with my lego technic helicopter : http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47120&view=findpost&p=1086739 (with functionnal rotor and tail rotor, with 2-axis joystick on the main rotor). http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/704 As The Cuusoo product will be sold only in Japan (10000 units), I plan to sell my own product in europe, and I have started pre-order for France. There are hundred of good project, it is difficult to choose but also difficult to reach 10,000 supporters !

As you know the Cuusoo Lego project has started so I participates ! I have chosen a little moc with little amount of part but lot of fun. In deed, 10 thousands parts replica of the queen victoria is not the idea of what lego want to product. I think this moc is in the continuity of lego technic product. http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/704 The vote requires registration. So if you want to play with this sweet helicopter (functionnal of course !), support me, technic are not really reprensented in this contest :)

As you know the Cuusoo Lego project has started so I participates ! The Cuusoo project promote a creation of Afol in order to be commercialized at 10,000 units. Then the builder receives 1% of the incomes. And that is you who choose the creation. So I have chosen a little moc with little amount of part but lot of fun. In deed, 10 thousands parts replica of the queen victoria is not the idea of what lego want to product. I think this moc is in the continuity of lego technic product. http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/704 The vote requires registration. So if you want to play with this sweet helicopter (functionnal of course !), support me, technic are not really reprensented in this contest :)

Thanks Dluders ! As you have seen here : http://technicbricks.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-techvideo-2011-39-three-wheeler.html The review and video are available : http://www.nico71.fr/morgan-three-wheeler/ ps : pictures are not to big for the forum ?

Thanks ! I am working on the rear of the Morgan. It is quite difficult, not because of the shape, but because of the homogeneity of the constructions ! I am trying to mix flex / panel and classic beam design. :)

New creation : quite unusual : Star Wars moc : This is my entry for the setechnic star wars contest. Not easy to greeb with tecnic parts ! And here is my last WIP : morgan three wheeler featured steering, suspensions, big block harley davidson and gearbox : * :)

Jeep Differentials cracks because of the 12th gear inside, what it is impossible to figure out. With the unimog, it is 3 times faster and the gears can't crack, the motor stalls. the differential is good for turning abilities but it is quite difficult to anticipate the diff's sliding. Again rammacco, many thanks for the offer but I can't be in belgium at this meeting, too bad ! I hope you will create a post or topic to see Trial Truck in motion during this meeting.

Thanks Yoshua for your answer ! It is always a privilege to talk with the designers. :)

Hello, if Lpub crash during the loading, you may verify if you have install Ldview or Ldglite (in the preference option), then ensure you to have the model.pli in the corect folder (again in the preference option). Regarding the flex part, you may install it when you install Lsynth. I have attached the file Lsynth.zip, extracte it an copy in C:/program file/Ldraw/apps. I have attache the file Lpub.zip, extract it and copy in C:/program file/ (this is the version 4). Then have a close look to the mlcad.ini because lot of line of code refer to lsynth and you must correct if the path is not good. I have attached mine, you can copy and erase yours but check the path before launch mlcad (this is the last version or mlcad.ini modified by J.C Tchang). Then, you can launch Plub. You can download the file here : http://nicolas.lespour.free.fr/fichiers/images/Lego/Lpub4/Lynth-mlcad.zip I hope you will figure out, the most common problem with lpub is about the lsynth, which is almost always a problem of instal or pathing ps : don't hesitate to mail me. I don't go often on the forum but I respond to every mail I receive and I am quite good to debug Lpub (last : Lpub setup project crashes when there is a line break before the list of part...)

I have decided to create this topic to show you my lastest creation because one topic per creation is not very good, I have already lot of page to manage (but thanks David, to have featured some of my best creations ;) My latest truck : Unimog V4 : Off course with the building instruction and bild of material. This is not a dismantling photo sequence but a building photo sequence : http://www.nico71.fr/trial-unimog-v4/ :)

Yes my bad, building with SR3D and mlcad sometime gives some bugs or mistakes. Like the axle 2L black instead or red and some other mistake. I repeat myself, but your work is impressive Nathan and always happy to help you in anything.

I have created many building instructions for my models, sometimes with a real good visual with Lpub (maybe 20% of my moc, half have instructions). I know the time spent in so I understand the fee even if my work is free (I have also considered the other way). So very good building Nathanael and good job joshua, you have done an impressive work ! But I have a question : why the instruction looks so like the lego one ? why not be more "exotic" or different ? Because the visual of the instruction are far from what Lpub gives. And for the business vs hobbys : personaly I earn money with my youtube video so my lego work tends more to business that hobbys but still be a hobby. Before my motto was "fun and building", today it is "innovation and building" because to be atractive, the moc have to be surprising. For the idiot question about "please instruction!!!!" I have made a special FAQ page of my website : http://www.nico71.fr/faq/ I will resume the whole sentence by that : "if you are a 11-year old boy and want I build a tank for you : don’t contact me" :)

Wow, you have done a good work ! I am a student un mechanical engineering and it is always interesting to know more about our lego parts, especialy the mechanical field. Therefore, many thanks to you, you acheived an usefull and interesting work ! At Setechnic.com, we have many crane-builders who migh be interested in your study (regarding the design of boom and jib).