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It could be a great set for introducing new parts (like how the bulldozer from 2007 was really simple mechanicly, but was a good platform for releasing thye PF system). Ok so my ideal forklift would have: two new high speed motors (no internal gearing making for lots of cool drive trains), one to drive the compessor and one to drive the front wheels. three new servo motors, one to steer the rear wheels and two to operate the two pneumatic valves. Three section extending forks Pneumatic tilting of the forks using the the standard pneumatic cylinder Pneumatic lifting using THREE longer cylinders (one lifting the forks inside the inner rails using a chain linkage, the other two placed either side of the outer rails to lift the middle and inner rails using chain linkage) Auto pressure cut off (built using exiting cylinder and pf switch. Two new remotes (with two recievers) , giving 4 proportional channels. (drive, steer, forks lift, forks tilt). The compressor would be powered straight from the battery via the auto pressure cut off valve. New parts required are: Longer cylinder (x3), Servo motor (x3), High speed/ungeared (L?) motor (x2) Proportion transmitter (x2), Possibly new reciever if the current one does not support propper proportion control of servos (x2) And NO airtank! I honestly think that circuits powered by motor compessor are better without them. How does all that sound? I imagine the new parts would open lots of doors functionally and give us AFOLs who have lots of Lego already a bigger reason to buy it instead of making it out of the parts we already have. I also think it would be lots of fun to play with, especially if it came with a couple of pallets that you could put mugs and phones and tv remotes on

I still wonder if it's the blue ppto piece. It's a great part but it looks a bit weak to me.

Or what about a huge remote controlled forklift, with longer pneumatics (obviously ), and a servo motor to control the steering and pneumatic valves.

How about a huge monstertruck, or a huge jcb, or a huge supercar, or a huge space shuttle, or a huge robot arm, or a huge.....erm.....dinosaur? Seriously tho I don't care what the flagship is as long as it's got some really cool new parts which allow for more realistic functionality.

Oh yes it will!

Because the pin hose would move inside the half pin.

I have a feeling the problem part is NOT the pump, it's not a large modification to a well tried and tested part, so I doubt they are having problems with that (unless there are internal, cost saving changes to any pneumatic part we don't know of ) I think it's more likely to be the blue ppto piece, this part, whilst it's a fantastic new addition, seems to be designed too weak, like it would break if you tried to attatch/remove a hose. Anybody have any thoughts on this?

You only need one gear, use the same gear as both the driven gear and the crank.

That looks cool, i'm glad you are using a diffencial in the axle otherwise steering would be difficult for the motor. I placed a red shock absorber in my original design to mimic the red cylinder pictured on the real thing. I believe they are indeed relevant for the real thing in order to not only spread the weight equally between pairs of wheels, but between all wheels. They may not be crucial for this model though it would be nice to replicate it.

I'm using MLcad, Cy-Gor is isung LDD (lego digital designer) which is the easier of the two to set up and is available as a free download from lego. It would indeed be a fun project which I am also debating although models of this size are usually not my style (sets that actually could be sold as official sets is more my thing). Fisrt I would need to be sure that the whole thing is possible in a design, functionality and complexity i'm happy with before buying any parts. Maybe the design could be a joint poject between lots of us!

The version I posted would crab anywhere you like! However it's large scale would be better suited to the unimog wheels, which would be awesome!!!!

You may be right, I hope not though! I've already done most of the design for a monster truck hoping that these new parts will not slow the motor down too much. Well you should be sorry, how offensive can you get, I mean jeez, everyone hates christmas right? Baaaahhhhh humbug!

Just a quick preliminary sketch for the sub axle. Not finished, but I really should get to bed, gettin up in the early hours for work every morning is a b*****d!

Imagine that dumper truck with 20 unimog wheels! Just the excuse I need to buy 5 unimogs

For me it's tradition. Ever since I was 8 years old, every christmas would be the flagship technic set of the year barring some not so desireable sets (cough8043cough!). Ooooh, think I need some medicine! Thanks for the heads up on the video Dluders. As much as they make me want the unimog even more, you would think he's never played with a technic set before a bit of finess with the controls will get those pneumatics working precisely and smoothly, instead of hurling the winch through the air . Just goes to show that pump has a decent amount of power, nice to see TLG taking my advice

Just came across this interesting illustration by Barry Bosman (Barman): Looks like the new parts fit great inside the power puller wheels too

Looking at 0:49 at video 2/7, he turns the front axles, which in turn turns the engine but also the rear axle, indicating that the rear axle at least has very little friction. In the other video when he turned the wheel and the other one didn't turn, looking at it I suspect it's nothing more the the other wheels inertia preventing it moving. There was no engine attached at the time so the transmission had hardly any resistance to move. So I am still hopeful that there is very little friction in these new parts. We shall have to wait and see, but if the friction is low (which I think it is) then these are gonna be way better than the triangle pieces for making portal axles, i'm already planning a monster truck using these! BTW am I the only one who is gonna wait till christmas day to build this beauty? It's gonna drive me nuts

Yes that's what i'm looking for. It doesn't have to give me precise piece by piece instructions, just the contours in lego scale. Then I can figure out how to make it strong. Thanks Philo, that Lsculpt program looks promising.

Well, that actuator would not really turn 360 degrees, more like 235 degrees tops. It would be for rotating grabber claws at the end of arms and things like that, although an actuator that could turn infinately like a motor would be better (excavator tracks are powered by hydraulic motors in real life), i'm not sure if it's feasable in lego scale. I'm not even sure my version is feasable at lego scale, but it's only a wish afterall.

Hiya guys, I did a quick search but couldn't find anything, so my question is this. Is there any software out there I can download which would enable me to import a 3d model into it (like one made in truespace preferably) and then "legoize" it so I can build it out of bricks. The reason I ask is that I would like to build very large scale cars with technic workings but an accurate brick built shell. It would also be nice to create VERY large scale things like T-rexes and dragons, real cool looking you know, not bright red! I know the master model builders have access to such programs, but I have yet to find one. Thanks.

Sounds like you need more gearing down. Try swapping the 12t bevel and 20t bevel gears round so you have a 12:20 reduction, that might be enough.

I've added one or two things! For some reason I can't deep link the pics here, but they are only meant for inspiration. They are ideas and I have intentionally left out specific dimentions so that Lego are free to use them as inspiration for parts. Even still I give full permission to the Lego group to use these concepts as they wish. Although obviously some free copies from the production line would be nice

Thankyou Jetro. Well here's a link to my gallery of most wanted items http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=196086 There are many more (see list below) but the longer pneumatic (even better in multiple different lengths) and the gearbox parts (along with parts to make the gear change mechanism more realistic and intuative for MOCing ) are my most wanted. Rotary pneumatic actuator. inside out 24t gear (for planetary reduction in wheel hubs), PF servo motor (for proportional RC control of steering, gearshifting, pneumatic valves, etc) PF L-motor (between the m-motor and the XL-motor in the pf motors line it would be powerful, like a 7.2v RC motor, but have no internal gearing so it would be very fast and none of the geartrain is done for you. Isn't the point of technic that you are supposed to build your own mechanisms instead of having any gearing already done for you?). I believe the servo motor and the L-motor could effectively replace the existing M and XL motors. Suspention struts with towball sockets on the ends instead of axle holes.

Oh wow, this is fantastic, your best yet! Love it!

The likleyhood of lego releasing/making money from any tools of real life war is even less than lego releasing a flying helicopter made from duplo, and rightly so.