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I feel a bit schizophrenic I build both ways. It is up to the actuall build, what you trying to accomplish with it. I may not be purist, but most of my builds are. The others, well I like experimenting too. I suppose, as long as the modification it stated (nevermind titled) it should not cause a trust issue. Very nice handling on the situation btw. However this last bit that I've quoted is a slippery slope. Especially when peace has just broke out. On the post @Ctan. It is a really nice cut. Did the first attempt succeed, or any casualties? Fair point, if builders get to put in labeled cages, I guess I'll join yours...

That would be it's main purpose. I'm glad that spell works on you. Thank you. My plan has backfired slightly. I made this black shell -red chassis to demonstrate an unfortunate combination. The bright chassis draws the attention from the body and the perception of the shapes and lines are somewhat compromised. I know... I shouid take my pills. It's built to make you feel that as you can read it just above addressed to KD123. Unless you had the same feeling about the white body version.

Got it, built it. Love it. Great idea, thanks.

@Didumos69 I've just built it as much as I could figure out from the renders. The concept is ingenious. I still need to find the placement of the inner rubber band(s) though.

Sorry, your comment slipped my eyes. I had to google it as I didn't know about it. After looking over the pictres, i'm impressed. Therefoe I take your association as a compliment. Also, I should visit that place sometime. Thank you, there is code I follow when I choose the color combination. To get there, first I need your take (not the polite, the honest) on this one: Sorry for the lack of backdrop and lighting. For one picture.... I'm old. Sure I am. Lucky for me I have no idea about the appearance of our dear @Didumos69. If I had, I might have pictured him in my mind in that scene and I could never unsee it anymore. But I just might be on that chain lead too. I spent a very long time today checking the pictures of Mr Cameron's Hoonigan. And it is paneled and covered so much, I guess it is even watertight. Yet, I love it. Anyway my point is, there might just be great builds in both styles, as well as not so great ones. So hereby I cancel our new church. Consequences: - we wont divide the community -we wont burn a lot of plastic on the ceremonies - Didumoss can keep his cloths on.

You... Dirty.

Welcome on EB. Your buggy looks very appealing to me. Although you explained yourself on the bulky rear axle, that is my favorite bit. It represents the core of lego. Overcoming on problems, like the lack of certain parts.

How about a shame-walk? Rules are still flexible, but once we settle, we'll get exluded from taxation by the goverment as any other religion, so new sets get cheaper, as VAT wont be needed to pay by members. Still working on the mitology, gotta find out something for the times before 1977. How fitting, Madoca could be our prophet! Do not radicize me, please.

Considering the story behind, I find it really attractive in a technical way, that is where real beauty hides. And in my experience for a 4 year old this looks just like a real one. What a mission! I'm proud of you. I've been using similar outriggers on my crane truck. They can be really beefy. They easily lifted the whole truck in the air.

@nerdsforprez Now I need a bigger frame...

Some say it is too sarcastic. Yet it is my best asset to gain ten days alone at christmas. (sorry, couldn't resist) Thank you, let's make a movement against panels! A ceremony should be held every saturday, where the new members throw their panel on the campfire while we singing about beams and soft axles. Or hold a referendum on it. That will break lego sociaty in half for sure.

I'm back from work, kept reading the emails about your posts, cheered me up for sure, thank you. Thanks, not that mini anymore, but still more compact than it would be with the tradicional parts. And more customisable. Then you gonna save a fortune on the connectors. Cheers. To highlight one of the many advantages of this connector body here is a picture: That was the original body idea. Scaling it up from 1/10 to 1/8 was about 10 minutes. I imagine it would take much longer if it was panel built. I don't know, as I lack the ability to build with them. Thanks. As I'm surrounded with similar builds of mine for years, it is pretty much the "normal" for me, but now that you've said... I will post another video here about it's ancestor. She was the original "devil" but didn't make it to a dedicated presentation. And stood much closer to that 8448 feeling. I will at you when it comes to it. Thanks, I'll do my best. I thought I should post an amendment that says: Any attempt from a third party to urge the process will postpone the release date by one calendar month. Where did you get that picture of my car? I've already confessed that in the first reply. That is my personal steering wheel. (based on physics) I'm just that much of a nerd. Thanks. Knowing that you are perfectionist, I hope you never get to build it. I don't want you to ruin your expectations. Thank you. I'm tellin' ya, you can't have enough of them. Most of my red connector stock is involved in another 1/8 project what is well overdue, that's why it came to be white and black. But red definitely would look great. Cheers. Usually I'm more keen on "what's under the bonnet" than if there is a bonnet at all. It's a slippery slope though, steers me towards illegality while chasing realistic solutions. I'm glad I've broke that barrier. Thank you. Huh, that's a relief. I won't be alone in straight jacket. Now I print this, frame it and put it on my wall. Cheers m8, hope you noticed, that controversial steering wheel is at least on the right side. My way of assimilation. It's the first time someone calls me "people" since my spaceship crashlanded. Please try to imagine ten days alone without any limiting factor. For once, I didn't leave the house for 7 days (then I ran out of food). Then there was a night when I simply skipped sleeping. Not intentionally, only realised it is late when the sun came up. And the other nights were short too. such as from 4am to 10 am. It was a real flow. Loved it. Thank you. You can count on me then. I've checked it for you, 164 in the chassis alone. Yet to build the body in studio, but it won't get more the 4-500 in the whole model. Thanks for the kind words. Btw I've decided to motorise the black specimen later, so we'll get more of it. I knew I'm going to miss to reply one. Technically speaking the idea of this concept has been laid down exactly in that time period when the hammerhead was on the way. As I've mentioned above, I'll make a short video of what she was looking like. Thanks for the praise.

Thank you, I suppose I could use that steering wheel, but just now as you pointed out I've realised I didn't use it for a long time now. There is a humiliatingly nerd reason behind it. This bevel system, I'm using in the steering is gearing it down to achieve some life-like ratios between the wheels and the steering wheel. So it makes fun using the steering wheel instead of the HOG. The limited access makes me use only one finger and the 36T gear offers more grip then the genuine steering wheel. And by the time my brain accepted it as a steering wheel. So speaking outside of my brain, you made a fair point.

Good People of Eurobricks, let me present you my latest build that goes by the fancy name of "The devil in sheep's clothing". Giving this name appeared to be a good idea at 4 am when I've finished editing the video, so now I stuck with it. It's been built in a 10 day window around christmas time undisturbed. Beside the fact that few of us have the rare opportunity to dedicate as much time to this hobby, it is indeed a honest mirror on my social life too. So be careful, what you wish for. So to the subject. It is a non motorised (pushy-pushy) supercar (ish) build with the rough scale of 1:8. And now I let the video do the fair bit of my task: So if you still here, let's talk about the details: Involves a very reliable gemstone gearbox from the hands of our beloved @Didumos69. This is the 4 speed 4wd sequential from the Rugged supercar I've made a few modifications on it. Replaced the rubber rings to shock absorbers on the gearstick-centering mechanism, but I'm not brave enough to call this an improvement. Geometric barriers made me do that. The rest of the drivetrain comes with 4 wheel drive and a V10 engine as follows: I kept it simple, one might say it's a waste of space, it could be fitted with an 8 speed gerbox easily. Or 16. But no. Old school. And ther is the steering too. Same stuff I've used in the 8880 evo. Suspension: Somewhere along the way it became a pushrod suspension, but it wasn't always that. The former setup (pic below) wasn't cooping very well with the weight of the car. Had similar symptoms like the chiron so I've started over and got to this pushrod setup above. Has a lot of advantages strong, highly adjustable by changing geometry, but has a downside. The lower pushrods -made out of connectors and 5.5L axles- are relatively easy to pull apart. Not by it's own weight, but - let say- when wheels are changed, got to be careful while puting them on. Next bit is the roll cage, but it is pretty self explanatory. I figured I need some scaffolding anyway, the connector body demands it in this size, so I went a step further and gave it a proper sceleton. One more about the roll cage. The rear wing, or spoiler. As it shows above it has a dead simple spring loaded mechanism that provides two positions to adjust. Namely: up and down. Also comes with interior. Made out of connectors of course. Don't know if it's comfy or not. One of my favorite details (one of the dumbest as well) is the armrest bit on the door. It follows up nicely to the dashbord. Gives the illusion of completeness. Also just realised that I made about 58 million pictures and non of them is catching this feature at all. Good on me. The body: It's a hell of a lot of connectors and axles. Apart from the side bits and doors it's a single layer on the whole car, yet holds itself together surprisingly well. Allthough if you choose to give it to a 4 year old to play with it, he can dissmantle it in 58 second. Hope you enjoyed, any question, don't hesitate, hit me. There wil be instructions. Data shows, it takes an avarage two and a half years for me to make them so you may expect it under the christmas tree in 2022.

Point taken, and it is a fair point. Yet I still expect a smaller ratio. This is how stubborn I am. If you're right, it's gonna be painfully slow. We'll see anyway.

I know I'll need 13 of them. 12 to use, one to find out what's the end of it. The only report I met told it to be not too different, but slightly bigger than the current mold. He claimed it had metal gearing, but only on "how it felt" he had no visual or any other backup on that. I expect something similar planetary system, what they aready use in the PF motors. That doesn't feel plastic so much as it is. And it is an existing, more less prooven system. He also said it had 1 to 4 reduction. Giving the fact that the whole post sounded like a description given by my 8 year old niece, I would say that is a lot. I expect 1 to 3. That ratio has a big tradition in TLG. And you don't need stronger joints behind a 1to4 reduction, do you? On the geometry: given that they use the 56x34 rims (as much as that single blurry picture assumes) I guess it keeps the 5L setup , so the steering linkage geometry remains the same. It could and must however grow in some direction, so it is either taller than 3 stud, or/and become "deeper" so the wheel gets further from the kingpin. If it will fit in the porsche rim, I'll be the happiest nerd on the globe. Disclsure: All the above is speculation, built on high hopes and an unprofesional report from Idon'tknowwho. I have no idea about the stronger joints, yet it is a crutial point to support the hub.

Vi taler ikke dansk (we don't speak danish) (yet)

@Bjarne I've just googled the real thing as I wasn't familiar with this brand. You've done a great job on the apparence. I'd love to see it in work. Is there a plan for a video, or something? I guess it would help to gather supporters too. The one thing that bothers me is the lift height of the forks. 10cm if I'm not mistaken. The real couterpart has a telescopic mast. Didn't you want to recreate that feature on your model? You just envy the enthusiasm of newcomers , don't you? Don't worry, I feel your pain, Bro.

Convincing experiment, very out of the box kind as well. I spent some time to find the source of the anomaly. I had the gearbox driven by an L motor. I held my finger lightly on the central diff to imitate the resistance that coming back from the drivetrain. All I can think as the source of the problem after your latest test is the lenght of the axle between the stepper and the rotary catch. In my case it was 8 stud. That might be unrealistic in a proper build however. Looking forward to see what comes out of this idea and sorry if my doubts were holding you back. In the other hand the world would have been poorer by a video where a supercar is pushed and pulled with a freshly designed seq. stepper. It must be one of a kind...

As I figured, the reason is the number of connections. On the slack of the bevels, and lego being plastic, it looses some degrees on the output. The loss is proportionate to the resistace applied. You can try yours without gearbox. Just apply some resistance with your thumb on the output saft and see if it can complete the gearchange. Nevertheless it is a remarkable concept. I should say: Not bad for a prototype. I've got something to play with this evening.

Kudos, great idea. Can/will you use it in the diagonal drive project? Size matters I suppose. Edit: I've built it and tested. For me it tends to fail as it meets some resistance from the output side. Edit 2.Hooked it up on a gearbox with the rotary catch and having a hard time around the 4th gear on a loaded drivetrain. Could be just this particular setup though. Did you run any test under load?

Looks cool, runs well, no reason to not to give a . As someone who has been experimenting on drift cars, I have to say you harvested the most what is possible in this size with this build. Stickers look good, but the mandatory belly shot doesn't reveal much.

Yes, the teeth are straight, but due to the torque there is a minor "deformation" that makes a slight angle between the two parts. If it wasn't there we wouldn't have the problem of disengagement under torque in the first place. But it is plastic, not metal so we have it. Too bad. It was working on my (unpublished) 4 speed sequential "supercar". Although I have to admit it was equipped with 2 buggy motors and those have different caracteristic from the PF XL. So it is a fair point. Taking your priorities in consideration you may be right to gear it down.

I'm not a fan of that idea. Once it is messy, or it becomes that in short time. Second, the same friction that causes the problem- by definition- helps to keep the engagement stable under higher torque. And that is where the problem becomes layered: Without lubrication the engagement kept in more-less by the friction between the ring and the c.gear. If you lubricate it, this friction is eliminated so your ring wanna slide out from the c.gear and the ring will get forced against the orange rotary catch. As it is a stationary part, it will create friction on the rotating ring and this friction grows by the torque applied on this system. So lubrication is a trade-off in my view. Just release the throttle for a fraction of a second at the gearchange and it is sorted. Just like in real cars. Disclaimer: It takes a while to master which fraction of that second is when you take the gas off.

When it is in 4th gear -being the quickest- puts the drivetrain under the highest torque. When I say drivetrain, I mean the "ring-clutchgear connection". So when these two are forced against each other, it takes more muscle for the changing mechanism to pull it out. I suppose your shifter is just around that limit with it's strenght to accomplish the task. If you take the throttle off in the time of that gearchange and it goes well, it's a sign of this phenomena. Edit: I'm talking about the former, failing shifter, not the newly posted. Idon't know that yet.