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Looks like a nice block. I definitely agree on the preference for 'micro' engines. The standard cylinder molds may have a more realistic reciprocating motion, but these are more flexible in layout, and you can hear them even when the cover is closed.

Looks like 3x11 to me. Or are there two new 3-wide frames and are you looking at a different one?

That would reinforce the theory that these are 'real' new gears. If they are just recolours or non-bevel 12/20 gears, it makes little sense to produce a different colour for prototype.

Even for gearbox design, adding more clutch gears makes more sense than adding 14z/18z gears with axle holes. I say it's just orange 16zs.

Don't overbuild your horizontal supports, since it will make them too heavy. Consider arches.

Generally, they disassemble into several pieces. There's a video upthread.

That seems very optimistic to me. I don't expect them to include more than 5m, and I wouldn't be surprised if they only include 3m. Remember the hook doesn't "need" to reach lower than the top of whatever liftable they include.

10yo me's problem with that was pulling on the beacon too hard so the 8z at the bottom came off.

I guess it sells.

Could you set something up with changing background colours behind the same sensor?

If this has only one hub, then the only steering options are either feeding the motor leads through the turntable, or using two coaxial shafts. I don't really see TLG doing either. Given the price, I tend to expect two hubs, though it is also possible they are including counterweight elements which are expensive to produce due to non-plastic contents.

I wouldn't expect driving and steering off only one battery box, since it would have to pass through the turntable. Somehow, larger pieces seems unlikely. I'm not convinced just using longer beams would save all that many pieces since it doesn't reduce the number of cross-connections you need, and I don't see them moulding boom components in one piece for a technic set. I'm curious about reconfigurability and transport of the assembled model. Experience with a Saturn V LUT MOC tells me that lifing a 1m30 model by its base makes passing through doors problematic.

I think a Chinook would require longer rotor blades than an Osprey, so they don't make much sense as an A/B pair. However, it does not seem unlikely to me that TLG still owes Boeing a licensed model.

I suspect it's friction causing a transfer of angular momentum.

I do wonder what you'll get if you own the original version of the set and you report losing the building instructions.

@Fluwoeb IIRC you need to involve old 9V components to put the batteries in series. This is not a good idea, since the resulting voltage is likely to burn out your motors.

Just checked for PF IR receivers, they did release a couple of sets which held two of them over the years. I can't find any with three. I could see two C+ battery boxes in a future flagship if, like with the liebherr, there are not just too many functions for a gearbox but they cannot reasonably pass through a turntable.

Anything smaller than the BWE gear rings will require new buckets.

I think you're wasting pinholes.

If it's a gearbox problem, I suggest verifying the rotary catches and the stop (on the same axle) are aligned correctly.

The right one breaks the lines in the horizontal direction. I think it can work if you incorporate the relief pattern; if you're going for a smooth effect I like the left one better.

True. I bet those would also be simpler moulds.

There might be some cases where you want to insert something only 1u, like when you're inserting one of the 3l axle-pins, or an axle-with-stop.

Are we sure there even is an LA in that trailer? I'd put my money on a double lever.

This looks very impressive