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MxWinters
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Fairy Bricks do massive mosaics at the two biggest shows in the UK, Bricktastic which Kevin and Leanne from Fairy Bricks run in Manchester each year and at the Great Western Brick Show in the STEAM museum in Swindon that Brickish run. I have photos of Bricktastic 2022 and STEAM 2022 and 2023 on my HDD but I didn't take them or have premission to share them so I can't post them here. There is a couple of photos of the STEAM mosaics on google image though. I don't know the exact size and if they are bigger than the one @Angeli linked above or not (probably not) but they are indeed massive and very impressive. We always do a group photo around them after the Sunday show once they are complete. I'm friends with both Kev and Leanne so I could ask what size the Bricktastic and STEAM mosaics are them next time I see them (most likely at this year's GWBS) if you want.
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Here you go, drivetrain of Euralia. Green = Drive | Red = Steering | Orange = Gear Shifting Gear option 1, 1st gear = 101.273:1 reduction ratio, axle rotation speed 1.4 RPM, 21.66 lb-ft of torque (theoretical values) incased in a chassis strong enough to cope with it and still pull a 5kg double roadtrain up a 10° incline.
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Signed Set Boxes
MxWinters replied to Unbrickme's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
I have a first edition 42141 McLaren set signed by the two F1 drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris. I won it at a rafle held by my LUG at the social we had at our last show of 2022, frankly I'm still in shock a month later. -
Pybricks Q&A
MxWinters replied to Pybricks's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
This might help, not exactly what you want but it should give you an idea of how to do it. https://github.com/MxWinters/PyBricks-Remote-Technic-Hub -
[GBC] Hamster Dance
MxWinters replied to MxWinters's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
MUHAHAHAHA! Some idiot had to do it, I may as well be the fool who does. Look on the bright side, at least its a bit more memorable....I mean how many GBC modules have a global single that hit number 1 in Canada and number 4 in the US associated with them ...... I thought that was good marketing to be honest In all seriousness though, thanks, I'm glad you like it. Took a lot of testing and refining to get it right but I'm relieved that it runs as well as it done, I can put it in a loop and forget about it, something my fellow LUG members really appreciate. -
Hi everyone, I guess its time to show you my first ever GBC module, Hamster Dance. Essentially, it is an overengineered chain lift on the left tower and what are basically hamster tubes looping around and through the second tower with a bridge connecting them. Those of a certain age will get the referance of the name (I know its rubbish but its still funny) Specs: Length: 93 studs, Width: 15 studs, Height: 60 studs, Driven by 1 PF XL motor, Input bin is 11x11x10 studs, Input bin has an agitator driven by a PTO from the main gearbox, has angled guards on the side and angled liftarms around the bottom of the chain to catch any balls falling off so they can roll back into the input bin, Chain has 3L friction pins for the balls and idler/tensioner wheels to guide the chain safely through the main structure, Takes about 18 second for a single ball to cycle through (obviously longer with more balls) It has 24x curve pieces and 35x staight pieces, Output can be rotated or changed depending on show requirements, Includes a pokey stick. ^ Input bin ^ ^ Input bin underside ^ ^ Power tower ^ ^ Bridge deck ^ ^ Tunnel tower ^ ^ Output ^ ^ Gearbox ^ ^ Promo video ^ ^ Short clip of Hamster Dance at the Great Western Brick Show 2022 at the STEAM museum in Swindow at the start of October. ^ During the two day event, running for 7 hours on each day, it jammed about 5-6 times, although I have now fixed that issue. Thanks for reading,
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Thanks alot, glad you like it. I hope it proves useful to someone. Any issue with it, let me know and Ill take a look. Feel free to fork and submit a pull request if you come up with something that you think should be added/changed.
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For all the C+ nerds out there, here is a quick demo for using the PoweredUp remote directly with the Control+ Technic Hub using PyBricks. This is the code I'm running on my motorised 42110 Land Rover but can be used with any model using 2 drive motors and 1 steering motor like the 42099 4X4 X-treme Off-Roader set. The code has two control modes: Bang Bang mode simply acts as an on/off controller similer to how the PowerFunctions remote worked in that it turns the drive motors on while the button is pressed and then turns them off when button is released, The steering motor also goes to full lock while the button is pressed and returns to centre when released. Precision Mode acts as a speed controller for the drive motors and provides 10 speed steps in either direction and increments to steering motor by 10° on each button press to give 8 angle steps. The red stop buttons act as emergency stop buttons and the green centre button is the control mode select. I have published the code to my Github account should you wish to download it and try it for yourself. Please make sure you configure the "User Definable Setting" and the " Initialize Motors" sections to suit your needs before running the code. This code is released under the MIT licence, so feel free to download, use, edit and share this code under the terms of the MIT licence, full licence details included in the repo. You can download the code here: https://github.com/MxWinters/PyBricks-Remote-Technic-Hub
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Here is an updated photo of my build area.
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Thank you so much, tis very kind of you to say. I do yes but not of any decent quality, I planning on posting a proper thread for it soon which will have lots of details, photos and a video.
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Ok fine, ya'll been twisting my arm for too long with this thread, here is Euralia, my RC 1:16th scale B-double road train as displayed at Brick Express 2022.
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I saw that, they sure look interesting. I wonder is that screw fit in these: The 1x 3062b at a time thing is more trickier than I thought, none of my first ideas worked properly so I'm still working on it
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Your welcome My truck is the same, 6 years and counting I must say that CI/CD pipelining troubles me greatly, such a euphemistic term for continuously bodging it 😂🤣😂🤣😂 As for suggestions, ill have a play with some bricks in a minute and see what I can come up with.
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I've had the pleasure of seeing this (and maybe fiddling with it) a couple of times in person now. It is an amazing machine and so fascinating to watch, maybe I'm one of those moths you speak of 🤔. The main superstructure and the sorting mechanism is extremely well designed and runs really well. Fantastic work Cyberprog.
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Yes the PU remote has 7 buttons (i.e, control of 3 motors) but one should be able to use the centre green button as a shift button to allow you to add a second set of 3 motors like I did with the mode select on my Land Rover.
