[TC10] MTS Dino Suction Excavator

[1980-Something-Space-Guy]

Wow, some very clever and original solutions here. Hope you manage to make it work! Good luck!

[Milan]

Just thinking again...how about using regular pneumatic hoses, and use lets say 8 or 10 or 12 of them and stack them together to achieve round thick look. That way it could be cut, it would be flexible, and width could be made pretty precise and you could even chose a color!

Edited September 30, 2016 by Milan

[efferman]

how hold them together? there is a long distance where the suction hose is not guided by the boom, and not taped together would look messy. a other possibility would be to use disks, small tires or similar and put a string or rubber band into the center.

i will try tires

[Milan]

Besides some thin tires, why don't you use small rubber bands? You can even use 3rd party rubber bands and put them at 5cm distance from each other, that should keep he hoses tight and as one piece.

[efferman]

i think this would look a bit messy, even with rubber bands.

because iam waiting now for the small tires it is time for the first chassissketch. The rear part is including the boom rotate mechanism, a steering axle with ackermann geometry and a short travel suspension on the drive axles

[efferman]

the rotation drivetrain is done

The stabilizers

[efferman]

actual standing after a strange weekend with a long troubleshooting

one of my T-Pieces was half blocked and had reduced the airflow to the container cylinders on the back and had blocked it under low pressure.

[Imanol BB]

So many hoses, that is looking awesome, that suction tube (if it is a suction tube) looks good too, nice to know you found that blocked T-piece.

[efferman]

Yes it is the suction tube. 14x9 slick tires with three pneumatic tubes inside

[grum64]

3 hours ago, efferman said:

Yes it is the suction tube. 14x9 slick tires with three pneumatic tubes inside

What a great solution. Brilliant.

[Rishab N]

This is looking great so far. That tubing looks like a nightmare to route

[efferman]

The pneumatic part is almost done. only the compressor and a small gadget are left

[Jonfensu]

Wow! I've seen the WIP since the first post, but I didn't understand what were you building until I did a search about this excavator. :o.  I've never seen something like that before! (that's what you get when you live in third-world country).  What a cool machine and MOC. Anyway, the only thing that worries me is learn the switch controls 

[efferman]

The controls are nearly the same like at the big one, so this is not really a problem.

[zweihander]

What a build! I really love your solution on the suction tube.

And please, please build slower, or uglier. When you do both at the same time, you are making the rest of us look like a bunch of sloths.

[KikoTube]

36 minutes ago, erelender said:

And please, please build slower, or uglier. When you do both at the same time, you are making the rest of us look like a bunch of sloths.

So true

[Beck]

What model of cabin are you going to use? Scania or MAN? 

[efferman]

nothing of these two.
 i will reactivate this one

loosely based on  this one. A western star for the canadian market

[Kmuffin]

A western star Benz .

[efferman]

or a freightliner maybe.

in meanwhile i have done the machine housing and the air exits. they are powered by a small pneumatic cylinder

edit

Edited October 23, 2016 by efferman

[jono rocky]

I'm lov'n this.

[Kmuffin]

I really want to see the finished model. I like how you kept the outside very clean. I guess in few ill be able to see the finished model.

[efferman]

a small update :D

 

[Beck]

Looking good, however if you're modeling it after an American/Canadian truck, then there is a slight inaccuracy. As far as I know, none of these trucks have rear steered axles. If you wanted to you could move it in front of the driven axles as a lift axle. I know it can be difficult to change things at this stage, but I thought I'd let you know. You're a very fast builder so this probably wont be a problem. 

[efferman]

five days till deadline?

maybe a silly question: a pure black seat or with a contrast colour on the headrest? the orange is only an example, because i cant find my other bionicle teeths in my chaos