Glider

My very first attempt to build something that can fly. I think the indoor performance looked a bit more promising, but in the end, it does not fly bad at all.

simple but nice solution

well done

Wow, its amazing and it flies better than most paper planes, except mines of course .

Very cool. And congratulations, you've finally made Lego really fly

And people say that legos cant fly. It looks absolutely beautiful flying. Nice job :wub: :wub: .

tim

Time has come for my long time announced 9394 alternate.

RESCUE HELICOPTER

Length 50cm

Rotor diameter 44cm

Features

Both spinning rotors

Tilting main rotor

Retractable landing gear

Instructions

Edited April 2, 201212 yr by grohl

Time has come for my long time announced 9394 alternate.

RESCUE HELICOPTER

Length 50cm

Rotor diameter 44cm

Features

Both spinning rotors

Tilting main rotor

Retractable landing gear

Looks fantastic. It's on my to build list!

Edited April 2, 201212 yr by captainmib

A great alternative, and thank you again for your review and alternative model for HispaBrick Magazine!

Awesome job! Thank you fot posting instructions!

Sorry for the delay. Here are the instructions for the mobile crane I built using parts of 8052.

Before anybody else starts with this. No, you cannot fully retract the LA because it is blocked by the battery box.

http://oron.com/wdtvv3ebpnff

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=495123

I want to buy another 8052 set, to make this Mobile Crane alternate -- your "4th alternate model of 8052. The mobile crane features steering, stabilizers, rotating superstructure, raising 3 section boom with winch and opening doors."

Edited May 9, 201212 yr by DLuders

I converted Grohl's 189-step photo-sequence Building Instructions (for his 8052 Mobile Crane alternate) into a single, 26.2-MB PDF file that can be downloaded here via SkyDrive. All the pages are numbered for ease of printing. Grohl's photographs are very clear; he sure thinks of a lot of GREAT alternates for Lego Technic sets!

Edited May 9, 201212 yr by DLuders

Thank you again, David. I am working on a 8081 alternate and it is going to be some sort of a dropship.

Time has come for my long time announced 9394 alternate.

RESCUE HELICOPTER

Length 50cm

Rotor diameter 44cm

Features

Both spinning rotors

Tilting main rotor

Retractable landing gear

Instructions

A bit late, but I really love your chopper! Very well done! Could be a set of it's own.

I was finally able to finish the video of SPOT-55.

@ grohl: Nice to see your SPOT-55 in action! By the way, I like the soundtrack on your YouTube video above -- Jimi Hendrix's [Let Me Stand Next To Your] "Fire"!

Edited May 19, 201212 yr by DLuders

Another awesome model Grohl! Love the white and red color.

tim

Great MOC grohl!

Dropship

an 8081 alternate with fold-up wings, opening cockpit, cargo bay doors, retractable landing gear and moving heavy cannons.

Original model

Dropship

Nice alternate model! It looks "wicked" with the multiple weapons on it! Were you inspired by the "Halo" game?

Edited July 7, 201212 yr by DLuders

In this case I started with the folding mechanism of the wings and built the rest of the ship around it using my fantasy. The problem is that all the dropships look pretty much the same.

I build your 9394 c-model, the helicopter, today.

It is a really good alternate and fun to build. Looks great as well.

The only downside i came across is that the instructions miss some small steps.

For me no problem, but i was building with my brother, (no experience in building technic lego) so i had to help a few times.

Anyway, please keep doing these nice alternates. You're quite good at it!

Instructions for the DROPSHIP in 224 steps available after clicking the picture.

Thank you for the instructions

The model reminds me of the Lego Technic helicopter from this year.

BTW; I made a simple pdf of the instructions, you can download it here from my dropbox

Thank you for your effort and time.