Hi,

I present to you, my R/C Rotator Tow truck. This model is by far the most complex model of mine to date, and it includes 8 remote functions and 2 manual functions.

This model took a month or so to make, and i think it is my favorite MOC so far. The remote functions are: drive, steering, car carrier lift, car carrier tilt, crane slew, crane lift, crane extend, and finally crane winch.

Coincidentally, i took the same cab that i used for my dump truck and

. This cab was built when i was probably 12, and i have been using it for all of my trucks since i first made it.

For the car carrier lift, i copied Sariel's version almost exactly. The only thing i changed was the height, so i didn't have to use U joints. Also, instead of using mLAs to lift the car lift, i used a 8t gear on a gear rack powered by a pf medium motor (geared down a lot). With this change, the lift is much more powerful and can lift a lego scale car.

The outriggers, are one of the manual functions, operated by a switch hidden in the cab. The outriggers themselves are moved my a mLA.

Finally, the crane has 4 remote functions. The lift of the crane is powered by a pf XL motor located underneath the turntable. The crane is slewed by an old 43362 motor underneath the turntable. The winch and boom extension are also powered by 43362 motors, located inside the crane body.

With all of these remote functions, the crane is very fun to operate!

Surprisingly, the crane can lift up the lego car with no problem!

More can be seen of the functions in this video.

and more pictures at : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=476793

thanks for reading!

tim

Great !

Doesn't the lack of differential causes some disturbances on the propulsion?

Good model!, so well designed, I like your cab!!

Doesn't the lack of differential causes some disturbances on the propulsion?

haha ya the turning radius on this truck was huge!

Good job! the crane's lifting power is quite impressive !

Very well done!

thanks for all the compliments!!

tim

Very nice model, it looks really good !!

Great model, looks like someone inspired you.

Great model, looks like someone inspired you.

Yes Sariel's epic tow truck inspired me a lot.

tim

Really nice MOC. Clean and simple looking, and with great playable functions. Are you on MOCpages?

Really nice MOC. Clean and simple looking, and with great playable functions. Are you on MOCpages?

Thanks for the compliments .

And no i am not on MOCpages. I dont think i have the time to start an account and write descriptions and post pictures at tthe moment, maybe in the future though. I mostly stick to brickshelf(username: timbob).

tim