Effe's MOC Corner

[grohl]

The paddleboat is awesome. From the video it looks that the paddles splash the water into the boat hulls, is it correct?

[efferman]

yes and no. the paddlewheel has so much thrust that it is pulling the hull Under water when it push the boat forward. from this point of view the paddlewhel is splashing the water in the boat.

edit:

next revision - ready to dive

Edited March 26, 2012 by efferman

[timslegos]

I love the orange color scheme. It certainly seems to travel fast too!

tim

[skylinedan]

LMAO!!! good colors, make it easy to find at the bottom of the sea

Edited March 27, 2012 by skylinedan

[sama]

Luck your little testing pool was not to deep or you would have lost to motors! That is a very cool and interesting boat.

[efferman]

yes, in the small fish lake, where i made the vids of my tugboat, i had to dive myself. it was a good decission to use this kiddie pool

i have some pics from the final version of my tripod. now it have no wishes to dive

btw, do you have known that the small creator boxes have a partnumber?

the bottom has the part number 57994 and the top 57993

Edited March 27, 2012 by efferman

[dfs473]

Looks really good in orange

[timslegos]

As i have said before, the orange looks awesome! How did you manage to hold the creator boxes to the support arms?

tim

[efferman]

yes the orange looks gourgeous

please look these two pics

but be warned, it is not easy to get it out of the box

[Robert M]

Good to know we was thinking on the same line. I thought of something, but not the same as you.

[Zaiocrit]

Very nice !!!

the solution of the Lego boxes I have evaluated myself for the contest TSATS I had thought of using it "in extremis" if my ship does not float!

I may have to use it to sink it! I see in your video that works perfectly! hehehe

you are clever!

[timslegos]

Ahh your clever Effe, very clever .

tim

[efferman]

yesterday i was on a near lake for a fullspeed test. unfortunately i forgot the memory card for my hd cam

but anyway, i saw at fullspeed that the tail is too wide in water, so i made today a small designchange to get a better balance

and i think it looks better

[efferman]

let us go to open water and walk behind the paddlewheel

i want radio based remote controls

[timslegos]

Looks beautiful on open water!

tim

[Jurgen Krooshoop]

That paddlewheel is really sweet

[efferman]

i find something cheap on the bay and i have made two pictures for you.

what is different to the original 8855?

[DLuders]

@ efferman: Hey, where have you been lately? The original 8855 Prop Plane (first picture below) has the Technic Figure, different engine, and different pontoon struts:

[efferman]

oh, my time is currently focussed on other things and my parts should be sorted in the boxes, but i dont want beginn this

you are right with the found differencies, but there are more of them

[timslegos]

you are right with the found differencies, but there are more of them

The pieces around the engine are smooth and somewhat follow SNOT on the new one .

tim

[Saberwing40k]

It would appear that our good friend efferman found a junker 8855, and restored it with his own parts. I like it.

[efferman]

hm ,no i get two used and complete 8855 for each 36€ and during the building of the original i thinked there is a need for some tweaking with new parts

maybe i will try next a cessna skymaster

Edited June 3, 2012 by efferman

[Robert M]

What happened to your tow truck and your massive flatbed lorry. It would be a shame for them to have been stalled.

[efferman]

no fear the logging truck and the 81ß9 are only paused. currently i have only not much time for lego.

[efferman]

a new frontaxle for possible future projects