February 13, 201411 yr I just realized that they're all inside a huge bucket Edited February 13, 201411 yr by Rishab N
February 13, 201411 yr I could film this sunday and posting on monday if not on sunday =) Do that please :) I just can't get over how messy that frontend (the bit between cab and bucket) looks. Or is it just me? Looks very close to the real thing but I do think the distance between the front wheels and bucket is too much. The rear end looks great tho. The front just needs a bit of filling between the two from wheels. Edited February 13, 201411 yr by davidmull
February 14, 201411 yr nah its not just you, the front end looks way off and so does the liftarms - way too tiny (they should been more massive) and the tires are way too small but overall... i still like it ;)
February 14, 201411 yr I have filmed, but the internet is bad, so will upload it tomorrow I think. Here's another pic from another view =)
February 15, 201411 yr I have uploaded uneditet video to my Youtube-channel. Edited February 15, 201411 yr by eiker86
February 15, 201411 yr Look at the end of mvi 4327. A very good closeup of the dozer. Thank you very much
February 16, 201411 yr I'm slightly amused that the 8258 dumper has walls that are slightly too high for the wheel loader to clear. In the meantime, I'm trying to motorise the B model from 42009. It needs 7 of 8 channels from the remote control but it seems pretty straightforward. Unfortunately that leaves me one channel for a B double to carry some more containers.
February 16, 201411 yr Simple, turn it on steer the loader and turn it off. No power, no return to center. Edited February 16, 201411 yr by Zblj
February 16, 201411 yr I have uploaded uneditet video to my Youtube-channel. Great videos thank u,I think the front looks a lot better than I taught. The distance from the front wheels to the bucket looks perfect(I taught it looked off before)
February 16, 201411 yr I would actually love those trucks themselves! Fully RC would be great! I guess those trucks were only for Demo to play with. so many panels used in them. Would not be cost efficient for lego. :(
February 16, 201411 yr What I think those videos prove is just how bad the steering is on 42030 I'm sure it can be geared down easy enough. If it's too slow it won't be very playable. I'm really starting to like 42030.
February 17, 201411 yr I'm sure it can be geared down easy enough. If it's too slow it won't be very playable. I'm really starting to like 42030. I think that's the problem; it can't be geared down without loosing steering angle. You'll have to replace the servo motor with e.g. a m-motor (geared down in several steps). That's probably not too complicated, so I don't really understand why TLG has gone with the servo on this one..
February 17, 201411 yr I think that's the problem; it can't be geared down without loosing steering angle. You'll have to replace the servo motor with e.g. a m-motor (geared down in several steps). That's probably not too complicated, so I don't really understand why TLG has gone with the servo on this one.. Probably because they designed the servo to use in sets like this,they spend lot of money designing new parts so they will get there value out of them.
February 17, 201411 yr Probably because they designed the servo to use in sets like this,they spend lot of money designing new parts so they will get there value out of them. Probably too because with normal motor return to center is a lot harder to achieve than with a servo.
February 18, 201411 yr The problem with that with only 7 steps the servo can't turn very far or the steps become unreasonably large, and they'd always have to gear it down for steering. I wonder if a mechanical servo/slave couple be made, using (say) a large linear actuator driven by an M motor, then mount a switch on it that turns one way or the other depending on the difference in angle between the servo and the actual steering. I suspect the large hysteresis in Lego switches would cause problems.
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