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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.

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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 ;)

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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.

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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. :(

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What I think those videos prove is just how bad the steering is on 42030 :sweet:

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.

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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..

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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.

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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.

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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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