Flipmobile

Hello, been a while since my last MOC I know, been busy unfortunately 

Anyway, this was something I just made for a bit of fun. I wanted to make something which could drive on it's front and back, and this is the result.


Flipmobile by legomuppet9, on Flickr

It is powered by two L motors with a reduction of 1.191:1, with a differential and is steered with a servo motor. It doesn't get up enough speed to flip by itself, but hey, I did what I set out to do 

More pictures:



Flipmobile by legomuppet9, on Flickr



Flipmobile by legomuppet9, on Flickr
This one didn't work quite as well as I'd hoped, it's two images of the machine on it's front and back put together, but I didn't quite take them with the machine in the same place 



Flipmobile by legomuppet9, on Flickr
I was just playing around with my camera at this point 

Finally, a short video showing the performance of it, I realised too late I hadn't filmed me turning it over and then continuing to drive, but I'm sure you can all work out that it can work both ways up 

Motorised 9392 Quadbike

I had a sudden urge last night to make a fast RC vehicle with suspension. So I decided to motorise the 9392 Quadbike set.


It is driven by an XL motor geared up 1.66667:1. This results in a reasonable amount of torque for it's size, and it is very quick.





The steering is done via a worm gear and 24 tooth gear assembly, placed above the suspension struts. It is a reliable solution and fits rather well, except for the M Motor poking out of the front.







I have retained all the original features (working handlebars, suspension and 1 cylinder fake engine).
I changed all the soft springs for hard springs to handle the extra weight of the Power Functions components.
I am happy with the result, even though it is very ugly, it is incredibly fun to play with.

Dump Truck

This is my Dump Truck which has optional motorisation.



It uses the 8292 cherry picker's cab and my own chassis and dump bed. The dump bed tilts via the grey knob on each side. The steering is controlled by the black knob on the top.

Pictures: (more available at my flickr account, click the "photos" page at the top)





And a video:

Motorised 8435 Video

Here is my video:



I hope you like it!

Motorised 8435

I recently purchased the 8435 set and my first thought after I had built it was that it had to be motorised. So, after much trial and error, I have succeeded in motorising the model.



It uses an XL Motor for drive (geared down 1:2) and a M Motor for steering. It is fully remote control thanks to the IR Receiver and the IR Controller. The body is still easily removable (however you need to disconnect and remove the battery box first...) and the overall appearance is pretty much the same. I got rid of the differential (as they worsen the off-road performance), the V6 engine (which I wanted to keep, however it was the only sensible place for the drive motor) and a couple of other axles and gears here and there to make everything fit. I also reinforced the rear suspension with hard springs.








EDIT: I decided to add my big bad black wheels to it...



Suspension travel is worse, however it looks a lot lot better and it still steers fine.