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Experiments can sometimes result in something pretty surprising. When I began to experiment with halftrack vehicles the result proved to be a surprising limo-truck hybrid, and to some people it resembled a hearse too.
Small as it may seem, this model is filled with mechanisms: among others, a 4-speed manual gearbox and three different types of suspension: inpendent in front and pendular bogies mixed with torsion bars in back. The last type of suspension seemed impossible to recreate with Lego bricks to me, until I remembered the elastic axles from the 8641 Jumping Giant set. The motors and the battery box are located inside the cargo space, exposed so as to appear to be a truck’s load.
Despite being very experimental, the vehicle proved to be unexpectedly manoeuvrable and pleasant to drive, as you can see from the video.
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5 May 2009 2:25 PM
Eeee… Jakie elastyczne osie z JG ? Czy ja o czymś nie wiem ?
5 May 2009 5:42 PM
Axle 16: http://peeron.com/inv/parts/x1286