V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
's why Keith was so good at it ... he didn't ... was just an exceptionally gifted driver at picking his routes ....
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
is that a Lycoming piston in pic 4 Alex?
Cyberprog
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No, can't remember the manufacturer, but think it's a Vauxhall or something, no markings. I occasionally make clocks from them 
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
looks a hell of an over square piston for a VauxhaulNo, can't remember the manufacturer, but think it's a Vauxhall or something, no markings. I occasionally make clocks from them
...... you desperately need more shelving Boyo
Cyberprog
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I know. Need to pinch some from mums at the weekend!
Lancs Lad
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Few bob there
bought our two , the new defender and logger, they did ok but I did have to help out here and there. Brilliant stuff.
Cyberprog
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Yeah, I've been lucky - a lot are combined xmas/birthday gifts, I'm hard to buy for luckily and people know that Lego is always good. I always tell them not to worry if I have the set already, the parts are always useful!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
been looking for info. on Keith, but can't find a lot ... he gets a mention here .. fourth post down http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php?p=275090&sid=fb15f8474e50251e969ee64128e6fd4b
had a very good look around it whilst he was building it at his house .. some very innovative ideas on the back end ... but he lived and breathed his AWDC
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Monkeybusiness
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I bought a couple of Tamiya kits for my kids (yeah, right!!!) - they’ve re-released a lot of the models I was desperate for when I was a kid. They are good fun - pretty fast and resilient.
We’ve also got the Lego off-roader in this post which is a nice thing but nowhere near as much fun to play with once built (and your kids need a smartphone to use it which I think is an oversight).
I’ve got a brilliant Lego RC excavator (my wife bought it for me for Xmas a few years ago) - it has its own ‘traditional’ radio control unit which to my mind is a better system as the whole thing becomes stand-alone. I do see the merits of the smartphone app-based controls, but am not sure that kids need smart phones personally.
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Monkeybusiness
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These are what you want!!!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
rain's stopped ..... sun's out ... laters men
Cyberprog
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What excavator do you have?
Buy yourself a Bluetooth Gamepad. I have the GameSir 3S. Then download the brickcontroller app. You then build you controls up on the app and the kids can use the model with the bluetooth gamepad via your phone. No need to hand over an expensive fragile bit of kit!
Stubota86
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Used to do a few trials and d
we used to do a few trials and drive round days but they seemed to fizzle out in favour of the winch challenges etc which never really got into
remember seeing a few big incidents actually. 101 rolled down the steep sections at Weavers Down (I think), people in the back from memory - air ambulance had to be called. Another guy on a site near me rolled a newly finished really smart space framed 90 (think it had been shortened to 80ish) end over end about 4 times and another guy in the mod trials at the same site i I think hit reverse on his single seater special straight back into the reservoir and through the ice. Had to get a diver down there and a load of winches on the recovery. Lucky to get out as quick as he did. He got it back but must of been some rebuild
we used to do a few trials and drive round days but they seemed to fizzle out in favour of the winch challenges etc which never really got into
remember seeing a few big incidents actually. 101 rolled down the steep sections at Weavers Down (I think), people in the back from memory - air ambulance had to be called. Another guy on a site near me rolled a newly finished really smart space framed 90 (think it had been shortened to 80ish) end over end about 4 times and another guy in the mod trials at the same site i I think hit reverse on his single seater special straight back into the reservoir and through the ice. Had to get a diver down there and a load of winches on the recovery. Lucky to get out as quick as he did. He got it back but must of been some rebuild
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Monkeybusiness
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
how do the rams work on those ? hyd. or actuators?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
used to be a really big 'scene' round here in the early 90s, but could never bring myself to abuse Mr Rover's V8s like these blokes used to, so never bothered building anything to play with
... used to set up a few of the local guys SUs for 'em ... bit of an art form getting them just right, especially the lost motion linkages ... but once you'd learnt how, a good carb balance-er and some time spent getting it all clean and free, paid dividends, in the go power stakes ...... and yeh seen some pretty 'interesting' offs over the years ..... backward endos were always the most spectacular, cresting a climb and too much welly
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Smiffy
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The new models are linear actuators but some of the old sets are pneumatic
I have a fully functional backhoe all Pneumatic and everything on it works it has four spools across the back for the back actor 1 in the cab for the legs and 2 at the front of the cab for the front loader
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
what makes the air for them ?
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Smiffy
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The whole roof of the cabin presses down activating a pair of pumps
It's a bit difficult to use but fun none the less
One of the more recent sets a Mercedes grab lorry has a battery powered onboard compressor
All though you don't actually get a compressor component you get a piston and the receiver and build it into a compressor using common components
The engineering is absolutely incredible
I have a mobile triple extension crane the back hoe loader and a claas zerion tractor with3 mechanicaly selectable steering modes
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Monkeybusiness
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I had a pneumatic tracked excavator one of those as a kid - mega! It had a little sprung pump (similar size to the rams, disguised as the exhaust) to supply the pressure on mine.
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