08-10-2004, 03:39 PM | #1 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Paradise City Where The Girls Are Pretty
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| Lego Crawlers
hey Dudes, I Was Searching The Web And Found These lego Crawlers. It Was So Cool I Dug Up My Ould Lego And Built One. Heres The Link: http://www.sierrarockcrawlers.com/sr...view_album.php Mine Now Crawls Just As If Not Better Than My Mini Giant And Maby Some Clodbusters. Now Just To Make It Into A Real RC Then Ill Be Set. |
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08-10-2004, 06:58 PM | #2 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mt.View CA
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
ive made one but it didnt have a motor where did you get the axels, motor ,gears ,tires
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08-10-2004, 07:31 PM | #3 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
do you know what lego is? i guess not since you dont know where he got the gears, tires, and such. The axles were made.
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08-10-2004, 07:31 PM | #4 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Santa Clara
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
Hey Xtremekrawler8. If you getting running well, we are planning to have another competition series. If you want the rules, let me know and I will post them up. We basically mail our LEGO crawlers to the different event hosts around the country if we aren't close enough to go in person. Its a fun cheap sport. BigRed - For axles, you just need to get creative and build something. Most guys use the worm gear setup. Most parts are available on a site called BrickLink.com Anything you can think of, they have it. If you want part numbers, I will have to dig those up. -Sam |
01-19-2005, 10:26 PM | #5 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: san francisco
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01-20-2005, 03:23 PM | #6 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medina, Ohio
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
mines a bit more scale |
01-20-2005, 03:51 PM | #7 |
Newbie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Greeley CO
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
RCbif, what is that in the background? It looks like a landing craft, and there's one more crawler in there |
01-20-2005, 04:18 PM | #8 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 202
| Re: Lego Crawlers
i guess you could call what im workin on a lego crawler. It uses lego wheels, gears, u joints, and those x shaped black shaft things. But most of the stuff is modified and everything else on the truck is hand made.
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01-20-2005, 06:05 PM | #9 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004
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well lego crawlers are cool......but knex crawlers are better, i got one it has radio shack tires, no suspention so the way it flex' is that the frame flexes, for motors, i got 2motors that came with the knex put in some grey knex rods, no steering and crawls GREAT!!! but legos look much harder to build |
01-20-2005, 06:23 PM | #10 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Santa Clara
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
Knex are better? Bah!! Let's put it to the test on the rocks Rubber Bando Vs. PinkFloydMan crawler Here is my Rubber Bando in action. I came in second in this event. I was smoked by a guy who was running R/C tires of all things... hahaha Guess my LEGO foamies are not quite good enough. Legos aren't too bad to work with though. Pretty easy actually. It's just hard to figure out what to do if you don't know what parts are available. -Sam |
01-20-2005, 06:27 PM | #11 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mt.View CA
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
Knex suck legos rule slinky you guys have comps with those thats funny but cool
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01-20-2005, 06:36 PM | #12 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Santa Clara
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
Dude hell yes we have comps. Rubber Bando is the 2003 points champion We are going to start another season this year, but it has been slow to start. Everyone is having freaking babies, people getting sick (cough cough), and so on. Right now, we have maybe 7 or 8 rigs that can compete. We have all the rules laid out, the scoring program working. The best part is this is a sport for BBQing fans. Kick back, let the crawler go while you chomp down on some ribs. Doesn't get much better than that. -Sam |
01-20-2005, 06:42 PM | #13 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mt.View CA
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
hell dont be suprised if you see me at you front door with a new lego crawler whats the avrage price of one of these things
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01-20-2005, 07:43 PM | #14 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004
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legos better, ugh, atleast i dont have to wind mine to get it going, i just turn it on, let it crawl,
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01-20-2005, 08:52 PM | #15 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: san francisco
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01-20-2005, 08:53 PM | #16 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Santa Clara
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
BigRed - Pricing all depends on how good you are at at finding parts. There is a killer site called http://www.BrickLink.com which has all new and used Legos to buy. So you can pick up those motors, battery packs, etc that don't come in kits. I picked up most of my parts from Ebay in bulk. Built several from that bulk purchse. Not sure how much I have into the 3 or 4 I built, but it wasn't too bad. I gave two away to friends (Red Bird and Cricket). If you make one, try to make it to fit the build rules. PinkFloydMan - hahaha.... wind up? SHeeeeeeeet. Dude, these are 100% battery operated autonomous action rock crawling plastico vehciular splendi. It don't get much better than this Knex...... please. Next your going to tell me your PlayDoh crawler walks the rocks too ... hehe Actually, mine runs on a 9v and has a lego switch box. I mounted it in back to look like a gas tank. Slick up the look a little. If you get over to SierraRockCrawlers.com, I have a few video clips in the downloads section of a couple competitions and stuff.. -Sam |
01-21-2005, 04:54 AM | #17 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004
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dude howd you knmow my secret weapon was play dogh???weird, well i GUESS thats cool that its batter powerd, but i like my knex better, very light
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01-21-2005, 07:39 AM | #18 |
Newbie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Greeley CO
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
Someone said, all we need it a remote control..... I found one, well...un..it's my son's. Look for Spybot kits. We picked a few up last year pritty cheap. They'd have skid steer, and an IR remote. When it gets friggin cold out again, I'm gona drag up all 3 boxes of Lego and give one a try. HUMMMM, how to do skid steer and have suspension.. |
01-21-2005, 05:01 PM | #19 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medina, Ohio
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
hey sorry I never replied Thommy2Tone it's a huge lego boat I made. 2.5 ft :P
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01-21-2005, 05:17 PM | #20 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medina, Ohio
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| Re: Lego Crawlers
since you asked here it is...my boat?? http://tinypic.com/view.html?pic=1exavk |
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