Big Blue Attempt 2

[bssam1998]

whar did you get the blue air tanks?

[Sparky1701]

@bssam1998 With pneumatic sets that you can't get anymore. However, go to Bricklink (dot) com You can get them from a store there.

[Stiegsfeld]

Cool - I like this!

But it is a little bit of stop-motion. The machine needs more mass or a heavy flywheel.......

S.

[MrMichaelDogson]

ooooooh, poor girls tryin

[Sparky1701]

@MrMichaelDogson That she is... I may be inspired soon to revisit this and get better performance....

[Sparky1701]

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@QxQVengeanceQxQ

he das hab ich garnicht geschrieben-.-

[me80233]

i tried to build a train like that but i didnt have the kind of pieces i needed

[Sparky1701]

@me80233 Check out bricklink--you can get any lego pieces you need there

[me80233]

@Sparky1701 COOL ty

[Sparky1701]

@me80233 no worries

[barnbarn122]

Before starting build up pressure it the tanks and then let it go. :)

[Sparky1701]

Thanks--it''s working better now

[Broommaster2000]

How about a fly-wheel?

[Sparky1701]

LEGO doesn't make a flywheel

[Broommaster2000]

But they do make rather heavy Lego Technic wheels, and I have succesfully used one of those in the past to build up some momentum.

[Sparky1701]

That's a great idea actually. When I revisit the train, I'll look into where I can fit that on the train. Thanks!

[Broommaster2000]

No problem. I love that technical stuff. I never got that far with it though. :(

[Sparky1701]

No worries--it'll always be there when you want to pick it up--that's the good bit about LEGO!

[MsAwesomedude123]

@Sparky1701 i dont really like the techno stuff in legos i think it is moe fun movin all the stuff by hand

[legokid900]

True True

[legokid900]

You should try taking off the trailing and lead wheels to put more weight on the driving wheels to prevent slipping.

[Sparky1701]

Then it wouldn't look like a steam engine! :)

[Paperplait]

Where do you get the compressors? D:

[Sparky1701]

You can get them on BrickLink

[seinfeldfan7898]

maybe its the piston causing the problems

[Sparky1701]

they are a little small, but with LEGO you work with what you get

[Sparky1701]

I think if I made a bigger one, it'd work better.

[microblah]

this is very impressive: )

i wish I had some compressors

but it wouldnt be much fun to ride

[Sparky1701]

no fun to ride--is a little small :)

[mrnickelplate]

try adding rubber traction tires to the hind drive wheels to give it a little more pull

[Sparky1701]

Love to-just waiting ofr the wheels for that.

[tahthing]

us a moter to help compress

[Sparky1701]

there are motors on the train compressing the air.

Thanks tho

[tahthing]

make it smother maybe use a fly wheel system.

[Sparky1701]

if I could fit a fly wheel in there... :)

No room.

Have some ideas to make it better--just need the time

[tahthing]

its names big blue so just make it bigger!

[Sparky1701]

:) i'll get right on that...

[trainmaster4884]

Needs a little elbow grease.

[HavazikFerric]

Is it compressing all 5 tanks, or just the rear 3 and the other 2 are for storage?

[rickd3508]

Try Porting those small cylinders with a 1/8 drill bit. You have to be carefull taking them apart, but It Will make all the difference in the world! Check out some of my videos, I run the same small cylinders.

[daboyfromkerr]

Maybe you could try taking sum weight off like unnecessary parts that dont make it go it wuld still be cool

[blueeyedkid]

do you have a mocpages/brickshelf page? if so can you message my youtube page?

[IcyAlaska]

how many cars (if any) can it pull?

[ralphp1800]

it has a hard time pulling itself.

[AidanHockey34]

wow great invention. with all those air tanks fully compressed you could probably run the small pneumatics for some time!

[ads5926]

Better, just still slow

[thechecha]

why is this thing so slow?

[stampededude]

For what it is, It's actually going relatively fast. It is using a realistic way of driving the wheels, and is also using a small cylinder, which have almost no power at all. Frankly, it surprises me that he even got it to run in the first place.