Building an AIR powered Lego Truck

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  • Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
  • Building and testing a Lego RC Truck with a pneumatic engine that is running on compressed air.
    Modified Lego pneumatic parts and Lego Pneumatic Engine Kits: greengeckoworkshop.com
    Bicycle Pump: amzn.to/3goj6AG
    Tire Compressor: amzn.to/3z7OqdL (12V power supply needed)
    Laser Tachometer: amzn.to/3Sdjno3
    Gamepad: amzn.to/3HmDLjS
    BuWizz 2.0: buwizz.com/shop/1-buwizz?ref=155
    BuWizz 3.0: buwizz.com/shop/1-buwizz?ref=155
    Camera used for this video: amzn.to/3J50QZq
    Microphones used for this video: amzn.to/405sX0X
    Please note: I get a commission if you buy via Amazon or BuWizz link above. Thanks for your support.
    Chapters:
    00:00 Principle
    00:58 Engine
    02:47 Freewheel
    03:57 Gearbox
    04:23 Controls
    05:33 Tank
    06:21 Chassis
    07:34 Design
    07:58 Trailer
    BrickController2 App: bit.ly/3JypnV0
    Where I get my Lego parts from: www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page
    ​#bricktechnology
    #legotechnic​
    #lego
    #asmr
    #engineering
    #lpe
    #pneumatic
    #pneumaticengine
    #truck
    #rctruck
    Credit:
    Freewheel mechanism 2: Lego Freewheel Mechanism Ideas - Lego Technic Mastery
    Freewheel mechanism 3: / @nicjasno
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  • @BrickTechnology
    @BrickTechnology  Год назад +1955

    Don't forget to switch on captions for more information and check out more engine experiments: ruclips.net/video/IUoZbKFbJo4/видео.html
    Modified Pneumatic Parts and Lego Pneumatic Engine Kits: www.greengeckoworkshop.com/

    • @pyromanus_parmalat
      @pyromanus_parmalat Год назад +18

      Now build an air powered drone

    • @ivansd70ace18
      @ivansd70ace18 Год назад +7

      create a rc crame witch mechanical and pneumatic sistem

    • @BoredPenguin539
      @BoredPenguin539 Год назад +2

      make it water powerd

    • @EngineerST
      @EngineerST Год назад +2

      You could've use the cat as an engine, you just need to make it produce energy. If the cat disobeys, the truck itself will be a cage.

    • @scrap-godsuper-zo4740
      @scrap-godsuper-zo4740 Год назад +1

      try water/hydrolic powered

  • @xb1ack140
    @xb1ack140 Год назад +3709

    LEGO should make this masterpiece an official set. I would 10/10 definitely buy it.

  • @FormerBunsenBurner
    @FormerBunsenBurner Год назад +4174

    I think there's more ingenuity in the trailer's suspension than any Lego build I've made in my life

    • @FormerBunsenBurner
      @FormerBunsenBurner Год назад +155

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ I'm.... gonna pass on that, thanks

    • @MyDemon32
      @MyDemon32 Год назад +114

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Repent to your mom for she considers you as a dissapointment.

    • @council55
      @council55 Год назад +22

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ I'm not catholic but im orthodox, so no thanks.

    • @thisherehandleIdospout
      @thisherehandleIdospout Год назад +51

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Sir, this is a Wendy's.

    • @voidkingdoms0568
      @voidkingdoms0568 Год назад +12

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ your mother and father couldn’t abbort you in time

  • @fl4w.schmitt168
    @fl4w.schmitt168 Месяц назад +71

    Imagine if this man made official lego sets with this tech that would be amazing

  • @LEGOCOOKING
    @LEGOCOOKING 9 месяцев назад +704

    Give an applouse 👏for their effort for editing

  • @taa347
    @taa347 Год назад +4093

    Watching actual engineering on the scale of legos is such an absolute treat

    • @YouTubeEnjoyer647
      @YouTubeEnjoyer647 Год назад +8

      Ikr?😂

    • @handlemonium
      @handlemonium Год назад +16

      Euro Truck Simulator: Real LEGO Edition 😁

    • @laurenz4528
      @laurenz4528 Год назад +1

      U can actually just buy all of that and do it yourself.

    • @YouTubeEnjoyer647
      @YouTubeEnjoyer647 Год назад +1

      @@laurenz4528 i got notif for this :P

    • @00JDH
      @00JDH Год назад +1

      @@laurenz4528 all of that work?😭

  • @Lochlann13
    @Lochlann13 Год назад +1654

    I'm an engineer now, and when I was a kid, it was this exact type of thing that started me on the path that gave me my career. Thank you so much for making these amazing videos. I'm sure there have been countless kids who've had an interest in engineering sparked by seeing your videos.

    • @Aymaelful
      @Aymaelful Год назад +24

      I'm studying engineering and I had legos put me on this track too! I can only hope that this channel will spark something in kid's heads

    • @DEFCON5307
      @DEFCON5307 Год назад +8

      Same here

    • @Aochso
      @Aochso Год назад +5

      Same here, loved lego so much back in the days (and still today). Only doing my degree in chemical engineering, but hey its engineering.

    • @bomberaustychunksbruv4119
      @bomberaustychunksbruv4119 Год назад +1

      ToolMaker here - same. I made a car with rack and pinion steering before Lego came out with the little rack and pinion!.

    • @Lucas-le6in
      @Lucas-le6in Месяц назад

      I’m a kid and I want too I thought I was the only one😅

  • @alex_thecarguy
    @alex_thecarguy 8 месяцев назад +53

    Man this is insanely cool. Big props for making it look proper after all that work on the function side

  • @xiphosura413
    @xiphosura413 5 месяцев назад +16

    Can I just say I admire the way in which the "Compact Valve Unit" label follows it, complete with a little nudge at the end. Such attention to detail!

  • @user-nd7pd7on2q
    @user-nd7pd7on2q Год назад +2533

    I cant believe I'm a grown man watching another grown man play with legos... I live it. Your videos are always so therapeutic after a long work day

    • @reidhanson4755
      @reidhanson4755 Год назад

      Play? Lol MF engineered an air powered inline engine on a semi truck made almost completely from Legos.

    • @arcuz7862
      @arcuz7862 Год назад +54

      It's not playing. It's engineering some shit. Pretty much the same, but pays more in the world of grown-ups.

    • @killuminatii1
      @killuminatii1 Год назад +16

      The level of engineering in this stuff is beyond ''playing''

    • @jasonbenso
      @jasonbenso Год назад +3

      Yea and he literaly spent more on a lego car then i spent on my car

    • @joshuacoser6852
      @joshuacoser6852 Год назад +4

      Thid is not playing. This is straight up engineering

  • @KrypticKoder404
    @KrypticKoder404 Год назад +30911

    The fact that it actually sounds like a truck makes it cooler
    EDIT: its been a year now. I have caused war to break out in the comments. Well at least im famous :D

    • @Retrodogo
      @Retrodogo Год назад +312

      Really good too

    • @giovannielias8153
      @giovannielias8153 Год назад +155

      I thought that too!

    • @GachaRobloxianAndrew
      @GachaRobloxianAndrew Год назад +611

      The fact that most truck engines are diesel engines and that they use air to ignite instead of spark plugs hits the nail on that fact.

    • @kingcarnish9477
      @kingcarnish9477 Год назад +167

      this guy is making childhood dreams a reality

    • @rietzhu
      @rietzhu Год назад +46

      But it doesn't sound like a truck. Clean out your ears. You and your 743 likes. It does however, sound like an RC truck that runs off air! 😳

  • @Apoc2K
    @Apoc2K 3 дня назад

    If Lego made this into an actual set, it'd drive so many kids into becoming mechanics and engineers.

  • @Doctorgeo7
    @Doctorgeo7 8 месяцев назад +13

    Very impressive. Everything from the design of the mechanisms to the aesthetics of the semi-truck. Am also loving how your cat just checks in on you and watches the end result. The cat be like, "Human? Are you making custom lego cars again?"

  • @darrena2625
    @darrena2625 Год назад +4130

    Can we just appreciate not just the many hours that went into designing and building this but also the filming and editing. What an absolutely top-draw production. Well done.

  • @diablalexfull
    @diablalexfull Год назад +1065

    It sounds just like a mini diesel engine too. that was incredible

    • @user-yj4fh3mt9n
      @user-yj4fh3mt9n Год назад +6

      It's about cat's sounds? :)

    • @Redbikemaster
      @Redbikemaster Год назад +16

      That makes sense actually. Piston engines are just spicy air compressors when you think about it

    • @redstonegod296
      @redstonegod296 Год назад +2

      @@user-yj4fh3mt9n meow

    • @bichela
      @bichela 4 месяца назад

      The closing of the hood was cool too

  • @michaelhughes1960
    @michaelhughes1960 8 месяцев назад +1

    The world needs more people like this man! :D

  • @morenicginiusthegreat4227
    @morenicginiusthegreat4227 8 месяцев назад +29

    Has anyone seen an angry excavator in this comment section?

  • @JohnCoffins
    @JohnCoffins Год назад +1483

    Dude this went from pretty cool to frigging insane real fast.

    • @billyberner
      @billyberner Год назад +1

      @BrightForest tfw this is better than 99% of the movies Hollywood has released in the past 4 years

  • @DeltaDS
    @DeltaDS Год назад +3669

    can we just appreciate how this person threw together a fully working differential like it was nothing

    • @dustinbrueggemann1875
      @dustinbrueggemann1875 Год назад +136

      The diff was from a factory set. It's plug and play.

    • @HarambaeXelonmuskfans
      @HarambaeXelonmuskfans Год назад +26

      @@dustinbrueggemann1875 hahahha I get it rememeber the game the markiplier guy played I think it was this really weird game there wa splugs and holes and they had to fo the thing hahaha you know?

    • @carbon2600
      @carbon2600 Год назад +50

      @@HarambaeXelonmuskfans 😐

    • @3snoW_
      @3snoW_ Год назад +78

      @@HarambaeXelonmuskfans not sure if drunk or bot

    • @LineOfThy
      @LineOfThy Год назад +19

      @@3snoW_ probably drunk

  • @nd-pi8lk
    @nd-pi8lk 11 месяцев назад +3

    the knowledge, the humour, the editing… this is perfect!

  • @vincentpol
    @vincentpol 8 месяцев назад

    Bravo. Loved the whole scientific method approach to this design.

  • @user-my5vo
    @user-my5vo Год назад +477

    I don't know what it is, but your videos make me feel a way that no other channel does. It makes my brain tingle just the right way!
    The sense of progress, the small bits of humor, the cat showing up, the incredible audio, all the tiny but meaningful details you put into it... it all fits together so perfectly.
    Please never stop making these masterpieces!

  • @tylerhager4339
    @tylerhager4339 Год назад +571

    As a truck driver, this build is absolutely incredible. I really appreciated the driving montage at the end too!

  • @leandewxw
    @leandewxw 9 месяцев назад +6

    I keep rewatching this video over and over again, each time feeling great child-like joy 🤩

  • @seb2721
    @seb2721 8 месяцев назад

    Your whole channel is a great display of engineering mechanisms that are easy to understand

  • @dinofanta222
    @dinofanta222 Год назад +280

    love how your videos dont include generic background music just the sweet sound of moving parts

  • @PhilmoreJenkins
    @PhilmoreJenkins Год назад +721

    Not only is this awesome, but I loved watching you do the 90° back. As a truck driver, this made my day.

    • @bossSHREDDER210
      @bossSHREDDER210 Год назад +20

      as a non truck driver it made me happy

    • @Randomussrs
      @Randomussrs Год назад

      lol

    • @nobody8685
      @nobody8685 Год назад +7

      So it takes a day to park it like that ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @arcticfox5118
      @arcticfox5118 Год назад +3

      Ayup i had a good giggle. Reminded me of some of the stuff i have seen out here over the years.

  • @lonelymtbrider3369
    @lonelymtbrider3369 8 месяцев назад

    Wow the sound that engine makes is pretty nice

  • @Jerry_9997
    @Jerry_9997 9 месяцев назад

    Absolutelly great. It is really satisfying to watch this video.

  • @thetomster7625
    @thetomster7625 Год назад +659

    I do hope that people understand that this is actually pretty impressive engineering work

    • @GawkGawk5000
      @GawkGawk5000 Год назад +6

      Or that we could all have cars that run on free ass air, but the oil companies literally killed the people holding the patents for them lol

    • @thetomster7625
      @thetomster7625 Год назад +21

      @@GawkGawk5000 this either a very well put joke or impresivly uniformed... hmmm, not sure which one I should assume here^^

    • @noway6434
      @noway6434 Год назад +15

      @@GawkGawk5000 there is a multitude of reasons why this won’t work in actual cars.

    • @GawkGawk5000
      @GawkGawk5000 Год назад +5

      @@thetomster7625 air, water, steam, and wood/coal powered cars all used to be a thing. All were incredibly effective or had the potential to be with further study. All had the people working on them disappear. The number of times this happened is probably in the hundreds. Either way, I was just making a joke about it. Pretend you don't know all you want.

    • @jakscho9527
      @jakscho9527 Год назад +16

      @@GawkGawk5000 Do you wanna refuel your car with the size of a truck every 3 minutes with air 🤦‍♂️ Pressured air requires more energy than anything else. You would need pumps that are powered from electricity or oil!

  • @jodiac
    @jodiac Год назад +1146

    This is easily one of the best and most impressive Lego builds I have ever seen. Well done. I can’t help but wonder how you made that gear box and air valve switch system so small!!! I would also loooove seeing an updated version with a larger gear box and different speeds!

    • @gillesduprez559
      @gillesduprez559 Год назад +3

      Yeah
      I once saw a video of a lego techic car driving on air but like in real size

    • @nickkonkle541
      @nickkonkle541 Год назад +1

      I love this build, don't get me wrong, but have you seen that lego bridge builder?
      edit: look up "lego technic bridge girder" on youtube

    • @jodiac
      @jodiac Год назад +1

      @@nickkonkle541 I have in fact! Another absolutely amazing build, but to me it didn’t have that sense of wonder that this did. I’m just impressed by how this all fits within a tiny little truck body.

  • @hundjsiegfried
    @hundjsiegfried 8 месяцев назад

    This is so awesome! Great job!

  • @Brickcraftology
    @Brickcraftology 8 месяцев назад

    WoW! What an incredible and amazing build.

  • @CreativeMindstorms
    @CreativeMindstorms Год назад +546

    Huge respect for this one!!
    You managed to not only build really complicated mechanisms in a really dense space, but even make it look good as well!
    Well done, truly!

  • @Stolen_S2000
    @Stolen_S2000 Год назад +1175

    Lego needs to hire you to create sets for them, honestly, this is incredible and I need this

    • @nilpferd1992
      @nilpferd1992 Год назад +59

      Price for this Set: 300.000€ bc its Lego...

    • @henrycooper3431
      @henrycooper3431 Год назад +22

      This thing is using parts that dont exist in lego so sadly not happening

    • @justsomeguywithsunglasses1876
      @justsomeguywithsunglasses1876 Год назад +1

      @@henrycooper3431 What parts 🤔

    • @henrycooper3431
      @henrycooper3431 Год назад +27

      @@justsomeguywithsunglasses1876 modified piston that use metals, modified switches, metal universal joints which were all custom built by the Green Gecko workshop for this guy
      There are also tubes and bottles that he got from everyday stuffs

    • @justsomeguywithsunglasses1876
      @justsomeguywithsunglasses1876 Год назад +1

      @@henrycooper3431 Oh

  • @SilverDaFox
    @SilverDaFox 9 месяцев назад +5

    6:34 when baldi slaps his ruler

  • @veenavee7493
    @veenavee7493 8 месяцев назад

    This is amazing!

  • @Betherek
    @Betherek Год назад +9850

    Are you adopting grown men?

  • @gracengeier1149
    @gracengeier1149 Год назад +251

    This is literally magic! It's hard to believe what you can make with Lego till you see it happen right in front of you!

  • @FantaTrackpad
    @FantaTrackpad 8 месяцев назад

    this is actually so cool and mad impressive

  • @LoganBrown-ym9eq
    @LoganBrown-ym9eq 6 месяцев назад

    Casually builds amazing truck

  • @Snugrot
    @Snugrot Год назад +353

    Genuinely one of the most impressive things I have ever seen. Major props.

  • @glytchmeister9856
    @glytchmeister9856 Год назад +631

    I appreciate that you went through the trouble of not only making it look like a semi, but also making it so the engine was visible under the hood AND looked like an actual engine under a hood.
    I mean, yeah, it’s no v8 diesel, but there’s only so much you can do in a space that small with Lego, and you pretty much did all that could be done.
    Bravo.

    • @thatguyalex2835
      @thatguyalex2835 Год назад +8

      I like this concept also. The V8 and I3 are awesome. Apparently in the 2000s, a Luxembourg French company made a car powered by compressed air. They kept on promising to release the car, but the promises were hot air. No production model ever made it on the road. Thankfully, Brick Engineering here has got a prototype that could work. ;) Also, the cat at 3:25 is adorable.

    • @danieloberhoff1
      @danieloberhoff1 Год назад

      you know, it actually _was_ an engine under the hood, thats what makes it so bloody cool and, c'mon, driving on air? how cool is that? :-D

    • @neutchain7838
      @neutchain7838 Год назад

      @@danieloberhoff1 Well it depends on the source of the air in the bottle but I would imagine its room ambient temp. :)

    • @Hoovie59
      @Hoovie59 Год назад

      Diesel semis are mainly inline 6 so its just he's actually pretty spot on!

  • @TheContientPokemon
    @TheContientPokemon 7 месяцев назад +1

    This man is too advanced for us fellow Lego builders

  • @gamervaze1
    @gamervaze1 7 месяцев назад +1

    the cat just tops it off. amazing video!!!!!!!!!

  • @wintermute4544
    @wintermute4544 Год назад +840

    ok as someone who's worked on semi's before, it really made me smile to see how you wired the air up in the frame of the trailer, as real semi's have something very similar as they use air brakes. amazing.

    • @rubindublone5932
      @rubindublone5932 Год назад +3

      Why don't they use hydraulics?

    • @jonikoskinen5334
      @jonikoskinen5334 Год назад +43

      @@rubindublone5932 That would require adding an unnecessary system just for the brakes with more things and parts that could fail. Also, that would require a pump for pumping the brake fluid all the way to the brake system on the trailer. Compressed air is produced as a byproduct from running the engine anyway so it makes sense to design the truck in a way that utilizes that air. Compressed air is also much easier to transfer meaning that when you attach a trailer to a truck all you need to do is connect the trailer to the truck using an air hose which "unlocks" the brakes on the trailer once sufficient air pressure is reached. This also means that when you disconnect the trailer the brakes automatically lock up since there is no more air pressure holding them open. Oh yeah and that same air is used for the suspension both in the truck and the trailer as well not to mention for adjusting the driver's seat. :)

    • @TheDragonRider6422
      @TheDragonRider6422 Год назад +14

      @@rubindublone5932 there are trucks with hydraulic brakes but they are special case.air is much easier and quicker to apply than hydraulic.

    • @TheDragonRider6422
      @TheDragonRider6422 Год назад +4

      @@jonikoskinen5334 its not that its hard to run hydraulic brakes as there are trucks with em and special trucks like dump truck and garbage truck already have a PTO (Power take off) from either the engine or transmission with a pump attached. Its just impractical to run it that far. Just the truck would be fine but running it all the way to the trailer would just be too slow. Fluid doesnt like to move in a quick manner at times air is just quicker. Also there are quick connect hydraulic fittings

    • @TheDragonRider6422
      @TheDragonRider6422 Год назад +4

      @@rubindublone5932 youd mostly use hydraulic brakes on huge vehicles that have a much higher weight than an air system can handle. Air systems usually cutout at 110 to 130 psi before the emergency relief valve pops off hydraulic hits up to 300 to 500 with a panic psi of 600.

  • @legolasnosense5746
    @legolasnosense5746 Год назад +535

    I don’t think a lot of my friends, or anyone will agree, but this is by far one of the coolest things I’ve seen. In terms of the overal mechanics, not like explicitly the truck itself, but just that this works and can move.

    • @igordasunddas3377
      @igordasunddas3377 Год назад +13

      And it works with compressed air instead of plain electricity.

    • @legolasnosense5746
      @legolasnosense5746 Год назад +1

      @@igordasunddas3377 feck I love physics

    • @iamlpdo19
      @iamlpdo19 Год назад

      I’m a random person on the internet and I agree with you

    • @tf2heavy2
      @tf2heavy2 Год назад

      fricken everything about it is amazing

  • @rilufuzz
    @rilufuzz 10 месяцев назад +45

    This was super satisfying to watch! It's really easy to overlook the complexity of your builds lol. Good job ^^

  • @Pencilneckgeek216
    @Pencilneckgeek216 21 день назад

    This is so incredible. I love the idea of powering the truck with air and only using the batteries to accurate things and steer. You'll get way longer play time with that than just straight batteries, and it would take all of 2 minutes to recharge.

  • @flixie2967
    @flixie2967 Год назад +935

    What’s satisfying about this is that I can see what or how the mechanism works! It entertains and educates at the same time. Great channel!

  • @HildeTheOkayish
    @HildeTheOkayish Год назад +699

    I like how you broke everything down to its basic components in this video. Not only is it a cool bit of engineering. It's also greatly communicated! I really learned something here

  • @ferencs.harmat7049
    @ferencs.harmat7049 8 месяцев назад +24

    WHERE IS THE ANGRY EXCAVATOR

    • @Shadow15YT
      @Shadow15YT 8 месяцев назад +2

      who knows XD

    • @pasmoluiso
      @pasmoluiso 8 месяцев назад +1

      i found it

    • @tyronlemons5203
      @tyronlemons5203 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@pasmoluisowhere

    • @alabenda
      @alabenda 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@tyronlemons5203 scroll down more, it's from august 10th

  • @GreysonPettey-lv7qq
    @GreysonPettey-lv7qq 7 месяцев назад

    I think the one thing I love the most is that the gears switch like they do in a real car the gears shift on a rod and also that the air refill mechanism

  • @lchollies3651
    @lchollies3651 Год назад +451

    I wish being an engineering student included projects like this. The practical knowledge that can be obtained from stuff like this in immense

    • @ronnana694
      @ronnana694 Год назад +25

      my engineering course has a project based subject where we are building a remote control fire engine that will put out fires remotely

    • @lchollies3651
      @lchollies3651 Год назад +4

      @@ronnana694 dude that’s sick.

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom Год назад

      well why not? you are young, get off your arse and do something

    • @troycongdon
      @troycongdon Год назад +6

      My biggest take away from engineering classes is the school is there to teach you how to teach yourself. If you want to play lego technic for the hands on practical learning aspect, go play legos! If you want to do it in a school setting, start a lego club and tell your friends to play legos with you. I am not sure how having a teacher will improve your experience but if your school is anything like mine was, use the teacher’s time before class/office hours to ask questions about side projects (like lego club). My experience was that they loved to talk about practical applications to what they were trying to teach. It shows that you are one of the maybe 10% of students that is able to digest knowledge rather than simply parrot it back.

    • @shreyansjain3670
      @shreyansjain3670 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@troycongdon That's a utopian sounding school to me lol. In our school teachers aren't even available outside class timings and even during classes they rarely answer questions

  • @mustafagunes6640
    @mustafagunes6640 Год назад +102

    As a mechanical engineering student and someone with interest in LEGOs I really like your builds. Because it shows me that even in the most unexpected places I can still find my childhood combined with my area of expertise.

  • @zupzop9237
    @zupzop9237 4 месяца назад

    This is so unbelievably impressive. What an excellent build!

  • @tatsga
    @tatsga 5 месяцев назад

    This is by far the most bad ass Lego Technic set that I have ever seen or dreamed of! I would buy this set anyday!

  • @sanguillotine
    @sanguillotine Год назад +198

    Here’s an interesting idea: Lego Airship. Not like a drone, like a 20th century blimp. Idk how doable it would be, but I think it would be really neat to see it be tried.

    • @micahwest3566
      @micahwest3566 Год назад +48

      I made this as a final project for high school senior engineering class. We made it out of helicopter parts, trash bags, and balsa wood. My job was designing the controller! That was the moment I decided I wanted to be an engineer- I wanted to work on cool projects with cool people.

    • @Merecir
      @Merecir Год назад

      I would think that the plastic is way to heavy to make a blimp of reasonable scale.

    • @crackwitz
      @crackwitz Год назад

      Helium: 1 g/liter of lift, so... A weather balloon's worth of helium should give you a kilo of payload.

    • @sanguillotine
      @sanguillotine Год назад +5

      @@Merecirthat’s what I would think, but this man built an air powered lego car, which is also something I thought wouldn’t work.

    • @arrondickens9167
      @arrondickens9167 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/pdwSLqlP0A4/видео.html

  • @jumabricks
    @jumabricks Год назад +217

    This is amazing! Probably the best air powered LEGO vehicle I‘ve ever seen in terms of functionality! That forwards/reverse gearbox function with the two switches is genius and actually quite simple at the same time. I’m glad that you mentioned Nicjasno and Green Gecko in this video as they’re two of the pioneers in the topic of LPE’s. I am very impressed, keep up the great work!

    • @quakxy_dukx
      @quakxy_dukx Год назад +9

      If you haven’t seen it already, you should take a look at the Lego Technic TRAINS channel. He’s got a pretty cool air-powered “steam” locomotive. I’d say it’s almost on par with this here

    • @jumabricks
      @jumabricks Год назад +5

      @@quakxy_dukx Oh yeah, right! I forgot about that one. That’s just as amazing!

  • @user-cp9db3rw9w
    @user-cp9db3rw9w 5 месяцев назад

    the quick build too is so satisfing

  • @MrSpinkser
    @MrSpinkser 9 месяцев назад

    Genius! Well done! The sound is awesome too!❤

  • @MaxEffex
    @MaxEffex Год назад +674

    This is one of the most impressive models made out of Lego I've ever seen! If you ever get the chance, it'd be neat to see you combine this with the clutch, and gearbox you created as well!

  • @makarlock
    @makarlock Год назад +1250

    Really love the video! Epic project, the engineering process shown is also really cool. Tip from the aerospace world: we proof test pressure vessels while they're filled with water (hydrostatic testing) instead of filling it up with air all the way. It checks the stress the same way but has no explosive energy when it bursts, unlike if it is filled with air. Leak check with air ok after it has been proofed with water. Obviously not safety critical for this application but it's like the best practice that scales to things that go up to many thousands of psi of operating pressure :) Also, if you're looking for a cheap pressure vessel + regulator system to power the engines for a longer time, paintball tanks are really affordable and some are even lightweight composite overwrapped PVs (rocket technology basically). Cheers!

    • @weeknieunknowing
      @weeknieunknowing Год назад +6

      I don't fully understand why the water is better. You're suggesting filling up the bottle with water instead of air up to the same pressure, right? Why is water not as explosive? Are you maybe suggesting filling up the bottles partially with water? How exactly does that make it better, because there's less air that's compressed and therefore less energy stored, while still reaching the same pressure?

    • @InsufficientGravitas
      @InsufficientGravitas Год назад +69

      @@weeknieunknowing Water isnt compressible so it wont expand when the pressure gets too high and also leaks are more visible than with air.

    • @paradiselost9946
      @paradiselost9946 Год назад +24

      soft drink bottles can be taken to safely hold 120psi. forget what theyre actually rated for. more than a bike pump will reach?
      the tubeless schraeder valve is sort of the weak point.
      @@weeknieunknowing push on a steel bar. it doesnt explode, does it? until it starts bending, deforming... it will take a lot of pressure.
      put water in a pipe and push it, it (shouldnt) explode. acts much like a steel bar. until the pipe fails. then the water still takes up as much room outside the pipe as it did inside... everything gets wet and thats it.
      put enough air into a pipe to act like a steel rod... think of the pressure. it wants to go back to taking up as much room as it did before being stuffed into the pipe.
      only partially filling the pipe ends up with compressed air that again, wants to occupy more space outside the pipe than inside... air inside hydraulics is bad.

    • @jeridfenderson
      @jeridfenderson Год назад +32

      @@weeknieunknowing , it’s because it takes an extremely small amount of “squish” to put water under immense pressure, as compared to air
      A better way to think about it, imagine you had a water bottle filled with water and another one filled with air. How much would you have to squeeze the bottle with the water and the bottle with the air to make them both have 14 psi of internal pressure?
      Liquid’s incompressible nature means that it builds pressure QUICK, but it also dissipates that pressure quickly as well. A few drops of liquid can easily be the difference between a few psi. Air, not so much
      So there is no eruption with water, it’s more like a quick dribble before there’s not enough pressure to continue doing work

    • @paradiselost9946
      @paradiselost9946 Год назад +16

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ i give islam that... they dont go spamming everyone, or banging on their doors demanding a pay-out, or demand that everyone devote their life to an imaginary delusion of a few madmen from some desert in the middle of nowhere 2000 years ago...

  • @DiyEcoProjects
    @DiyEcoProjects 8 месяцев назад

    I like the fact you havent cacked the videos up with music. So nice just to hear the background live

  • @user-yl1ur7rq4w
    @user-yl1ur7rq4w 8 месяцев назад

    The fact that it actually sounds like a truck makes it cooler. Give an applouse for their effort for editing.

  • @ChamaraVFX
    @ChamaraVFX Год назад +59

    I can't afford this nor skilled enough to build it, but I was smiling like a kid watching this masterpiece get build. Undoubtedly the best Lego built I've seen

  • @jdbrickcreation
    @jdbrickcreation Год назад +191

    The power you can make with air pump is absolutely crazy, this is a really good job 👍

  • @SimplyMyBuilds
    @SimplyMyBuilds 7 месяцев назад

    It’s crazy how far your channel has gone! Keep up the awesome content! 🎉 Me and my channel is rooting for you!

  • @Potato_Man1776
    @Potato_Man1776 7 месяцев назад

    We need a parts list and instructions so we can build one ourselves! So cool

  • @chrishenniker5944
    @chrishenniker5944 Год назад +247

    This isn’t just engineering, this is art too.

  • @jaredchampagne2752
    @jaredchampagne2752 Год назад +956

    Would you consider this guy a genius? I’d say yes...I don’t think people understand how incredible this is, and how much work it took! Nice job!

    • @alexanderdijkema9782
      @alexanderdijkema9782 Год назад +8

      Id agree.

    • @Alen725
      @Alen725 Год назад +18

      You can see he already uses parts that are made for this kind of stuff so I assume he is not designing all of this himself. You can find designs on internet.
      Not trying to diss on guy, I think you are just easily impressed.

    • @yttrium5677
      @yttrium5677 Год назад +34

      @@Alen725 always that one guy who has to ruin everyones fun

    • @Alen725
      @Alen725 Год назад +38

      @@yttrium5677 Always that one guy who overreacts when someone simply states his mind.

    • @whiskertt
      @whiskertt Год назад +12

      he has 766,000 subscribers so I don't think his talent goes unnoticed, lol.

  • @probablygrim
    @probablygrim 11 месяцев назад

    This type of Lego looks like endless fun, Such a good job done here 👌

  • @punkpin
    @punkpin 7 месяцев назад

    You sir, are a genius!

  • @JoseHernandez-sj4kf
    @JoseHernandez-sj4kf Год назад +398

    I would pay an absurd amount of money for a set like this

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom Год назад +10

      you would have to

    • @flowgangsemaudamartoz7062
      @flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 Год назад +6

      7000 Shmekels.

    • @PuerRidcully
      @PuerRidcully Год назад +3

      @@DrWhom I would imagine parts all in would be just few hundred $, if you had the design ready.

    • @saun59
      @saun59 Год назад

      Same

  • @stuff31
    @stuff31 Год назад +743

    this guy is undoubtedly one of the best engineers in the world, imagine if he scales this up we'll all be driving air trucks with ball wheels

    • @camdenkulpa3938
      @camdenkulpa3938 9 месяцев назад +56

      Big oil and gas would never let that happen, hence why it never has. In conspiracy of course.

    • @Real-HumanBeing
      @Real-HumanBeing 9 месяцев назад +56

      Wouldn’t work as well because of square cube law

    • @stuff31
      @stuff31 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@Real-HumanBeing oh no what's that

    • @BlueGOfficial
      @BlueGOfficial 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@camdenkulpa3938 water powered car

    • @Llortor
      @Llortor 9 месяцев назад +42

      ​@@stuff31things become much less efficient and much more massive at greater sizes

  • @AJyfm700R
    @AJyfm700R 4 месяца назад

    Love this! I admire your engineering skills and your way of thinking, really impressive! 👏

  • @jasontemple4407
    @jasontemple4407 11 месяцев назад +2

    Consider looking up airshot for your tank. It's used to rapidly inflate and seat bicycle tires. Holds over 100 PSI, you would just need to regulate it down.

  • @Skunk_works_
    @Skunk_works_ Год назад +27

    8:59 why does it actually sound like a diesel truck tho lmaoo

  • @ArrakisMusicOfficial
    @ArrakisMusicOfficial Год назад +84

    Wow, this is the coolest RC car I've ever seen. You finally pushed me over the edge, I'm ordering lego technic. Gotta get back to the projects I left when I was 10

  • @chriskelly4211
    @chriskelly4211 Месяц назад +1

    You sir are amazing! I was literally mesmorised by the entire video, well done and keep up the fantastic work!

  • @navidmohamadpour452
    @navidmohamadpour452 Год назад

    You are genius! This is real engineering. Incredible!

  • @ValhallaIronworks
    @ValhallaIronworks Год назад +109

    This is, by far, my absolute favourite video on RUclips so far this year. Just incredible.

  • @dugganater
    @dugganater Год назад +631

    I am somehow most impressed with how you came up with a pressure relief mechanism for refilling the bottles. So cool

  • @MVMARK007
    @MVMARK007 6 месяцев назад

    This guy got the patience of a superhuman.
    It is truly awesome building from the scratch even the engine.

  • @bo6142
    @bo6142 4 месяца назад

    Can i just say how shook and impressed I was when you made the smaller engine? That's wicked!

  • @Trollge-1119
    @Trollge-1119 Год назад +25

    he made realistic crash test 8:51 very nice

  • @WiReDApe
    @WiReDApe Год назад +88

    I am utterly impressed with the ingenuity and attention to design detail. You have a talent. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @carrozero9314
    @carrozero9314 7 месяцев назад

    Now this is a Lego set i would want to buy and build!

  • @JosephYMSIN
    @JosephYMSIN 3 месяца назад

    Dude u r absolutely scientist and engineer !!! Thanks for the joy u brought to us 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @zimman56
    @zimman56 Год назад +62

    I absolutely LOVE this. I used to drive trucks and seeing something THIS detailed, elaborate and even seeing it drive and watching you (attempt) to park it in a space like a truck was just...it made me smile from ear to ear. Truckers are often just unseen in the world, literally and figuratively, I'm definitely gonna remember this vid though, it's fantastic.

  • @mrblack5145
    @mrblack5145 Год назад +36

    Semi truck driver here- this creation is amazing. Having a fully transparent trailer would make my job so much easier! You've earned a sub my friend, I'm curious to see what other projects you've done!

    • @plutonium8567
      @plutonium8567 Год назад +1

      how would it make it easier?

    • @mrblack5145
      @mrblack5145 Год назад +4

      @plutonium well semis don't have rearview mirrors; when driving, how often do you glance up to see what's behind you? Also, if you're hauling any trailer +/- 10 feet tall, your side view mirrors become obsolete if you turn more than 10° left or right. Basically semis are rolling blind spots and a majority of that is because of the trailer. Were it invisible (and the freight inside I suppose) then it would be much easier to see where the wheels are when backing up.
      Granted, you get used to it, but it would still make a huge difference were it invisible.

    • @thevalkyrieog
      @thevalkyrieog Год назад +2

      @@mrblack5145 Doesnt samsung make trailers that have cameras on the back and sides of them? I thought i read about that somewhere

    • @mrblack5145
      @mrblack5145 Год назад

      @theValkyrie maybe; but the camera needs a cable all the way to the cab for signal, plus a line for power too- and the electric pigtails aren't rated fit that, so you'll need a dedicated cab for that trailer. Then you'll need to find space on the dashboard for the screen itself.
      Once you've got that done, you'll have to complete for condensation on the camera lens. And if it's not condensation, it's dirt/dust, road salt, or glare from the sun obstructing the view. And above that, everything that I just described can go utterly wrong in a moments notice. And if that's the only way you know how to back the trailer you'll soon find yourself up the proverbial creek.
      I'm not saying it's a fully flawed idea, but I think it's more of an over-engineered and under-thought idea that flies in the face of the KISS method. Maybe in a few years when electric semis take over, it might be more prevalent.

  • @ryrydragonfly21
    @ryrydragonfly21 9 месяцев назад +1

    You need to post this on Lego ideas! I really want to build it!

  • @Cookah007
    @Cookah007 5 месяцев назад +1

    This is the video that got me into your channel and I still watch it once in a while..really cool and fun stuff

  • @raphaelguitarx5931
    @raphaelguitarx5931 Год назад +28

    9:58 OH NO WE GOT A FUEL LEAK!!

    • @PCrailfan3790
      @PCrailfan3790 Год назад +4

      9:59

    • @Greenies_matter
      @Greenies_matter 11 месяцев назад

      Air leak

    • @Wutsizbukkit
      @Wutsizbukkit 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@PCrailfan3790no, 9:58 works too, because it's a second before, so we have time to rewatch it, and understand it

  • @T_PLAYER
    @T_PLAYER Год назад +51

    this creation is very impressive! never even thought of engines being completely air powered and used in vehicles
    03:33 also, the cat is cute

    • @produced_by_bake
      @produced_by_bake Год назад +2

      nothing is stopping him from making a real air powered car, except for the CIA perhaps lol

    • @ideallyyours
      @ideallyyours Год назад +3

      @@produced_by_bake Look at the volume of the "fuel" compared to the size and performance of the engine. Compressed-air powered full sized vehicles suffer from similar efficiency problems, and only really have any use with ultra-light aircraft, if at all.

    • @user-vb1uq3pe2c
      @user-vb1uq3pe2c 16 дней назад

      🐱🐱🐱

  • @aditya__soni_____
    @aditya__soni_____ 11 месяцев назад +1

    That guy's kid have awesome childhood ❤

  • @fruhlingsbilder
    @fruhlingsbilder 8 месяцев назад +18

    Where’s the angry excavator comment

  • @josephriachy8010
    @josephriachy8010 Год назад +33

    Impressive, just impressive...
    I don't know what's your profession, but as a Mechanical engineer here, I guarantee you that the ways you used to make the assumptions and calculations were genius...
    The quantity of time you've spent researching and building such engines already speaks a lot too.
    Maybe something similar to a turbocharger next time?
    Well done, always waiting for more from you !

  • @ibraheemahmed1670
    @ibraheemahmed1670 Год назад +229

    The fact that your builds are starting to blur the line between lego parts and actual car / engine parts is awesome! Great work on this, I'm excited to see where you go from here :)

    • @supernova7457
      @supernova7457 Год назад +3

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    • @ibraheemahmed1670
      @ibraheemahmed1670 Год назад +6

      @@supernova7457 Appreciate the preaching my dude, but I'm already religious lol
      Best of luck

    • @slavUKR
      @slavUKR Год назад

      @@ibraheemahmed1670 he want to convert you to Christianity

    • @xxDxxism
      @xxDxxism Год назад +7

      @@supernova7457 believe in yo mom

    • @EpicSqu1rrel
      @EpicSqu1rrel Год назад +2

      @@supernova7457 you are believing in the wrong god, repent now! this could be you last chance to be saved!

  • @harveyfrenzel2280
    @harveyfrenzel2280 4 месяца назад

    Love your videos and projects. Like the editing and showing the trial and error portion!!! ❤