Hi guys and gals!

As you may know, I like building stuff out of LEGO and I've also got a huge interest in following the progrses of the worlds' first HUSS Topple Towers going up this year. I'm coming along fairly well with a LEGO version that I started a few weeks ago, so I thought I'd post a few "construction" photos!


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Here is the ring of seats. I've used a "Hailfire" wheel to make up the ring. It is a hubless ring, so the ring and seats rotate while the structure supporting it stays in place. That's different from the real thing but was the only way I could realistically do this project in LEGO.


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The close up of the drive engaging the ring.


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This was one of the harder parts to get the spacing just right.


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Now you can see the gearmotor for driving the ring rotation, and a bit of the counterweight/controller.


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The very first test with the counterweight is a success!


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The counterweight is 2 RCX's with several blocks of steel.


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This is the base turret module. It houses the drive for the rotation of the base and will also support the main axle and drives.


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After testing the drives and proving the toppling action would be good, I removed them and mounted the tower assembly on the turret...


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...and added my own little decoration to the top.


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I'll keep updating this thread with the progress I make. Hope you enjoy!

-Iain

Oh my god! You really do like the topple tower don't you
Very nice!

Wow,
a wonderful model!
Are you able to make a video of the model?

Greetings,

Fishbone

thats just CRAZY!
nice work!

woah, awesome, dude.

how about putting some small ppl in those seets and makin a little video clip or something? :>

Thanks for the kind coments, everyone!

Last night I wrote a simple test program to check out the toppleing action coupled with the rotations. Here we go:

Movie Clip - 834k, MPEG

The two toppeling drives are coupled to a 15:1 gear reducer and position is monitored by a rotation sensor.

-Iain

MilitaryDuckJock

Thanks for the kind coments, everyone!

Last night I wrote a simple test program to check out the toppleing action coupled with the rotations. Here we go:

Movie Clip - 834k, MPEG

The two toppeling drives are coupled to a 15:1 gear reducer and position is monitored by a rotation sensor.

-Iain

Nice work, Mr. Stengel...

Regards,
Michael

Gruß, Michael

MilitaryDuckJock

Thanks for the kind coments, everyone!

Last night I wrote a simple test program to check out the toppleing action coupled with the rotations. Here we go:

Movie Clip - 834k, MPEG

The two toppeling drives are coupled to a 15:1 gear reducer and position is monitored by a rotation sensor.

-Iain

The model works great!
Thank you for the video!
Fantastic!

Greetings,

Fishbone

woah, the video is amazing. makes me wanna play with lego again. :>

Wow!!!
That reminds me of former times. When I was younger, I also used to play with Lego.
Have you thought about sending some pictures of the tower to Lego? It really looks like it could be produced and sold in masses.