LEGO Technic Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor with Motor Functions Helicopter Toy

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Criky to build or not to build now, I was going to but may not now, though I have others to build first to. Will see, but does seem like some poor design there, none of the other powered sets I have seem like this would happen ever a shame. So we now know the real reason this set was cancelled - the mechanics are fundamentally flawed leading to damaged parts. And Lego didn't state this as the reason for the cancellation because of PR. They didn't want their customers to know they had released a flawed product. So Lego allowed people to believe the cancellation was because of a small pressure group, and not their flawed product. The way the gearbox has been designed makes it possible to channel power to all four movements at once, although everything pretty much grinds to a halt if you do so. It's prototypical to tilt the engines forwards once the blades are spinning and it's certainly possible to do that, but the motor strains a bit. In the review I posted earlier I concluded that 42113 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey has a design flaw that causes parts to become damaged, and that could well be the real reason why its release has been cancelled.

Good to know: This set requires 6 x AA batteries (not included) for the battery box to power all of the motorised functions included in the aircraft.I then read a post on Facebook by Kenneth who said that he moved the gears to the other side of the yellow 'biscuit' that you can see above, and supported them more securely, which fixed it for him. The new battery box has been officially released by Lego as a standalone set with the set number 88015. You can buy it directly from online Lego shops. Helicopter and aircraft fans will love exploring the realistic functions of this battery-powered LEGO Technic Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft playset (42113). Adults and kids aged 11 and up can build an authentic motorised replica of the famous multi-mission aircraft, providing an amazing insight into how it works. List of Remaining parts: This list is the List of all existing parts (list 1) without the parts included in Red and White recolor (list 2 and 3). https://pastebin.com/qdZztzsA There's no question about it. The gearbox is fundamentally flawed. There is too much power being driven through tiny plastic gears which simply can't take it."

You have to wonder how this got past the designers let alone durability testing, perhaps they didn't have the new large motor when designing and used a medium or small sized one? The gearbox takes the most of the room inside the aircraft, but there is still some below the gears and towards the rear ramp. This provides additional playability as you can transport, for example, a bunch of pencils inside the aircraft. List of all existing parts: The XML code is in this link. https://pastebin.com/a8TaMR9m. Credit to @Alitai. The list doesnt not contain the new parts and the parts in the new color listed in the previous question. Overall, this has certainly been an interesting LEGO journey. Just like COVID-19, unexpected and unfortunate events are bound to come. Even when all precautions and measures have been taken and even when you believe you've done everything right, sometimes flaws still pass through and it won't be noticeable until it's too late. In times like this, desperate times call for desperate measures, and unfortunately that means for the cancellation of the LEGO Osprey. In July, the German Peace Society issued a warning against LEGO releasing the licensed V-22. Despite rebranding of the aircraft in the set to make it a search and rescue aircraft, the German Peace Society released a statement saying: On 1. August 2020 LEGO® plans to release its first ever military set while internal corporate value documents forbid the production of current military vehicles. The German DFG-VK also criticises the license placed on the set. With every buy, customers help to finance arms companies.

DO I NEED ALL OF THE PARTS IN THE LIST ABOVE TO RECONSTRUCT A REPLICA OF 42113 THAT HAS SAME COLOR SCHEME? However, I still think that, to avoid damage again, the motor should be switched on before engaging the gearbox to turn the rotors. Although the model is 20″/53 cm long, there is not that much space inside the hull. The transmission components sit very tightly together; you can spot a small actuator placed next to the motor, which you don’t see in LEGO Technic sets that often. Building solutions and combinations of elements like these make official sets so valuable in terms of building experience.

Power up your 1,636-piece build with the included battery box and large motor (batteries not included) to bring the toy aircraft model to life. People buy multimillion-dollar Ferraris that they will never drive (many of which are flawed machines), expensive artwork that represents - at most - status to them, and stamps that were printed upside down. For some, it's just an investment, for others a status symbol, and for many of us, a totem with a good story and some inherent "quality".This Technic set contains some new parts that are currently not available or are difficult to obtain. Fortunately, you can replace many stones with the same part in a different color. The new Powered Up Battery Box was (still) exclusively available for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and therefore you must come up with a different solution for the time being. I wonder if part of the mindset is that Lego (being a European company) has a kind of aversion to modern military sets due to the company having lived through WWII, a kind of hard stop built into the company’s DNA. I do feel that they bent the rules to include Indiana Jones sets. I think they ran afoul of their own policy because the Osprey was a licensed set. I think of the Blue Power Jet (31039), which is remarkably similar to the F35, as an example of modern military-like set. The motor powers four movements. The battery box is switched on and off using a red lever on the front left-hand-side of the fuselage, which can be seen in the pictures above. Two switches on either side behind the wings operate the gearbox.

However, the gearbox contains a serious design flaw, the likes of which we've never encountered in a Technic model before. I've managed to break it within a few hours of building it. If the mechanisms are kept within their limits and operated in a particular way, they operate fairly well, but it's all too easy to strain the motor and break the gears. This new set was launched by LEGO® as an airplane used in search and rescue missions, as shown on the box. In practice, however, this aircraft is only used by military organizations. For example, the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is used for military missions in Iraq and Yemen. I don’t like to complain about the LEGO pieces’ condition, but one of the curved panels 5x13x2 came with a massive scratch on the top. You can easily spot it if you open the picture in full-size. Of course, the customer service is always there to replace any damaged parts. Still, I wonder how on Earth these relatively light plastic parts can get scratched on its way out from the factory.

Can someone tell me how long it takes Lego from initial design to general release? It seems baffling that they didn’t spot the serious flaws and that the rotors touch the floor in plane mode...! " Whatever the reason, you'd have thought it would have become apparent much earlier in its design lifecycle. A huge amount of money and resources will have been expended designing, manufacturing and planning marketing strategies for this product, in addition to the monetary and environmental cost of now recalling and destroying the products intended for store shelves.