Week TechVideo, 2012 #35 - Sennebogen 683R Telescopic Crane

Earlier this year, dfs473 has posted a video and some photos from his Sennebogen 683R Telescopic Crane. Since then I got in love with that telescopic boom... He managed to build it in a very pleasant way - always a difficult task to make a 3 section telescopic boom like this, in a compact size, nice looking and fully functional.

Well done!

This model features 8 functions with 9 PF motors:

• 1x M-motor: Left track
• 1x M-motor: Right track
• 1x M-motor: Extends tracks
• 1x M-motor: Rotates super structure
• 2x M-motors: Winch
• 1x XL-motor: Raises crane
• 1x XL-motor: Extends boom's 2nd section
• 1x M-motor: Extends boom's 3rd section

The model also features manual tilt of the cabin, but probably the most surprising and unseen function into a LEGO Technic model, as far as I remember to have seen, is the horizontal tracks extension, to increase footprint and stability while lifting huge payloads (see it in action at 0:29').

You may find additional photos from this model, at dfs473's flickr and Brickshelf accounts.


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