The Pickup Saga Ep.1. The Concept

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Hi
I've spent quite a time in the last months experimenting on leafspring suspensions. The outcome is several different pickup, some of them motorised, some of them not. There are pure Lego versions and others include 3rd party elements like 3D printed uni-joints and RC wheels. All of them worth to share for one reason or another but it would be too dense and boring to squeeze them into one video.
So I've decided to make a series out of them:
This 1st episode meant to introduce the general concept which shows up in the other specimens too.
The next episode will be about a non motorised and a modestly motorised LWB version with full bodywork.
The 3rd episode will present versions with some more serious climbing capabilities and perhaps there will be a 4th episode built with 2 rc buggy motors... :-D Hope you'll enjoy them and find some inspiration too. ;-)

Thanks for watching and reading.