Driving 3 Lego Mechanisms in Orbeez Pool

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Published 2023-09-30
Demonstration of 3 basic mechanics of Lego technic, such as a walker (or stepper), wheel and track mechanisms in a pool with Orbeez balls.
Orbeez (or hydrogel) a type of polymer made to absorb and hold water. It's also called water beads. They are soft and slippery, a difficult surface for any mechanism to move.

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All Comments (21)
  • @TechnicBrick
    I would be happy if you advise how to improve the mechanisms to carry more weight and don't drown.. Any tips?
  • @MinkioTauro
    Thank god now i know which track i have to use if I encounter a pot hole full of orbeez
  • @DJPowerPaul
    I really like your defined focus points, the colored background and these few objects there - whatever it might be. Nice to look and much more interesting than plain white.
  • @young-aviator
    You should try building a lego boat and have it move with the lego motors :edit I fixed the spelling. :)
  • @jasmijnariel
    Filling the tank was the most sadisfying thing i saw this week❤
  • @foreiveralone
    i think i found a hidden gem of a channel, this production quality is so underrated!!
  • @MEERKAQ
    I noticed with the tracks you dont have roadwheels to help spread out ground preasure, the ilder and sprocket are the only point of contact that preasure is put on making it have a higher ground preasure if you had put wheels along the tracks from the ilder to the sprocket it would be able to displace weight better, for refrence look at a tank's tracks.
  • @CoolAsFreya
    I like how you basically built snow chains for the Lego tires, very clever!
  • @TlalocTemporal
    The testing pool was too shallow to properly test the tracks; they were running on the pool floor, not over the orbs. The tracks also needed a skid plate like what was added to the wheels. A proper bow might help too. Longer tracks with angled leading edges might help with climbing out of the pool, or possibly just a larger front sprocket. Shorter teeth would reduce drag especially as the top of the tracks reaches the orb level, no sense in just mixing orbs next to you. Wheels could need more wheels per axel, and more axles, ground pressure is key after all. Perhaps using more of the holes in the wheel hub would allow more torque with less slop? Double-wide tracks for the highest ground contact, surounding rather than carrying the cargo box for a low centre of gravity, might be the ultimate tracked contender. Perhaps even splitting the tracks into forward and rear sections for more length and power units?
  • Amazing editing and really great builds overall. Glad i found your channel! Subscribed!
  • @kapcorbricks
    For that environment a screw drive (like in ZIL-2906) would work perfectly, providing both buoyancy and propulsion. But would it still be driving?
  • @bishopcorva
    Longer track length, keep the 'growser' bars to act as paddles. Or if you can double the width of the tracks make the tracks wider and half again as long as they are shown in this video. Plate over the bottom. It seems to just be a weight distribution issue more than anything.
  • Just got my mom to order a few off brand (but compatible) motors and battery boxes so I am do stuff like this! (60-70 bucks for a bunch of motors, two battery boxes, some springs, and some other parts!) I can't wait for them to get here!
  • @podulox
    !! YEAH BABY - VICTORAH !! This must take so long to make - Well done and thank you :)
  • @JohnBeiler05
    this was a great video! I can't wait to see more.