LEGO Inverter Ride
Channel: Lego Technic Design
Date: 04/07/2017

I hope you like the Inverter ride!

This ride was the toughest so far to make. 
The difficult of this ride is the 2:1 gear movement.

Without this the platform with people won't turn 2 
times as fast as the main beam turns.

Because of this I had to work with the 8 and 16 teeth 
gearwheels, who has the only 2:1 movement I needed.

The 8 and 16 gearwheels are not really made for 
heavy loads and this was a big problem to solve.
A big black heavy metal block at the end of the main 
beam as counter weight does relief a little.  

Another big problem was that I could not transfer the 
turning power for the platform through a axle
because it couldn't handle the tork. 

It had to been done by 8x 16 teeth 
gear wheels. Problem with this is the small space 
between the gear wheels. 

With 8 gearwheels it 
becomes a big space and you can see this back on 
the movie. When the platform changes direction it 
stays still for a short time because all the gearwheels 
have to get grip on eachother!

The heavy movement when the platform is almost at the ground is something I tried but could not overcome. The structure is to heavy to hold still.:-(  I had to see this as the limit of building with lego

I will make a specialised movie about how the turntable of this ride has been made and reinforced. So keep watching my channel!

I almost gave up this ride but glad did not.

I hope I inspired you!

Keep on Building :-)