detailed AND functional LTM 1200

[sheepborg]

My favorite crane is the Liebherr LTM 1200 5-1. it has a 7 fold boom as well as a large fly jib.
as one could imagine it would be incredibly difficult to make that many telescopic sections
so i went to work and created this masterpeice:

Very Detailed LTM 1200 (MUST read desc.)

sheepborg

Rating:
Filesize: 127.57 kB
Comments: 5
Ratings: 10

in my opinion this could be the best crane on phun to exist. (Minus string but that makes lag)

THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE VERY VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
READ THE DESCRIPTION OR YOU WILL NOT ENJOY IT AS MUCH
just as important as rating

like it?
suggestions?
suggestions on what to make next?

[sheepborg]

does noboy like cranes???

[Chronos]

I don't. They always steal my food. Everyone knows swans are better.

[sheepborg]

lol
but i was serious

[Under Ground]

Love it, but I sort ailed at operating it, haha.

Fantastic though!

[sheepborg]

Love it, but I sort ailed at operating it, haha.

Fantastic though!

How did you fail?
so i can improve upon the design or change how i do this in future models

Also I will take any suggestions!
(subject to approval )

[daniels220]

The jib doesn't seem like it's strong enough. It's supposed to go on the very end of the telescoping part, yes? Well, it falls off—the "bolts" aren't strong enough. I made them temporarily 10,000kg/m^2 and then fixated the red rings together, and then it worked. Am I missing something?

[sheepborg]

oh, the bolts work for me in my phun
sorry guys, i will fix that next time arround

[Dakta]

Very nicely done, all it needs is the ability to actually pick things up

And instead of a cable, you can fake it with a rack and pinion, which is much stronger and less laggy. odds are, your cable will never need to be seen wrapping around anything, so it's all good!

[sheepborg]

one problem with lifting things is the weight though, not just lag
since the actuation and other things are done with springs... well you get the point

besides a seven-fold boom that functions is a feat in itself

[Dakta]

Nobody said you couldn't make parts of it unreasonably light and others unreasonably heavy

[sheepborg]

well, this is true but...
i dont wanna!

besides with kilinich acually looking at my stuff, that is the thing he would point out

[sheepborg]

UPDATE: i am going to follow this up with an LTM 1400 7.1
it will (maybe) have the luffing fly jib, which will make it much more difficult to make
(for those of you who arent familiar with cranes a luffing fly jib is one that is tilt-able via ropes)

anyways this will be coming eventually as well as 2 terex things which i wont tell yet