Friday Funny: Life Size Lego Technic Bugatti Chiron

I believe that by now most of you should know that I love Lego. I have always had Lego in my life as a kid and also as an adult.

In recent years I have used Lego Mindstorms to design and build robots to help me be a better robotics mentor for the school my son’s went to.

Even though both my sons have left the school for university, I still mentor for the robotics club and am also on the Robocup Junior Australia Western Australia committee.

Last month I decided to purchase a couple of limited edition classic Lego car models. The first non-robotics Lego purchase I have made for many years. I bought the classic James Bond Aston Martin DB5 & the Lego Technic Bugatti Chiron 1/8 model and thoroughly enjoyed building them. The problem is now where do I store/display the models. No, my collection of over 180 dragon figurines is not getting moved to make space.

James Bond Aston Martin DB5 complete with machine guns, rolling number plates, car phone, hidden tracking computer, bulletproof shield and a working ejector seat.

Lego Technic Bugatti Chiron with four wheel drive, steering, 8 speed flappy paddle sequential gearbox, forward/neutral/reverse gears, W16 engine and moveable rear spoiler.

Anyhow, what prompted this article was that Lego have just announced that they have created a life size drivable Lego Technic version of the Bugatti Chiron. You have to watch the videos below, it is just amazing what they have done.

The Amazing Life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron that DRIVES! (direct link)

See how it was made – The Amazing Life-Size LEGO Technic version of the Bugatti Chiron (direct link)

Here are some facts about the model (values in brackets for real car):

• Over 1,000,000 LEGO Technic elements in total
• 339 types of LEGO Technic elements used
• No glue used in the assembly
• Total weight: 1,500 kg / 3,306 lbs (1,996 kg / 4,400 lbs)
• Engine contains:
  2,304 LEGO Power Functions motors
  4,032 LEGO Technic gear wheels
  2,016 LEGO Technic cross axles
• Theoretical performance of 5.3 HP (1,479 HP)
• Estimated torque of 92 Nm (1,600 Nm)
• Top speed of 18 mph (261 mph)
• Functional rear spoiler (using both LEGO Power Functions and pneumatics)
• Functional speedometer built entirely from LEGO Technic elements
• 13,438 man hours used on development and construction

For more information see:

• Lego Bugatti Chiron – Build For Real

Now where could I store this full size model?

Enjoy

David

This article was originally posted on http://www.winthropdc.com/blog.