About this item
This second volume of The LEGO Power Functions Idea Book, Cars and Contraptions, showcases small projects to build with LEGO Technic gears, motors, gadgets, and other moving elements. You'll find hundreds of clever, buildable mechanisms, each one demonstrating a key building technique or mechanical principle.You'll learn to build four-wheel drive cars, adorable walking 'bots, steerable tanks, robotic inchworms, and cars that can follow the edge of a table!Each model includes a list of required parts and colorful photographs that guide you through the build without the need for step-by-step instructions. As you build, you'll explore the principles of gear systems, power translation, differentials, suspensions, and more.
About the Author
Born in 1962. Currently living in Tokyo, Japan
Over 40 years of LEGO experience
Technical writer. In addition to running Isogawa Studio, Inc., I regularly hold LEGO workshops, lectures at schools and science museums, and create LEGO models for events and exhibitions. I am the author of the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Orange Book, Making Machines with Bricks, and the "LEGO Technic Tora no Maki" PDF book.
homepage?http://www.isogawastudio.co.jp/
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