Parallel Parking Lego Cars in small Spaces

[@BrickTechnology]

Merry Christmas, and drive safe!

[@garrysekelli6776]

Don't drive like a Wildebeest cause they don't have driver's licenses as my grandma always used to say.

[@johnnyxp64]

When you have a tight spot, you always first deeg in with the nose and exit then the car so that the car is already 40% inside the parking and then just reverse. M xmas.

[@frankichiro]

Great videos! I have an idea for a project challenge: A walking AT-AT from Star Wars. :P

[@glowytheglowbug]

lmao nice

[@TONYROX]

Salut. J'ai regardé tes vidéos en une seule fois tellement j'adore. Je t'écris en français car je suis français. Je suis de paris. N'ayant pas d'argent pour faire ce que tu fais, je regarde avec le téléphone... Pas d'argent pour un ordinateur non plus. J'aimerais bien pouvoir faire ça, j'ai toujours adoré les jeux de construction. Pourquoi ne pas inventer des machines simples qui faciliteraient le quotidien? Dans la cuisine, ou une alarme simple et efficace qui piège les intrus, ou distributeur de soda, etc... Un moyen de préparer à manger pour le chat automatique, quand il appuie sur un bouton, il a le repas, sur l'autre bouton, une friandise, mais juste une pendant 5 ou 6h... Un système qui ouvre la trappe pour le chat d'une heure à une autre et fermée la nuit ou le jour selon ce que tu préfères... Je sais pas, mais il y a trop de possibilités. Tu vas avoir une maison en Legos après... 😁😁😁 Bonne continuation et merci

[@Roebey]

I think my favourite aspect of these videos is that there's a certain point while I'm watching where I think "right, this is as far as this idea can go, great show" and then I look at the video length to see that it's not even halfway done, and the mechanisms continue to get more complex and frankly ridiculous. Top shelf stuff. Keep it up!

[@p.p.wienersson]

Lol! That’s such a good way of explaining these videos

[@SamuelixLoafy]

True

[@aserta]

There's also the infamous 5th wheel one. Somewhere in the 1900's someone made a car where the spare wheel on the rear was also used to park. It was connected to the "prop shaft" via a gear which was activated by lowering (and therefore raising the whole rear of the car off the ground) and meshing the gears. It then gave the ability to rotate the whole car into the spot after it was driven into it with just the nose. Ludicrous, but amusing.

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

But honestly... why not? Why was this undone?

[@canon-de-75]

@@EnjoyCocaColaLight it wasn’t viewed as necessary because parking in cities wasn’t too hard at the time

[@Glosome]

@@EnjoyCocaColaLight The mechanism took up too much practical space in the car.

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

@@Glosome Boooo! Go away with your logic I want this feature >:(

[@jakobrauschendorfer373]

It was Ford i think

[@christianteijeiro4592]

I like the shrinking chasis one and the idea that you have to sacrifice your passengers lives to be able to find a parking spot

[@1qu4rto20]

lmao0

[@blakksheep736]

We don't need passengers where we're going.

[@jetyu]

@@blakksheep736 bttf reference

[@chaoticgood1977]

Paris be like

[@stacyhummel187]

@@blakksheep736 yes all we need is AI

[@ibraheemahmed1670]

The 90 degree steering was crazy enough but the expanding chassis modification looks like something out of transformers lol Awesome builds :)

[@arvinddhiman8706]

It actually exist in reality too,i remember a black luxury van with that expanding chassis

[@davisdf3064]

@Gibbon That's the best part though?

[@jaxentheidiot]

@Gibbon seats will be up front and far back

[@peger]

@@arvinddhiman8706 they are campers. That can expand for more interior space

[@Jehty_]

@@peger IIRC they expand only sideways. At least I don't know of a camper that extends lengthwise?!

[@SabertoothSeal]

3:16: "Well, you got the car into a spot with zero clearance. That's it, there's nowhere to go from here. Surely you cannot fit a car into a spot smaller than the car, that's not how geometry works!" 3:55: "Oh."

[@menish18]

Merry Legomass

[@dcornerofficial2411]

Kinda got late for me 😅

[@nabbyy1044]

Merry bricksmas

[@Neuro_nActivation]

Merry plasticmass

[@jacobholdgate647]

@@Neuro_nActivation merryplaywellmas

[@amelekessy4349]

​@@dcornerofficial2411 same lol

[@stewartben2118]

The beauty of machinery is fully expressed by this Lego car.

[@bx5123]

Please do a drift car

[@notengeering9579]

0:23 is it just me or did they just made a nice beat.

[@TheFloridaMonkey]

not just you thats why i just scrolled down to the comments

[@SaperPl1]

Nice video. For the wheels turning all around - you can pass drive input through a small turntable. I did a model like this long time ago. Btw with motors and rubber bands you're not guaranteed repeatability when it comes to the direction in which your're moving.

[@technicmocer3612]

Also to make model more elegant, drivetrain can go through the turntable. I know hard to do in such scale, but hey, all is possible ;)

[@ergosphere2]

I built a car like this in Besiege once, except for the extending midsection I'll have to try that out now, but seeing it made out of Lego is SO COOL!

[@martinutasi7857]

0:58 This drive system is really cool, I have never seen anything like that!

[@HillelSe]

Its because its not very effective, it would slip a lot and lets not get started about suspension

[@Hlidskjalfff]

The closest real world comparison would be portal axles.

[@HillelSe]

@@Hlidskjalfff portal axles don't offer fwd they upper the clearance of the car

[@Hlidskjalfff]

​@@HillelSe They allow the drive line to be higher up to allow more clearance, which the lego car utilizes to get a higher steering angle.

[@joepdewild589]

this guy parks better than me

[@eirik2813]

Finding a good parking spot for lego cars is almost impossible these days, so this is most helpful 👍

[@flallana18]

This is super nice

[@usarmysf2587]

Good job on the crab walk. It’s pretty cool how we can do that in lego

[@craiglizt8074]

I miss playing with Technic Legos. The sets from the 80s and 90s were incredibly fun.

[@balaclavabob001]

Should have done it the French way and just smashed the car into the gap with half the front hanging out .

[@littlegraycat3752]

this is educational in two aspects, engineering and parallel parking

[@dhruvgulati2695]

What difference does front wheel drive make in parking?

[@TheDr12345]

none

[@HS-fk6hb]

im interested too!

[@ThunderTrain2930]

The power goes directly to the front wheels (obviously) so they aren’t just dragged, increasing the turning radius. With front wheel drive, the front wheels aren’t being dragged as you can kind of notice with rear wheel drive. Instead it’s direct power and they don’t get dragged, decreasing the turning radius and being able to maneuver in tighter spots.

[@ldemolyingloi8088]

one could make the argument that front wheel drive improves maneuverability in vehicles as a whole. I would argue that it gives most vehicles a tighter turning radius, which is better for parking in all kinds of places.

[@ldemolyingloi8088]

@@TheDr12345 I disagree.

[@MatthewC23498z]

"Honey could you get out of the car? I need to activate the Chassis Shrinkage Piston in order to fit between this Audi and Merc. Oh and get the bags out the boot" "2 or 3?" "3 dear. Thanks!" *shrinks car*

[@alienlobsteroo4882]

Evolution from a sports compact to a smart car to a forklift. Or in Biological terms: From an Ape to a Human to a Crab. We all turn into Crabs someday.

[@lonet4]

WOW. Would be awesome to see all your Independent vehicle technologie topics combined into one. A 6x6 Truck with manual transmission, low range, clutch and diffs, pulling a steered trailer through rough terrain, showing the benifits of its nifty suspension....😍

[@mawnkee2921]

Love how this goes from parking a Honda Civic, to powering a crab walking death machine car that can almost transform just to park.

[@Artaimus]

All wheel steering: Mario Kart 90 degree steering: autonomous drones Extending chassis: looney toons.

[@sfsclips6226]

3:39 what driving instructors expect you to do when they tell you to parallel park

[@shovalwaregaming9405]

It might just be legos but still really impressive. I really enjoy the 90 degree drive. As of right now my First Robotics Competition team is working on a swerve drive robot. Your lego build just inspire me to continue to work and problem solve.

[@raphaelmonserate1557]

just was thinking about it!!!! my team is sticking with other forms of holonomic drive (keep an eye out for #2097 and you'll see what I mean) but once we get enough man-power, we plan on making swerve in house too :)

[@nateriver6630]

Hey there, be ready for syncro drive from ours 😏

[@wei8280]

3:07 wow that's amazing. Then realized there's another min plus of video, thinking how crazy can this get. Yup it got crazier, mind blown.

[@RiddSann]

Gotta admit, I laughed when I saw the variable length chassis, great work !

[@SystemX1983]

Not sure if I want to sit inside a car like that... Either me or my groceries will suffer from "compression" 😉

[@user-yl1ur7rq4w]

Your concepts are so cool, the design and mechanism are really impressive. The beauty of machinery is fully expressed by this Lego car..

[@SilverScarletSpider]

i never knew fwd had better ability to parallel park than rwd. that is cool

[@96thelycan]

imagine being a rear passenger and seeing the driver going for a half car space, tryna call your loved ones quickly...

[@Khofax]

The last one is actually an interesting concept design for some factory bot

[@DEPR188]

You are a genius in Mechanics. I feel that even if I studied Mechanical Engineering, it would take me years to come up with the solutions and mechanisms you build.

[@DashzRight]

You don’t need to be engineer to do that stuff with legos lmao

[@benfosh1893]

I gotta say, I'm truly impressed by the work you do. Thank you for your incredible patience,drive, and creativity with your work and videos.Keep it!

[@RiddlerQM]

Imagine if cars could actually do this lol! Parallel parking would be easy as cake!

[@SeraphimKnight]

If you want a really easy way to achieve easy parallel parking, use a tricycle with front streering. I use an electric jigger at work and I can park in a space that's basically as wide as the jigger itself with surprising ease.

[@alexanderyavorskiy1835]

Finally. A car that can be parked in my city.

[@hellerart]

Car and parking spot same size - nahhh not enough! Parking spot smaller as car, that‘s where we go!!!

[@Night_Hawk_475]

I was honestly hoping to see you break out some Mecanum wheels for the sideways slide instead, ahaha Those things are always so cool to me, you should give it a try some time :) Trying to program it to drive in a perfect circle was my first challenge for fun. Thanks for sharing still though, awesome builds and ingenious solutions to some simple looking problems :)

[@Marsaw]

“A local man was found crushed to death in his car this morning. Authorities say he commanded his car to automatically parallel park in a space that was too small for it, so it contracted its chassi to fit-with him inside.”

[@octane613]

That fwd setup is genuinely genius.

[@strawberrypupper897]

Aww man, we need to park before we miss the show! But there's only room for a smart car! Well, little timmy, say goodbye to your legs.

[@youtubekids2416]

Wow..

[@Diriector_Doc]

How far sideways is a vehicle allowed to drive before it's no longer considered "parallel" parking?

[@stacyhummel187]

IDK but now it's sideways parking

[@FunAngelo2005]

This makes me realize we need cars that park sidways

[@paulzpcs7986]

I enjoyed how this got progressively more over engineered to become increasingly more rediculous

[@fangthewarrior]

Something people probably don't realize when parallel parking is, the vehicle pivots closer to the rear axle not the center. It also behaves a lot different in reverse than forward. Once you know this it becomes so much easier to maneuver and park

[@floricamanea3354]

the people of France need this

[@fazbeark1ng]

that pulley fwd system is awesome

[@RockBear832]

It always amazes me how many rare parts he has

[@TheBuffaloPaladin]

The last car principle liquifies the driver and passengers at the expense of being able to park literally anywhere in NYC.

[@jdbrickcreation]

Your concepts are so cool, the design and mechanism are really impressive

[@Fish-Finger]

i love the way u used the rubber bands for drive, that was genius.

[@brandoncrimmins6296]

Guys… Why do we do this?!?!😂😂😂 when I was 12 my parents gave me a GIANT cheapo R/C VW New Beetle for Christmas and I absolutely loved it had 3 speeds, lights and sound effects. You could even open all the doors, hood and trunk. It was actually pretty fast outside in the street. But what’s the VERY FIRST thing my dad and I do…? No speed runs, don’t play with any of the features. Don’t run it outside… No. We figured out it fits PERFECT under the end table next to the couch and so we start challenging each other with corner backing it under the table. Later; we made barriers out of K’NEX because we all know how superior they are to Lego🤣 and did parallel parking competitions…🤦🏻

[@mrdewb]

same childhood as me i guess 😂

[@evosolutionsllc.910]

I love the crab walk. The best is watching fire dept. Tiller trucks crab walk.

[@VelinSevven]

3:03 what we all wanted to see

[@Zorro9129]

Red Green had the right idea, just strap some roller wheels to the bottom and jack the car up!

[@Beatsbasteln]

that was awesome. i have a special request though. i always dreamed of being a drifter but it's too expensive irl. that's why i was wondering if you could make a tutorial on making a drift lego car. an interesting project for car architects like you as well, cause it involves rethinking the entire car. tires, camber, suspension etc.

[@lazymandoplayer]

Please vacate the passenger compartment before activating the "Crusher" function 🤣- Seriously though some ingenious solutions there

[@laineexe]

I like how he shows us the fails when he thinks something will work but doesn't, it's a great aspect of his videos

[@freddafishy]

Love the ingenuity! Great designs man

[@sourpenguin360]

That 90° one was NICE.

[@thedugan8r593]

You have just solved the worlds urban parking problem. Contracting cars! Do I really need a backseat when there's no one in it?

[@SmartLegoSG]

You're always so creative with your ideas. I'm always excited to see what you come up with next

[@yoloswaggins1579]

Having a seperate motor per wheel to do 90° steering is cool but it would be even cooler if there was a transmission from a central engine to the wheels.

[@Taikamuna]

Parking space: *becomes smaller than car* Brick Technology: hold on, lemme just squeeze my car

[@nanoadrian1]

Lego swerve drive, that's crazy! 😧

[@ZetaVec]

Very interesting FWD set up

[@unknowingthorax]

dude is actually just creating future technology with legos

[@treeoflibertydefense8612]

1.) this video was just long enough to get me through an annoying game update 2.) people have NO idea the planning and testing that goes into a video Like this 3.) thank you

[@derekturner3272]

The full embodiment of "too much time on my hands".... But very impressive engineering talent....

[@TheJaironman99]

The last modifications remind me of a Donald Duck comic in which he had to come up with solutions to park in the city centers and he had wild ideas like folding cars to shorten the wheelbase

[@SkibidiToiletAnimations-n3j]

At one point I was thinking “That is not physically possible” and then he brought out a extendable chassis😮😮😮

[@Arthur00OO892]

3:45 this is cars in 2013

[@insertname7750]

now thats a smart car

[@apathyzen9730]

Finally, a Paris-proof vehicle

[@wedozombies6873]

honestly i think the rubber band awd was very smart, i couldnt have thought of that so good job!

[@theking-iz7sp]

Finally a way to make a fwd car without u joints

[@roberthopkins7984]

Exactly what lego technic should be! Lego should really take note!

[@wesleyooms]

Where I live, we just make it fit not by changing the design, but by changing the definition of 'fit' 😆.

[@TheServal]

One of Murphy's Law comes to mind. If you tinker or mess with something long enough, it will break or malfunction. Definitely amazed with the problem solving techniques

[@MotorsportCentral]

Fun idea!

[@colonthree]

lmao the turning radius of the AWD x'3

[@rakisuta1100]

The true parallel parking reminds me of Amy in Futurama who failed it miserably

[@user-cx6ec2kp6u]

Imagine going to work, stoping outside the larking lot, exisiting your car, and then your car shrink itself and parks automatically

[@adamafifrowigmailcom]

now we know, @Brick Technology can drive🤯

[@Zarathos11]

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if this dude made a working transformer controlled by a PS4 controller using Lego.

[@starfire7538]

Like all things, even the car will evolve into the ultimate lifeform. The crab.

[@lettuce7378]

That CV joint design for FWD is really cool

[@Bullet4MyEnemy]

As a driving instructor this would make an amazing training aid

[@User0000000000000004]

Cars can park in parallel now? Fascinating.

[@5onderling]

I love extending my car when not parked to assert dominance.

[@marcosacceleronhotwheels2806]

imagine living in a world of lego, if you're having issues with your car, lets say, not enough space to carry your stuff, you can just dismantle the back half of the car and make the trunk triple the size

[@ethanoliver2108]

As a referee I'm unsure if driving and steering with the same axle by using those blue rubber bands should be considered cheating... never ever in my life would I come up with such an idea... chapeau 🤯

[@robvelez882]

Dude. I remember when I discovered that I can use bands to create a FWD vehicle. In the mid-90’s I made a Dodge Minivan looking vehicle that was FWD using bands.

[@crazykittenvideos855]

The motor industry should adopt all the ideas except the last one where you would crush all the passengers 😃

[@bainreal]

Car companies should learn from this guy 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️

[@lucashermann7262]

Sweet, this is like a Hubtex side loader.