7 Types of Wheels - 4 Hard Trials - Experiments with Lego Technic  

Any ideas on what other custom wheels would work for Lego vehicles?

If you ever feel useless remember siege strider was included in this video

Should have done a supplemental tug-of-war in loose soil - hard and smooth surface was unfairly biased to rubberized wheels

Milky Way's Tug of War with Golden Grip Snail was BS, his gears were slipping. I call for a re-do with proper gear support

Characters in Dr Seuss books would roll up in vehicles like these

Golden grip snail fan. But man the beetle made a hard comeback.

Honestly my favorite was StepMaster Cruiser. Such an interesting build, i am also suprised that he did so well in the challenges!

Making the tracks out of 3d rubber or even just the slices would have been a nice idea and more fair for the tug o war part

StepMaster Cruiser won on style alone, I mean, did you SEE that moon walk in the tug-o-war?

I rly liked how the DualTrack Dom came out, it's my personal favorite the extra room on the top might allow for some excellent cabin designs for the crew

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="540">9:00</a> StepMaster turned on Michael Jackson mode.

Yup! Looks like we all need a second video, but with all of the vehicles carrying their own battery packs and fully equipped with rubber feet! Especially for the step master. Maybe using boat-shaped feet for the step master. Like, make it flat, but with a very slight boat-shaped curve on the bottom. That would make it comparable to the traction the beetle gets.

I think if beetle bots signature motion was mirrored in it's rear it would have stood a better chance. Definitely a unique concept!

Tug of War would have been more fair with a force meter mounted at the same level as the chassis, and all vehicles having rubber traction. Like the 6x6 was being pulled upwards from the back

Model "Golden Grip Snail" the best and cool! I like it😊

I feel like the stepmaster could be so much more effective with "shoes" in its feet.

Needs 6x6 independent suspension per wheel

I absolutely loved the dualtrack domintator design.

My favourite in this one is definitely StepMaster Cruiser! Such an interesting and playful design, working really well, except for grip being low

This need a second one. Before my vote I want head displacement, wet muddy ground. Water axel high on stone surface, water axel high on muddy bottom, ice flat surface and top speed.

Altogether, my favorite was the DualTrack Dominator! I also love the Milky Wheel custom; what a great pun.

The Golden Grip Snail won in all the competitions (for the most part).

Watching milky wheel and stepmaster makes me wonder how scaled up versions of that kind of design would work in real life. They just were so good at tackling obstacles. It makes me curious.

Golden grip, milky wheel, and stepmaster are the only correct answers. They won at pretty much everything until beetle came back in ToW

Be honest, the step master is my favorite because it’s kind of cute. Just add a little face onto it and you basically got yourself a step master pet.

It would’ve been even cooler if you had showed all the vehicles and the terrain and then let us make our predictions before seeing the results. That way it would be more interactive

Dont think i have ever been so invested in performance comparison of silly lego vehicle competitions.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="571">9:31</a>, <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="582">9:42</a> - clear influence of tread and surface grip quality

Milky Wheel milky-wins my vote! The design of the burrs on the back of legs, so subsequent feet can grip them is ingenious!

Put some rubber pads on the stepmaster's feet and do the tug of war again.

you have a 3D printer! This is great. This gives new opportunities, new projects!

Let's be honest. It all comes down to the skill of the driver.

I like the Double track dominator or whatever it was called

I Vote Goldengrip Snail

The StepMaster Cruiser has captured my heart; I was rooting for it 200% in every category.

Golden Grip snail, I mean Milky wheel, no wait BeetleBot. Ok Those three, but also the Dual Track Dominator.

Beetle was the only one with an installed battery pack, the weight helps for tug of war

I think the GG snail is a solid design, it's like a SHERP. The beetle was also a fascinating concept along with the stepmaster! Siege strider may do better with a speed reduction. Such a fun video this makes me want to go invest in a bunch of technic.

I kind of like the one with the big wheels originally designed for bearings, but with rubber tread it became really cool

milky for the win

surprised how well the steppy fella did. good for it

Dual track fan here. Bro had a cool design AND the mid section moves, it’s just two tanks with a. Rope between them!!

The StepMaster Cruiser is just SO satisfying to watch

...and of course a big round of applause for siege strider ladies and gentlemen. I think he was amazing and you know what, he is my personal favourite of the night. The challenges were not easy and you did great buddy, dont let anyone tell you otherwise!

Pour one out for the Siege Strider, mad respect, gave it the best it could

MilkyWay was my favourite but not by much before GoldenSnail and StepMaster. Tug of war on loose slippery ground would be nice. Stepmaster could use rubberized feet. Also great inspiration for some new Mars rovers

The golden snail is essentially just a Sherp ATV. No wonder it did well!

Okay but I love that the big winners were the steampunk-esque wheels like the goldensnail (which was basically gears for wheels) the springy spiral wheels, and the giant stepper, like it honestly gives creative inspiration

Deformable and rubbery wins the day.

Love your videos so much man

Technical lego was out of our price range then but years ago me and my friends used to make Meccano tractor pull vehicles so I really relate to this.

I like to imagine the siege striders driver would scream the vehicles name while doubling down how cool it is after every failed challenge

These are so fun to watch.

In the tug of war, gear runner 6X6 would have destroyed the beetle bot if it had the same grippy wheels.

Rubberizing the Smooth Plastic Grippers would have helped (Rubber Cement or Rubberizing Spray), also Differentiating Terrain would have yielded different results, as certain forms of movement are favored. It would be great to see these Vehicles in Difficult Terrain Trials. Smooth (Steel, Plastic), Low Friction (Ice), Soft (Sand, Loose Dirt), Hard (Stone, Asphalt), Wet (Deep Mud, River Crossing w/ Current) [Not Sure How you'd do that, but it would be neat] Also Speed is An Important Metric for many Vehicles, sure it can make it over any terrain but could it be used in a situation were time is an important vector like an emergency?

I honestly think the dominator could have won the tug of war if it didn't have those things on its tracks

If the stepmaster had failed the steps that would have been real embarrassing

I feel like the dual track dominator would fare a bit better of the plastic wedges were rubber, since it looked like the DTD lacked grip on the TOW.

Put some rubber on the pads of the DualTrack Dominator and it's almost unbeatable. Also the Milky Wheel is incredible. It just need some stronger gears that don't slip.

Milky Wheel, GoldenGrip Snail and StepMaster Cruiser are clearly the best designs

Immediately liked beetlebot. So proud he won the tug of war.

I think if the skids on the bottom of the Dual Track Dominator were TPU, it would have held on better and beaten Beetle bot.

The tug of war test was too in favor of the rubber wheels because of how smooth and hard it was. A rubber mat would have been better. My favorite will always be treads. They are the ultimate in all terrain movement.

I guess its not really a surprise that a stepping motion is superior for going uphill.

This comparison was kinda unfair. 😅. Some had rubberized wheels some didn't. Some had open bellys some hadn't. Especially in the tug of war, the vehicles with rubber easily won vs ones without. Giving the StepMaster rubber shoes, probably would have made him at least 3.rd place.

"Milky Wheel" looks like galaxy the Milky Way :)

Beetle Bot finally won one! Good job little fella!

Give the "Stepmaster Cruiser" some traction instead of super smooth feet and it'd probably walk over everything in the tug of war. (See what I did there?)

Seems to me that the leg types performed most consistently on the differing terrain overall, which may explain why nature evolved animals to have legs rather than wheels?

Try tank type wheels and a stronger gear ratio for each one. Plus, you can add better and equal grip for all of the machines.

The GoldenGrip Snail was actually very good, because it has bigger wheels, it has more space on the ground. The "DualTrack Dominator" could be a lot better if: You added 2 springs in a V shape for each axle, made it a single track, and found a rubber-like surface to attach to the tracks for grip. Basically, make it a tank. - Something completely unrelated, if you added pontoons to the creation (with my addons, of course!) then added a retractable propeller, it's a boat :D - EDIT - offsetting EACH stepmaster's wheels could alter the performance on the steps and hillclimb!

Love it! I just wish it had some epic commentary like the Jelle's Marble Olympic guys… 😄

"beat that" *moon walk -stepmaster cruiser-

Your work is very impressive! Guys, you are the best!

This video proves that tanks are awesome and should be road legal 👍

Dr. Suess would be proud of the Step Master

DuelTrack Dominator would have bodied if it had more traction at the end..

I’m disqualifying anything with 3D printed parts because not all of us have a 3D printer. So I’m going with the Stair Master because it handled everything you threw at it, and despite being at a significant disadvantage on a smooth surface, managed to hold its own against your Golden Gripper.

I immediately hit the like button when I saw that light!

For tug of wars... need to level playing field of having them same weights... and rubber grips

Some of these have little to do with the wheels, but everything to do with power to weight distribution and traction to surface area ratios.

If the DualTrack Dominator had those teeth made of rubber, he would destroy that Golden Snail 8(

Love the head-to-head type videos!

I can imagine engineers at NASA doing the same thing in their lab: “Now let’s see if we can fold it up to the size of a postcard and drop it from orbit.”

Man the Golden Grip Snail dominated all of em, and then the beetle came along with an amazing comeback! Wow!

I think the GoldenGrip Snail was my favorite. I feel like the wheels could be made from rocket fairings, it also seemed like a strong, lightweight design.

If anyone is interested in a game version of this play fantastic contraptions. Timeless game

I loved the 6x6 but he did pretty poorly for having that many rubber wheels. It was mostly the solid frame that hurt him. Not sure why he didn't win in tug of war for having all that grip. Maybe he was too light

Step master cruiser is super cool only slicing in grip so the hill climb I was surprised and the tug o war didn’t expect it to last as long as it did

I really like DualTrack Dominator, but Step master Cruiser is easily my second favorite.

>Stairway stepmaster: "am i a joke to you"

The stepmaster - a weapon to surpass metal gear.

Surface was unfair in the "thug of war" dominator and gear runner would prevail on more sturdier terrain

Since tug o war is just the grip and everything I like stepsister cruiser bc it isn't complicated with pillows

if the tracked one had rubber on top of these grey blocks it would get the tug of war, seems the heaviest and has the most surface area

dual section one - there is a russian (soviet originally) all-terrain vehicle like that - DT-30, but torque is passed from front secion to rear via couplings and transmission.

stepmaster cruiser would actually be genius irl also

Dual track dominator would solo if it has that 3d printed stuff instead of Lego

You can dismantle the so-called "siege strider", it failed every test 😆

I was rooting for milky wheels, it being in the thumbnail made me click this video, and it looks by far the best