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Tower crane Progress post #2 Before teaser

46.5k Minecraftpoweer  5.4 years ago

Post of progress of the crane.
Colors are still placeholders
#Progress post 1#


As you can see I finished the jib, made a trolley and hook, added the hoist and a lot of other stuff. I also made the counterjib with the counterweights. Also advertising panels obviously advertising me!



Trolley and hook work


Part count about 1k Don't worry, mutliple versions with less parts will be available



I was generous and the max lifting capacity is higher than it should be



Hook position indicator has returned!


There will be no detailed cab.. too boring and will add unecessary parts.


Tuning the slewing of the crane rn (rotating)



Shameless advertising.


Oh yeah also a suggestion of a minigame type thing for it was made so I'll try to come up with something like that.



50k lbs



50k lbs on end of the jib, would not be possible IRL



The fuselage inlets which I used to make this angled panel does not have the same angle on the front and back so I had to add some overlapping parts really quick, kina visible if you look really close but that's the price of no artifacts.



Pretty much finished, colors have also been adjusted

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    @LieutenantLucky no problem

    2 months ago
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    @Minecraftpoweer thanks mate, I owe ya one!

    +1 3 months ago
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    @LieutenantLucky sorry, here it is

    3 months ago
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    As in, the link, etc?

    3 months ago
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    Where is the actual build, @Minecraftpoweer?

    3 months ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    True @Minecraftpoweer

    5.4 years ago
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    @CRJ900Pilot Haha I want to rush anyways, always happens when I make stuff, the end is always really boring.

    5.4 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    It’s fine I can wait. I don’t want you to rush @Minecraftpoweer

    5.4 years ago
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    @CRJ900Pilot alrighty, I hope to finish my crane tomorrow, so I can probably not do any work then. Unless I finish my crane quickly.

    5.4 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    That sounds good. I can do structural stuff but I can’t do winches to save my life. And consider it a little colab, you should get credit @Minecraftpoweer

    5.4 years ago
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    @CRJ900Pilot if you want you can do the jib and I'll do the winches and whatever, you get full credit.

    5.4 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    From the google search I did, I couldn’t find anything. I’ll get off my lazy butt and make my own lol @Minecraftpoweer

    5.4 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    I didn’t dive that deep, but I’ll keep looking @Minecraftpoweer

    5.4 years ago
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    @CRJ900Pilot That's a pain, I usually go by blueprints and precise measurments, this one I based of a real crane with a lot of spesifications.. I don't even know what the bottom looks like on this.. are there no blueprints for just the crane?

    5.4 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Using the plane as a reference (35 ish feet wingspan and length, 15 ish height) the crane should be about 40 feet long and 40 feet tall, and then 3 feet wide. These measurements are based on the cranes’s current position, so lengths/heights would vary as the crane moved @Minecraftpoweer

    5.4 years ago
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    @CRJ900Pilot wait what about the scale? How am I supposed to know how large each thing is?

    5.4 years ago
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    @CRJ900Pilot oh now I see some more, looks like you can raise and lower it using cables on the back, still very simple.

    5.4 years ago
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    @CRJ900Pilot It's very simple to make though, you only need to make a jib that rotates and then a working hook.

    5.4 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Also here

    5.4 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Here is one example, it’s not a full picture though. I’ll try to find a better one @Minecraftpoweer

    5.4 years ago
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    @CRJ900Pilot Thanks, could you link me to a pic or something and I might consider it as a smaller post.

    5.4 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Looks great! Maybe you could try an aircraft crane seen on WWII destroyers. It would allow for some pretty cool ship builds

    5.4 years ago
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    @BeryllCorp thanks

    5.4 years ago
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    8,632 BeryllCorp

    this is incredible!

    5.4 years ago
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    @vcharng maybe...

    5.4 years ago
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