I like the use of the very high precision angular motor, but then you have a massive turning circle? I assume the front wheels don't turn, which is the only way to have a tighter turning circle. Just wonder if the usual PU motor from last years vehicles could have done the same function using a lot less space, but maybe Lego were tired of people having problems with app calibration. Agree with yacoub's comment, they needed to create new 45 degree right angle triangular panels to avoid the gaps at both the tipper end and the vertical wall, the 30 degree triangular panels will never look right. charge the balance at the lifetime rate of 20% and express that as percentage of the transfer and multiply by 30% (the initial rate)

Now that the summer Technic selection has been cut by a third there will be just two sets released on 1st August, including the Powered Up equipped 2193-piece 42114 6x6 Volvo Articulated Hauler, the largest and most expensive of the pair. The other play feature is the raising and lowering of the bed. This works really well, and the app has some pretty realistic sound effects to enhance the experience.

It’s ridiculous to suggest keeping or buying an old phone just to run motorized toys. In my case, I’m playing catchup buying sets that have been retired 5-10 years old. With PF, I can still use all the functions built into the set. I seriously doubt being able to use a PU set I buy 10 years from now. Even if I could find an appropriate phone+OS, will I be able to find an app? There was no uproar at all, just a literal handful of protesters (2 or 3 if my information is correct). All the rest was totally blown out of proportion by fan base media. Actually this peace initiative had been sending protests to TLG for months about this set. TLG could have scrapped this project far earlier and long before sets had been produced and shipped to retailers. That they didn't does indeed beg the question as to why, and why now. Initially I was puzzled, but then I thought about how that differential would work and it did made sense. Strange that in a 6x6 (or in an n x n) if one wheel is off the ground you're not getting traction anywhere, but then if the other wheel connected to the same diff would also lose traction, then traction would be passed along to the next diff. Interesting but strange quirk of how multiple differentials linked together work.

My comments above could be construed as “bashing” but I don’t mean them to be. I’m pretty much embracing PU, having already bought a few of these sets. Pointing out shortcomings is an effort to suggest improvements. There is one thing not related to the model that is bugging me quite a lot, and this comment section is a prime example of it: PU App-bashing. Literally no kid would care if the Hauler was an accurate depiction of that exact Volvo or just some generic mining hauler, similarly, no one would care if instead of the Osprey, we just got a generic swivel Rotor transport aircraft. That's what we critizise. There was zero need for this stupid app control system to begin with. The only thing PF would have benefitted from would have been a switch from infrared controllers to 2.4 GHz radio control."I feel the same way: In principle it is a good set, with an attractive license, good play value and the necessary functions. But it's not the set I longed for: C+ still is a considerable obstacle for me, in price, the volume claim and the smartphone dependency. Beside this, the gearbox does not really trigger me and its penalty of unrealistic proportions is too high in my book (especially in a licensed set). An interesting fact is the arrangement of the control plus elements. The Technic hub is centrally located to allow easy access to the battery compartment. I have placed the motors in the outermost parts of the model and the cables are 100% used and no motor could be moved even one stud away. The orange gear shift piece was first seen in the Bugatti Chiron. It revolutionised gearbox design because it allows gears to be shifted by rotating an axle and that's exactly what happens here: it's directly driven by the smaller motor thus facilitating an automatic gearbox. RC model remote systems are so much better, use those: well, the radio part of those and the Bluetooth used by PU are very similar hardware, so they share the same advantages and faults. The software is specific to each manufacturer (as with Lego) so it would make it impossible to support all of them - doesn’t sound practical.

With my modded 42099, having the same motor arrangement but lower gears, a higher ride height on the front, increased wheelbase and cargo bed I can climb nearly 50° slopes unloaded, or up to 30° slopes with about 2 kg (4.4 pounds) of evenly distributed weight. The appropriate fraction may be further reduced if the property subject to charge had not been in the trust from the start of the trust. Everything works great, although I do get a rattling noise in 3rd gear. From what I read on social media, this happens to more people, and seems to be because the gear shifter doesn't always get the shifter rings in all the way into the clutch gears.The rate of Inheritance Tax (IHT) on the amount subject to charge on a proportionate charge in the first 10 years of the trust is based on the effective rate of tax on a hypothetical lifetime transfer.

A Control+ hub provides the brains, power and connectivity (via Bluetooth) to the model. It, and the XL and L motors below, were introduced last year.

I understand the reasoning to save paper, but in doing so, the designer's efforts are essentially wasted instead. After watching Sariel‘s excellent review, I‘m reminded of my two biggest PU gripes, which I‘ll describe in the spirit of suggesting improvements: The only issue I had was that I skimmed the tutorial and couldn’t figure out how to do a couple of the tasks the quests were asking for. I ended up resetting the app so I could run through it a second time. It would have been nice to have been able to do that without resetting all my progress. But that’s a pretty minor nit overall. Conclusion and recommendation Can’t argue against that, except that the functions are (currently) pretty limited. You only need a few kinds of controls. On the plus side, in the future, exciting new kinds of functions could be possible only being a software upgrade away.