It’s odd seeing the motorized landing gear as I have never seen it before on one of BigPlane’s planes, or any LEGO Plane remake in general (well, System plane, not Technic plane). Nevertheless, IT LOOKS SO COOL! Seeing the landing gear slowly retract and extend like on a real airliner, ah! Can’t wait till you finish it in one year!
This looks really nice already, you really have talent for building and this motorized landing gear is an amazing idea and i hope that you will matorize even more functions in next builds, i can't wait for the final result. Have you heard of the leaks of lego making a concorde set in september? How do you think it is gonna turn out and is it gonna be good in your opinion?
Looks amazing. Another 5 odd years down the line and you’ll be making planes that can actually fly… As an aside, I believe landing gear on real aircraft have the entire process actuated in one go where the movement of the landing gear leg opens then closes the door (or vice versa) via mechanical linkage. Of course, that’s all far more complicated than you’ll be able to do with Lego pieces at that scale.
I typically like to stay as close as possible to the design of the real aircraft, but space was a a premium with this and there wasn’t room to connect a strut from the main gear to the doors.
Jack ..if you want to show them at a moc show...do like I did to my F14D..make scale Jack stands for the DC 10 ..then you can do gear cycle phase....glad to see you do ....I'm been saying for year you needed a challenge..😂😂👍
I just recently built a Douglas C-133 Cargomaster in 1/55 scale. I thought I was doing well with a basic tricycle undercarriage that hand operates by hand with small screw-actuators (nose separate from Mains). This DC-10 of yours, with programmed landing gear, is incredible and certainly well beyond anything I've yet built. I guess you're building in 1/48 scale? I've found that with 1/55 scale Minifigs are way bigger than they should be compared to lego Airplanes. I did find that landing gear as configured in a B-29/50 Superfortress are possible to build with the gear's pivot point and strut-wing attachment fixed relative to eachother. However, that gear would be no where near enough for larger aircraft like widebody airliners
Ironically, once the mechanism for retracting the gear has been created, motorizing it isn't too difficult. I'm building this in 1/40 scale and fitting everything has definitely been a challenge. Creating a system isn't too hard, but making one that's reliable is a whole different beast.
@@BigPlanesCustomLEGOaircraft That last sentence is my exact experience - it is harder to make gear that don't break every cycle than it is to just make gear that can retract
I hear when you have a landing gear on a separate system if 1 gear breaks there's a smaller chance for a single point failure depending on how the gears work it`s best to make the machine as simple as possible.
Love your channel and think you are no 1 at what you do. I've messed around a lot with technic aircraft landing gears. Trick is the side brace needs to overcentre to lock the gear. Looks like yours isn't which means the gear is likely to be unstable. Needs to work like how a briefcase lid is held open. Can be done by allowing the side brace to collapse one way but not the other then assisted to lock with a rubber band. Also, I reckon the door complexity would be reduced using small pneumatic cylinders. You can then program the door valve moment relative to the gear position implied by the retraction motor position. This plus the up or down selection provides the logic needed for the door movement to be sequenced. I have some videos on this topic on my other channel ua-cam.com/video/4btUFFQ4778/v-deo.html
Very insightful suggestions! The best way to do this would to obviously use pneumatic actuators, but I don’t have room in the model for the actuators so I’m forced to use the motors. I’ll explore the locking strut further because gear stability when under load is still very important. The main issue I’m having is two fold. I need to be able to fit everything into the limited space available. The other issue is that if the strut won’t “unlock” the gears start to slip and the whole mechanism fails. This can be mitigated by by having a rubber band assisting in pulling the locked strut in, but by doing this the strut may not always lock and the gear loses stability.
It’s already such an impressive Lego engineering feat to fit all that tech inside a gorgeous model, but just think, what if it was on a stand and was level with the gears in, then the stand rotates (a very heavy model 🫣) to a landing angle as the gears drop and the flaps come out 😍
Yo, BigPlanes Do you know how much it would cost for a fully complete version of this DC-10 and how many pieces? I would love to know because I would really want to build one!
Are you going to program the motors to cycle the gear doors closed again after the gear is extended? (Maybe time them so they are in motion at the same time as the gear?) I know the DC-10 is big but this looks too big for minifig scale. Did you have to upscale it a bit to fit the working features or is this actually in scale with the figs? You've probably already seen it but here's a gear swing video on the later MD-11. (I just love watching these! The gear is probably the single most interesting bit of design and engineering on an aircraft!) ua-cam.com/video/6Ak6K_xhQMM/v-deo.html
The fuselage is almost 20 feet in width which is equivalent to the 20 stud width that I’m working with so yes this is at the same scale as my other planes. And I will be programming the doors to close at the end.
Great Job Jack! I love it! I hope one day you will do the Myria (Dream) which is the AN-225. You might even be able to get Dimitro Anatov (The pilot of the plane) on your channel!
Let me know what you think of the progress!
It’s looking good i can’t wait for the model getting completed
@@mightygamerlord i agree
I love the idea and the progress
You should build a Lufthansa A340-600 as a future project with motorized gear and control surfaces
I have a feeling it’s going to turn out to be a masterpiece !
This is definitely a new era for BigPlanes, love the new features!
How could anyone dislike this? The progress you made so far is amazing and the aircraft itself is an iconic aircraft in aviation history.
Strobes, navigation, landing, and logo lights on that reflective chrome skin would look epic. Something to think about!
Nice work! Also, worm gears are great for speed reduction.
Called it! Motorised gear. Looking awesome, great job!
It’s odd seeing the motorized landing gear as I have never seen it before on one of BigPlane’s planes, or any LEGO Plane remake in general (well, System plane, not Technic plane).
Nevertheless, IT LOOKS SO COOL! Seeing the landing gear slowly retract and extend like on a real airliner, ah!
Can’t wait till you finish it in one year!
It already looks amazing, I wish I had enough space and pieces to build it!
Man, you never cease to amaze! Motorized landing gear?!? WTF!!!
The lego DC-10 is awesone!
The DC-10-30 with the central landing gear would be even cooler. But this is great as well.
I needed that center spot for the stand mount.
Your landing gear work is amazing flaps are looking good too
Big fan of MD trijets! Looking forwards to this project!
You did a great job with this! Very well engineered mechanism, mimics the sequence valves very well.
WOW, that motorised retracting system is so cool 😮. Keep up the great work man.
I love your videos and I can watch you forever!
That’s very impressive! Following with great interest 👍
YES YOU'RE FINALLY MAKING A DC-10
Insane engineering!
You work here is amazing! It's really starting to come together!
You are so talented. Amazing job!
The design looks so good! I love how smooth it was
This is genius! Great job with this! Also, I am going to re sub to your Patreon again.
Yesss bigplanes im excited for this one
Nice work, as always! There are lots of talented builders out there but Big Planes always rises to the top.
Thanks!
I really like this but I prefer manual landing gear and flaps
Hey Jack! Can you make an Airbus A350 as your next project?
I'd love to see how you incorparate some feature into the lego model.
its so good my friend i just love ❤
BigPlanes goes to college and comes back and gives his planes consciousness.
Cool function
That motorized landing gear on the title had me hooked instantly man! Doing great so far.
Thanks!
Suggestion for future video: Hawaii airlines a 3 300/200. I am making this
Good job!
This looks really nice already, you really have talent for building and this motorized landing gear is an amazing idea and i hope that you will matorize even more functions in next builds, i can't wait for the final result. Have you heard of the leaks of lego making a concorde set in september? How do you think it is gonna turn out and is it gonna be good in your opinion?
I'm sure it'll be really well done. Will likely be about half the size, though.
@@BigPlanesCustomLEGOaircraftcan you plz make a tutorial on a 737
Amazing! I love it!
looking sick!
that is fricking amazing!
amazing like always (if possible can you try make the de havilland comet)
Really hope that your AA DC-10 doesn't come with a blow out cargo door.
Looks amazing. Another 5 odd years down the line and you’ll be making planes that can actually fly…
As an aside, I believe landing gear on real aircraft have the entire process actuated in one go where the movement of the landing gear leg opens then closes the door (or vice versa) via mechanical linkage. Of course, that’s all far more complicated than you’ll be able to do with Lego pieces at that scale.
I typically like to stay as close as possible to the design of the real aircraft, but space was a a premium with this and there wasn’t room to connect a strut from the main gear to the doors.
@@BigPlanesCustomLEGOaircraft yeah I can imagine. Bravo for pulling off a motorised undercarriage!
Looks great cant wait till its done. Will the gear doors be able to close while the gear is out or will they always be open?
Wow
this is actually fabulous
the sound they make is so cool
i wonder if the doors will close after the gears are deployed tho
They should.
Jack ..if you want to show them at a moc show...do like I did to my F14D..make scale Jack stands for the DC 10 ..then you can do gear cycle phase....glad to see you do ....I'm been saying for year you needed a challenge..😂😂👍
Ill probably do that!
I just recently built a Douglas C-133 Cargomaster in 1/55 scale. I thought I was doing well with a basic tricycle undercarriage that hand operates by hand with small screw-actuators (nose separate from Mains). This DC-10 of yours, with programmed landing gear, is incredible and certainly well beyond anything I've yet built. I guess you're building in 1/48 scale? I've found that with 1/55 scale Minifigs are way bigger than they should be compared to lego Airplanes. I did find that landing gear as configured in a B-29/50 Superfortress are possible to build with the gear's pivot point and strut-wing attachment fixed relative to eachother. However, that gear would be no where near enough for larger aircraft like widebody airliners
Ironically, once the mechanism for retracting the gear has been created, motorizing it isn't too difficult. I'm building this in 1/40 scale and fitting everything has definitely been a challenge. Creating a system isn't too hard, but making one that's reliable is a whole different beast.
@@BigPlanesCustomLEGOaircraft That last sentence is my exact experience - it is harder to make gear that don't break every cycle than it is to just make gear that can retract
Cool
Cool
Nice, can you do the A330 Next In the normal Delta Airlines livery?
Can you make the Iconic DC-8
I hear when you have a landing gear on a separate system if 1 gear breaks there's a smaller chance for a single point failure depending on how the gears work it`s best to make the machine as simple as possible.
That is true, but thankfully in this case a failure doesn't mean life or death
You need to make a airbus baluga
Do you have a instruction/tutorial for a passenger plane, like the boeing 737 300 or boeing 737 800?
Love your channel and think you are no 1 at what you do. I've messed around a lot with technic aircraft landing gears. Trick is the side brace needs to overcentre to lock the gear. Looks like yours isn't which means the gear is likely to be unstable. Needs to work like how a briefcase lid is held open. Can be done by allowing the side brace to collapse one way but not the other then assisted to lock with a rubber band. Also, I reckon the door complexity would be reduced using small pneumatic cylinders. You can then program the door valve moment relative to the gear position implied by the retraction motor position. This plus the up or down selection provides the logic needed for the door movement to be sequenced. I have some videos on this topic on my other channel ua-cam.com/video/4btUFFQ4778/v-deo.html
Very insightful suggestions! The best way to do this would to obviously use pneumatic actuators, but I don’t have room in the model for the actuators so I’m forced to use the motors. I’ll explore the locking strut further because gear stability when under load is still very important. The main issue I’m having is two fold. I need to be able to fit everything into the limited space available. The other issue is that if the strut won’t “unlock” the gears start to slip and the whole mechanism fails. This can be mitigated by by having a rubber band assisting in pulling the locked strut in, but by doing this the strut may not always lock and the gear loses stability.
It’s already such an impressive Lego engineering feat to fit all that tech inside a gorgeous model, but just think, what if it was on a stand and was level with the gears in, then the stand rotates (a very heavy model 🫣) to a landing angle as the gears drop and the flaps come out 😍
I was right!! (what was going to be motorized)
Loving it its awesome! One question though what about the middle tire between the landing gear in the back?
Since this is a dc-10-10 and not a DC-10-30, there won't be a center landing gear. This was done to leave room for a stand mount.
Pls share the 3D models of the planes
can you do nasa 747 with space shuttle
Yo, BigPlanes Do you know how much it would cost for a fully complete version of this DC-10 and how many pieces? I would love to know because I would really want to build one!
Collecting enough of the 1x4 silver curved slopes is the most challenging part and can only really be done through LUGbulk.
@@BigPlanesCustomLEGOaircraft ThankYou I didn't think you would reply! 😃
👍👍👍
Cool
You shood do a lego an 225 Mariya model
Bro said its too big
Please make a airbus a350-1000 please 😢
I like ít
hypothetical question how much would you sell a 737-8 for?
Looks amazing as fuck You are a special talent 🔥🔥✨️💥
Are you going to program the motors to cycle the gear doors closed again after the gear is extended? (Maybe time them so they are in motion at the same time as the gear?) I know the DC-10 is big but this looks too big for minifig scale. Did you have to upscale it a bit to fit the working features or is this actually in scale with the figs? You've probably already seen it but here's a gear swing video on the later MD-11. (I just love watching these! The gear is probably the single most interesting bit of design and engineering on an aircraft!) ua-cam.com/video/6Ak6K_xhQMM/v-deo.html
The fuselage is almost 20 feet in width which is equivalent to the 20 stud width that I’m working with so yes this is at the same scale as my other planes. And I will be programming the doors to close at the end.
Is this or any of your other projects available as kits or plans?
No, they're one offs
Make the antannov 225, the 6 engine cargo plane that got destroyed in the Russian Ukrainian war
#pogsquad
Great Job Jack! I love it! I hope one day you will do the Myria (Dream) which is the AN-225. You might even be able to get Dimitro Anatov (The pilot of the plane) on your channel!
That may take over his whole house.😂 I hope Ukraine can build the replacement soon. Such a terrible waste seeing the destruction of the original.
Where do you get this models?
He makes them by himself, no instructions
I thought all DC-10s had 3 sets of main landing gear hmm maybe I was wrong
The Dc-10-10 doesn’t have the center gear.
@@BigPlanesCustomLEGOaircraft did the other ones have it or was it just the MD-11
What’s next
yay im early first 10 min
Second comment
why not use worm gears?
I tried them. They didnt work well in this application.
Should have been United
The chrome livery will look stunning trust me
@@BigPlanesCustomLEGOaircraft I'll trust you on this one
go touch grass