Hoonipigasus

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To me, the Ferrari #42125 and the Porsche #42096 embodied an interesting concept to provide nice looking cars with interesting functions for a reasonable price, due to their 1:10 scale. However, their functions were not as developed as they could have been: both cars were lacking a gearbox.

I wanted to create a model which would integrate both a nice design and interesting functions at the same scale as the models mentioned previously. Here is what I have achieved:





The Hoonipigasus

Many impressive cars, including the Peugeot 205 T16 or the Peugeot 208 T16, were born for Pikes Peak. The Hoonipigasus is part of them. It was to be driven by Ken Block, who unfortunately, passed away in a snowmobile accident.
The original car features an AWD transmission powered by a 1400HP central flat 6 engine. It has got a pushrod suspension controlled by GPS, so the height of the car is adjusted to optimise the aerodynamics, as the air becomes less dense when you are close to the top of the mountain.



Design

I managed to make the bodywork as simple as possible, meaning that there are no complex orientations of the panels. To me, this is what looks best. Judge by yourself!









Steering

The wheels can be steering using the HOG or directly the steering wheel. However, there is a little defect: if you move the car backwards using the HOG, a gear of the transmission may slightly touch a bush, producing some noise. This could easily be fixed by removing the HOG, but to me, the pros of the HOG beats the cons.



Suspension

This was sooooo hard to make! I wanted to repoduce the F1-type suspension of the real car, and I also wanted the system to be reliable. This means that the ball joints had to work in compression and not in traction, otherwise it would not work properly (the joints would be taken apart). At this scale, the space was limited, but after many, many hours, I came up with a satisfying mechanism.



Openings

The doors and a panel of the front trunk can be opened, while the rear trunk can be removed to see the rear suspension.





Gearbox

This car features a 4-speed sequenial gearbox (4 front gears). The shifter is almost the same as Lego Technic Mastery's. There is a stop so you cannot shift from 4th to 1st gear.









The video shows the non-LEGO version of the model. If you have any question about it, please, contact me by private message or on social media, keep this page about the LEGO version only.