Throwback Thursday: GBC 28 Pneumatic Scissor Elevator

It’s time for a Thorwback Thursday! In today’s spotlight: the GBC 28 Pneumatic Scissor Elevator.

What makes this GBC quite different from the other GBCs is that this GBC uses very few gears for the amount of movement. Instead the biggest action within this GBC is powered by airflow! As the valves open and close, the horizontal and vertical pneumatic cylinders are alternately activated, forcefully directing air into different directions. The effect? The scissor elevator moves up and down in a perfect choreography!

 

Fun Fact Friday GBC 31 Flex Conveyor!

Fun Fact: Although we had a pretty clear idea of all the functions we could include it was a real challenge to incorporate them using only the parts of the LEGO set. From a design standpoint we also wanted to have all the control handles on one side so it’s easier to adjust and play with it.

 

STEAM Education

Keep up the fun while learning!
 
As many of you may have already experienced, building GBCs is not just about building a machine, it’s also a lot about technique and physics. Within the GBCs different aspects of physics (eg. forces, torques and gearings) are used to obtain the different modules. To involve people in this extra ‘level’ of the GBCs, we organize STE(A)M (Science, Technology, Engineering, (Arts) and Mathematics) Education Workshops. Depending on the audience (eg. friends, schools, companies), the focus of the workshop shifts to match and optimize both the learning proces and fun!

Check the video below for an example of one of our workshops!

 

GBC STEAM Education Camps – PV-Productions

Fun Fact Friday: GBC 47 Mill Madness!

Fun Fact: So many yellow panels in this set! We knew from the beginning we had to do something with these and we came up with various ways of using them in a creative, yet useful way. Studying the shape more up close we soon focused on creating a big windmill which would transport the GBC Balls up. Important with this module was to get it to resemble a real one. We think we did a great job in combining esthetics and functionality all in one.

 

Mega Stunting: alternative Fan Build GBC 45!

What to do when you want to build a GBC, but you do not have the right set? You improvise with the LEGO you have got! Our fan Roland Liebelt from Germany used the building instructions of the GBC 45 Stunt Circus and used it as a basis for his own alternative build, even adding a new module! Check his build out below!

 


Have you also build one of our models yourself?