LEGO Team Breaks New Ground in the Automotive Engineering
The team of LEGO engineers has designed a full-size copy of Bugatti Chiron. The model is almost entirely made up of Lego construction kits. Only car wheels, tires and radiator cap were taken from the real car. And believe it or not, this toy model drives, but not so fast as the original model.
Previously, LEGO specialists successfully
designed Bugatti Chiron at a scale of 1:8. But this time, they decided to go
further and to develop a life-size model (and more importantly operating model)
of the supercar. In total, this unbelievable endeavor took 1 million
construction parts and 13 438 hours of labour. The team of developers included
16 specialists. According to LEGO representatives, this is the first model of
such complexity level. It should be emphasized that LEGO specialists didn’t use
glue for this unique model. The car turned out to be surprisingly similar to the
real French supercar. At a distance of twenty meters, it is almost impossible
to understand you see a toy car.
Original Bugatti Chiron vs LEGO replica
Take a closer look at LEGO Bugatti Chiron
External parts are connected with each other by triangular segments, allowing engineers to accurately reproduce prominent features of the car body. The car interior is also very similar to the original version. There are car seats, steering wheel, pedals, speedometer and seat belts. This life-size toy car is also equipped with working head lights and rear lamps. What the full-size Chiron doesn't have is the operating gearbox of the scale model: in this one, the electric motors drive the rear wheels directly via an electromagnetic clutch that is powered off when the brake pedal is engaged.
Car interior
Of course, Bugatti Chiron from LEGO blocks cannot accelerate up to 420 km/h. Nevertheless, the engine of LEGO Chiron allows reaching the speed of 20 km/h, which is quite a decent result for a toy car weighing 1,500 kilograms. The wonder-car has already been put to test at the motor racing track in Germany. The car was driven by the Bugatti test-pilot Andy Wallace.
Facts and numbers
- More than a million of Lego parts
- Total weight — 1,500 kg
- The model is assembled without the use of glue
- The engine consists of 2304 Lego Power Function motors, 4032 gears, 2016 axle elements
- Theoretical engine power — 5.6 h.p.
- Torque — 92 Nm
- The rear spoiler is made of Lego Power Functions and Pneumatics
- The operating speedometer consists only of Lego Technic elements
Earlier it was reported that Ryan McNaught from Australia managed to assemble a life-size copy of Toyota Camry of the new generation from LEGO construction set. The weight of the LEGO Camry replica is 1800 kg – it is more than the real car. The toy Camry consists of 500 thousand parts. This model has all necessary logos and emblems, as well as working lights, brake lights, and turn signals.
Ryan McNaught with his LEGO Toyota Camry
