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 The long wait is finally over - at last - the building instructions for all 4 amazing robot remix from this summer's MCP RobotRemix#1 challenge! Again, all of these great models can be build using only parts from the LEGO MINDSTORMS (31313) set and the LEGO TECHNIC Fire plane (42040). A big thank you goes to Robin, the creator of Lucky Cat who took the time to make these professional looking building instructions for you all! Yoshihito Isogawa - HELICOPT3R Download the HELICOPT3R building instructions here: http://robotsquare.com/ downloads/robotremix/31313- 42040/helicopt3r_V1.2.pdf  EV3 Project program files can be found here: http://robotsquare.com/ downloads/robotremix/31313- 42040/HELICOPT3R.ev3 See the post about Yoshihito's remix here: http://www.thenxtstep.com/2015/08/robot-remix-1-exhibit-helicopt3r.html Arthur Sacek - DANC3R   Download the DANC3R building instructions here: http://robotsquare.com/ downloads/robotre...

Exhibit D: VLK-EV3 by Xander Soldaat, The Netherlands  For the last remix of RobotRemix#1, Xander tells us a bit more about the challenges faced with the execution of his idea; The VLK-EV3 (formerly know as Valkyrie) I am Xander, from The Netherlands. I am a senior software engineer for Robomatter and have been an MCP for about 6 years. My design proposal, a Valkyrie inspired robot, proved much harder to implement than I had originally anticipated. Without the help from Laurens Valk and Damien Kee, this robot would have been no more than a heaping pile of disappointment. Initially, it was designed it with the brick in the plane part. This worked fine until I started adding things like a head and wings. The small motor struggled quite a bit but really ground to a halt when I replaced the lighter battery pack with 6xAA batteries. I had almost given up, when, during an unrelated conversation with Damien, the failed project was mentioned. He suggested putting the br...