Here are the results :

Many thanks for your participation ! It is very useful for me to know what you want and what you need. According to the result, I have decided to develop the digital PDF sale shop, then the printed building instructions. Despite the large amount of people who are interested in complete package, there are not enough for paying 125%-150% of the Lego price. Because this is the real price for crafted sets (depends on the price of Bricklink). Consequently, I have decided to NOT release this type of product at the moment.

Concerning the E-shop for buying building instruction, I am currently working on a E-shop which enables ALL builders to sell their PDF. The builders will be able to use the E-shop to put the instructions up for sale and receive incomes with an automatic retailing and a download section.

If you are a builder, and if you are interested in selling your PDF instructions, please contact me ! I am sure that you will be interested in my E-shop.

Erratum 07th may 2011 :

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I have figure out all problems I have for the payment BUT I will not launch finally the service.
I explain you why : In fact I have always done my work in lego for free and now selling instruction embarrasses me. I think (finally) that selling thing from hobbys is not the correct way to develop it. Although the price is low, I consider that the most valuable thing I can do to develop and encourage the production of instruction is providing for free.
I don’t judge people who sell instructions, because this is their choices but for me I assume that it is not the right way to monetize our passion (I already receive incomes from youtube for my videos so the money is not the point for me). Concerning the amount of time to create an instruction, if I had launched the service, I would have spent lot of time to create instructions and not to create models.
So many thank for people who contact me to become a instruction sellers. I continue to give for free, it is more rewarding for me

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As usual, stay tunned on my website to know the lasted news !

I am planning to start a shop with special lego technic product including building instructions and mocs. In order to know more about your needs and your expectations, please answer to this survey : LEGO Survey – done in 3 min or click on the picture :

Answer to the survey

Some example :
-Downloaded PDF building instructions
-Printed and delivered building instructions
-Complete package of moc including parts and building instructions.

Thank you !

See the results : http://www.nico71.fr/lego-survey-the-results/

Lot of people ask me to create the instructions of this basic-working smooth engine, so I did. You can download the High Definition PDF or watch the pictures.

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An Integraph is an instrument used in mathematics for plotting the integral of a graphically defined function.

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The module I have designed for the french meeting GBC-fanabriques.

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A new tool has been added to the tools page : WinchTools. WinchTools is a simply software which calculates some useful date about winch and pulley system. The aim is to calculate the maximun load on the hook with the parameters of your construction, including : motors, gears, diameter of winch, pulley system, weight of hook… Efficiency of drivetrain is managed, the available torque is reduced when you use worm and knob gear (lost power). I hope this software will be helpful for the crane builders to calculate speed, load, torque and so on.

Winchtools by nico71 – Current version : 1.0 june 2010

If you have comment, question of suggestion, feel free to comment in this post, It will be very helpful if you can suggest me some ideas or some new features. And to finish, I plan to create an other software to help builders to design the weight and counterweight of crane (in order to have an representation of load and torque on the superstructure), Winchtools only works on winch, not on structure of crane (boom, jib, lift ans superlift).

I have recently bought a Fujifilm S2000 HD, a camera with HD video. This device allows me to improve the pictures of my model, it’s more accurate and tolerant with low brightness than my old compact Pentax. It has also a wide-angle lens which permits me to take pictures with lot of details and no more backward. You can watch the  comparison between the pentax and the Fuji.

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A technic helicopter that I designed for competition “take the challenge” on the official lego website. Features rotating and swiveling main rotor, and rotating tail rotor. Including building instruction.

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An ideas I have seen on an ideas-book. It uses racks to program primary displacements.

Designed in 2009

An experience ! To test ocotopod displacements. Two XL motors drive it. One for 4 legs on the right and one other for 4 legs on the left. Therfore, it’s based on differential driving.

Designed in 2008