Adapting a LEGO Car to Cross Wider Gaps

The Brick Experiment Channel increasingly adapted a remote-controlled LEGO car with a variety of different improvements in order to make the vehicle cross incrementally greater gaps. The constantly changing width required different designs that addressed variables such as the center of mass, wheel size, weight, and frame length.

Testing a Lego car against longer and longer gaps that it needs to drive over. Gradually improving the car until it becomes a capable gap crossing/bridging vehicle.

They previously adapted a LEGO Car to conquer climbing challenges.

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