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Windor’s Legoland Recreates Santa Pod Raceway With a PLC and 84,780 Lego Bricks
Windor’s Legoland has a brand new attraction in the form of a small model version of the Santa Pod Raceway that took 84,780 Lego bricks to create.
The quarter-mile racing venue took a lot of Lego bricks to recreate because 19,800 of them went into creating the grandstand and the raceway’s spectators alone.
A tedious 744 hours of hard work from 7 LEGO model-makers eventually resulted in the incredible model you see below.
(Model Version) Santa Pod Raceway
By comparing it to an actual image of the real thing, you can see just how much attention to detail went into recreating the raceway.
(Real Raceway) Adam Piggott
The coolest part about the whole project, however, is the fact that the model version isn’t merely for looks.
A spokesperson for Legoland said; “Guests can actually race the Santa Pod dragsters down the track.
“The Dragster animation is controlled in its entirety by a central Programmable Logic Controller housed within the animation plant room.
“At the press of a button, a car in each lane edges forward into stage on the start line.
“The starting system – and the audio – is triggered and, as the green light flashes, the guests flick levers to send their cars rocketing side-by-side down the strip to the finish.
“A further sensor brings the cars to a halt and returns them to their positions at the head of the pairing lanes, ready to explode into action once again,” the spokesperson added.
Thanks to a PLC bringing everything to life, visitors of Windor’s Legoland can get a full racing experience in a much smaller package.
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