George, now that is impressive! Honest to goodness torsion bars! I'm looking forward to video when you get her finished. I think yours will be a tough act to follow! Cheers.
Paul H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Mastoras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:30 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Le progress > Some progress pics, since I put up pics of the suspension parts only > appropriate to show the suspension finished. Still plenty to do, it hasn't > had anything done for over a month and will sit for a few more weeks > before > I continue but next available day will get a fair bit done, in theory. > > Springs and arms are finished, so are the bump stops, alternating idler > wheels, track tensioner and shock absorbers on leading wheels. > Its only sitting on 8 of the 12 springs but sits good with 2.5 inch > clearance and overall feels rather nice and should take a beating without > much maintenance. The tracks and suspension are third generation so am > very > confident in what this should be able to do. > > Still have to finish the last 4 road wheels and then can look at the > transmission and secure the side armour, havent decided yet if I should do > the full body kit as it will cover up the tracks too much but will see. > > Final shot shows an outline of how the turret sits but will get this thing > moving before the turret begins, making a marker from scratch that reloads > will no doubt be a challenge. > > Weight wise as is its 27 kilos, add transmission, batteries and turret it > will end up about 45 - 50 at a guess, scale weight is 55 so hoping it > moves > realisticly. > > George "looking forward to the camo and weathering" Mastoras > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
