Re: [TANKS] Re: Le progressGeorge, Can you provide any more information on your torsion bars? Length, diameter, composition, etc. I've become quite interested in springs due to the Christie suspension. I would have thought that true torsion bars would be quite difficult to scale down. I don't mean to say that "Now that George has done it, it's now easy". I would like to know more about the process of selecting torsion rods. Might come in handy!
Paul H. ----- Original Message ----- From: George Mastoras To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:10 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Le progress Absolutely not, you have to use spring steel rods. I found a local spring shop and go in an occasionally buy lengths of spring steel in various lengths, sometimes its just offcuts and is generally very cheap to buy. Thanks everyone for the replys, am a little surprised as I have previously put up pics of this system in previous projects like my M41 and didn't get much interest. I guess I have been secretly trying to suggest to some of you that torsion rods can work rather well, especially when your tank has that nice rocking motion or when the nose dives a bit when you brake. If anyone was going to try this system out I would recommend using bump stops to limit the travel at its extremes, this has many advantages. George On 31/10/08 11:50 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: all your using is just regular steel rod for the suspension? Chris, Odyssey Slipways <http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
