Hi Chrys, I have a support vehicle http://www.rctankcombat.com/support-vehicles/SV009/ tha is about the same size as your Daimler.
It runs on two 12V motors and is fast. I think your drill motors will be fine. You can always over-volt them to 24V if you think you dont have enough power. Remember though: you will probably use it for transport and a trailer will never have more than a CO2 bottle or a pile of paintballs, so I dont think torque will be an issue. Once I get over my current addiction to Warhammer Online, I want to makea towed artillery piece to tow behind my HMMWV, but even then that shouldnt be more than 10-15 lbs I think. - Martin On Nov 20, 12:10 am, "Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So these are my thoughts about installing motors on the Daimler. They're > supposed to be *logical* assumptions. > > I'll use two 18V right angle cordless drills, mounted on the wheels as in > :http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T056/022-large.jpg > > Kiddie cars can run 30 kgrs on one 12 V motor. They are better geared for a > larger torque, that's why they run only 5 kms/hour. However, the Wattage of > two 18 volt motors is still four times larger . And that's for a vehicle (1:6 > Daimler) that is about 12 kgrs heavy. > > The drive wheel of the Daimler has twice the diameter of my tanks that also > run on two 18 V drills. The speed is doubled on the Daimler . At the same > time that reduces torque to about half. However my tanks weigh 24 kgrs, > when the Daimler weighs half as much. > I don't want motors that, yes, run teh vehicle only a little, and the motors > get very hot very fast. > > One good thing with these cordless drills is you can still hope you can > switch to the fast gear which is 1500 RPM, go for 45 kms/h, and perhaps do > stunts. > On teh low gear and 500 RPM, I expect that the Daimler will run with 15 > km/h. I don't trust markers on a fast or a relatively fast vehicle. Vehicles > tip over frequently. This is a problem. > > All teh above sounds *logical* and comes from experience . I am hoping that > it will work at the end. Any reactions are welcome. > > Chrys --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
