Might mess up torque though.
On Jan 3, 6:20 pm, "Crooks, Steven M" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> By the convenient expedient of taking the entire sprocket and gearbox apart,
> the gear ratio can easily be changed.,..
> (Can't get more British than that)
>
> I was planning on 2 x 24DC6 marine batteries,
> But then ten minutes is a long time to laugh continuously....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:16 PM
> To: R/C Tank Combat
> Subject: [TANKS] Re: FUBAR tracks
>
> More motors? turn it into the shortest running time tank. got to
> better than slowest tank.
>
> On Jan 3, 6:12 pm, "Crooks, Steven M" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I used 2" x ½" T6061 bar stock.
>
> > Then I used (Trusty) old $29.95 betsy, the jigsaw, good blades, and some
> > wax/oil to cut
>
> > (slowly) through them to make the 2" x 2" pads. Each was then drilled with
> > a drill press.
>
> > The inner horn is 1" x 1'2" cut to length and drilled.
>
> > The outer links are ½" x ½" bar, cut to lengthm and drilled.
>
> > They were then rounded by putting a ¼" router in the drill press chuck,
>
> > and rotating each bit around its drilled hole.
>
> > Bolts pass right through eah pad, the central horn and the side links.
>
> > The outer side are threaded to ¼" x 20 NC, and finsed of with with a Nylon
> > locknut
>
> > They are sort of a rip off of the William Cooke TR60DP track links.
>
> > Yes, they're heavy, which will guarantee that this is the slowest cruiser
> > tank ever built.
>
> > ________________________________
>
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of Mike Måne
> > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:06 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [TANKS] Re: FUBAR tracks
>
> > Nice tracks! Where did you get them? They must be fairly heavy though.
>
> > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Crooks, Steven M
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Some bits of FUBAR's tracks, and old betsie, the faithfull $29.95
>
> > Jigsaw that cut throught the ½" T6061 Al to make it all possible.
>
> > Slowly and surely, they drew up their plans against us....
>
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