WHy FUBAR? They look neat, faithful replicas and functional. If you don't throw them and they have good traction, they should be perfect. They shouldn't be THAT heavy either. How long did it take you to build these? Chrys
----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Conn To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 9:02 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: FUBAR tracks I like that track design very much. Nice job ! I think I saw a splined flange that connects the motor to the drive sprocket. Did you make that by hand with the jigsaw ? If so, you are a jigsaw surgeon. Have you weighted each track yet ? I’m curious what that number is. Like a few others, I use attachment chain track and I think my tracks are about 13lb each. I believe Will’s 2060 chain tracks are about 17lb each. - Doug From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Crooks, Steven M Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TANKS] Re: FUBAR tracks 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…. The contents of this electronic mail message and any attachments are confidential, possibly privileged and intended for the addressee(s) only. Only the addressee(s) may read, disseminate, retain or otherwise use this message. If received in error, please immediately inform the sender and then delete this message without disclosing its contents to anyone. __________ NOD32 3434 (20080911) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
