Agreed. Mine have a bolt that runs through the length of the 3/4" ply (clad in aluminum plate) front to rear. As I tighten the bolt, the motor is pulled rearward to tension the chain on the main drives. The front end of the bolt has a large washer on it so the bolt doesn't pull through the ply and the rear of the bolt is anchored to an "L" bracket. My upgrade will replace the "L" shaped aluminum brackets the base rides on to a "U" channel so the base won't have anywhere to go but back and forth.
Derek On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Doug Conn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds plenty strong. Mine are bolted onto 3/4" plywood, but they are also > braced from the front so they don't torque the base much. The braces also > allow me to adjust the tension on the M01 drive chain. My opinion is that > this adjustment is essential. Whatever mounting you choose, make sure you > can tighten or loosen the drive chain. > > - Doug > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Modena > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 6:41 PM > To: R/C Tank Combat > Subject: [TANKS] M01 Engine mounting strength > > > Howdy, > > I have been thinking about the base plate for my tank, which the > motors will be mounted to. > > I have read others using M01's have built engine mountings which have > ended up being broken by the power of the M01. > > I was thinking of using a bolted sandwich of 12mm ply inbetween two > sheets of 3mm aluminium, do the learned and wise think this will be > strong enough? (assume the motors are mounted securely to the base) > > Cheers > > Ben > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
