This is an idea that came up during those seemingly interminable hours spent in a Japanese pick-up with Neil.
The best field artillery piece of WWII was the 25pdr - no argument there - and it has a useful feature that might make it a good subject for an RC Tank Combat artillery piecen namely the firing platform. http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/weapons/ordnance/25-pounder.gif If you have a look at the above link, you will see that the gun can sit on a circular firing platform so if you make a model and have a small, geared motor for each wheel and a concealled castor in the spade box (at the end of the trail) you could then traverse the entire gun using a simple forward / reverse speed controller - just reverse the polarity on one of the motors so that the gun turns rather than trying to drive itself off the platform. I would look into building such a device myself but Neil has threatened to qualify me run in the Geldings Plate if I start any new projects before the Valentine is finished and he has every right both legal and moral to do so. Pete. Valentine progress (or rather the lack of progress) here; http://pureteenlard.blog.co.uk/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
