I've just had a chat at lunchtime with a very nice chap who makes roller chain. I explained the sort of thing that we do and he did a few back-of-a-fag-packet calculations and reckons he could do 3/4" pitch chain with twin hole attachments on every other link for about £12 - £15 per metre with sprockets at £8 - £10. Now because of the way that I've built my Valentine I'd need two chains per track and dual sprockets to drive it which would double the price and make it too expensive for me but for anyone building, for example, a Challenger II you would need 5 or 6 metres of chain and two sprockets - say £80 or at most £100 quid? And no worries about getting a good positive drive and fewer worries about track shedding too.
he can also do stainless steel, rubber topped 3 1/4" conveyor for (gulp!) £43 a metre and sprockets at about a tenner. Expensive but would probably out last every other component on your tank. Pete. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
