If it were me, I think I would skip the 4 motor set-up and look for motors with more torque like wheelchair motors. Yes they are heavy and may need some gearing up to get the desired speed, but most are designed to carry a ~250lb. person up a 30 degree incline. The extra weight could help with traction. *Shameless plug* I have a set that I'm not using, but the shafts on them are a little buggered - nothing a decent metal lathe couldn't solve. I was thinking that I would eventually build something like the M29 Pacific "Dragon Wagon" with them to tow tanks out of trouble. The real life Dragon Wagon uses chains to drive the rear 4 wheels. As another option I thought would be easy to build a wheeled vehicle around one or more of these:
http://tncscooters.com/product.php?sku=106123 They are heavy, big, and pricey, but would work well for a tank recovery vehicle I think. The do come up on Ebay for cheaper sometimes. Derek On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very niccceeee! all steel vehicle. I still wonder what the weight is. I > see why you need another two motors, though this would result in more > weight, plus more battery for those extra two motors. Ultra cool - ultra > professional metalworks and engineering though. > Chrys > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
