What is $200 in £s
On Feb 12, 5:08 pm, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
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