Clodbuster axles can be built bullet-proof but expect to pay $250 per axle to get them that way. They would work for a 1/6th scale vehicle since they have about 12-13" track width and can turn 5" tires no problem.
On Feb 14, 2009, at 11:30 AM, HV wrote: > > Crawlers are very cool. But the typical sizes, 1/8 or 1/10 scale, seem > a bit small to me, and the beautifully machined axles and stuff are > very expensive. I could be misinformed. I have thought about how to > build a crawler at a larger scale but still cheap. One thought is to > have the motors attached directly to the wheels to eliminate the > complex drive trains. And also to have skid steering rather than > ackerman. Not sure skid steering would work for rock crawling, but I > don't want to do rock crawling. (Maybe crawling over tanks?) I just > think the design would be good for general all terrain performance. I > have not found a good motor-wheel combination for that yet. > > On Feb 14, 5:43 am, "Tod Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
