Nice progress on the lower hull. As far as suspension goes I would try to avoid anything overly complicated. Maybe a swing arm with a compression spring or shock on the outside of your hull is your best bet. It works, and it can easily be hidden by the wheels.
On Feb 15, 3:03 pm, "Doug Conn" <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome, Kelly. > > The simplest thing, of course, is no suspension. If that doesn't float your > boat, you should check the R/C Tank Combat "How-To"s and tank descriptions > for ideas. There are a lot of different designs out there. Are you planning > to have all 16 road arms like the actual vehicle ? > > I'm a little concerned about the lower being 20ga sheet metal, but I admit > that I don't have a lot sheet metal experience. Do you think it will be > strong enough on its own ? Will you reinforce it in places ? Any other > opinions form the group ? > > - Doug > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kelly G > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:19 PM > To: RC TANK COMBAT GROUP > Subject: [TANKS] New Panther Build > > Hey Guys, > > I am finally starting to build my Panther. So far, I have the lower hull > constructed. It is made out of 20 guage sheet metal. I am still trying to > work out the suspention system. Any sugestions? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
