Pictures Pictures? On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Guy Gregoire <[email protected]>wrote:
> > HI Tom, yes the six wheels are powered, one motor for the 3 wheels on the > right and one > motor for the 3 wheels on the left, it drive just like a tank, and as you > seen in the video > it can spin on himself thanks to that "tank" drive. To image it, suppose > the tank track is > just a chain, that bring the power to 3 wheels. that chain in this case is > inside the tank > and the drive is a bit more complicated because I builded an independant > suspension for > all the six wheels. > > Greg. > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Recon video > Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:25:09 -0400 > > > While I can't give you a ruling, it's looks like a great little machine. > How do you steer it and are all the wheels powered? Tom > > On Mar 21, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Guy Gregoire wrote: > > HI > > I recorded short videos of my Recon running in the backyard. The video > are of very > poor quality, I apologize, but I only have my cellphone to record video, so > the resolution > is small, and as I was holding the cellphone in my left hand and driving > the Recon with > my right hand, it get easily out of frame. With these 24v 300amp motors > the vehicule > have more than enough power. If only summer was coming faster. > > I have one PanzerIII T050, to battle if ever some battler spawn in my > area, so was > originally thinking to build a KingTiger, but turn the lower hull as a 6 > wheeled Recon, just > for the fun of running it around. Cant wait for some forest ride in > summer. I use the > same electronics than the PanzerIII, gotta use it at the price it come, and > it work > to good to wait an ennemy tank. I plan to buy a new car soon, it will be > choosed to > accomodate a tank in the back to increase my battling range. > > I was wondering, as I fine tune this Recon. As its a 1/6 scale hull of > KingTiger, but > on wheels, would it be possible that I battle with it if I install a > rotating turret with > paintball gun on top of it? I build this vehicule with in mind the idea to > replace the > turret for anything else ( ex: robot arm ) as a multipurpose RC mobile > base. Simply said, > can we take liberty with our tank design? If not np, I can still use it as > Recon and supply > vehicule. > > Greg. > > > ------------------------------ > Messenger has tons of new features that make chatting more fun. Click here > to learn more. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650730> > > > <Video-0002.3gp><Video-0003.3gp> > > > > > > -- George MacGillis USCG ret. Portland, OR [email protected] PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS #106442 08' Harley Ultra Classic --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
