Gravel played hell with my old track design. The gravel got sucked up into the sprockets and caused the tracks to come off; although, that would make for an interesting battle since all the participants would be battling the terrain as much as battling each other.
Derek On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I took the tank round to the possible site yesterday. Here is my > report: > > > http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/?action=view¤t=WinW2.flv > > http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/?action=view¤t=WinW2.flv > > http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/?action=view¤t=WinW3.flv > > http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/?action=view¤t=TankonGravel.flv > > The site can be described as “small but interesting”. I didn’t video > the bit where I spent 5 minutes unravelling binder twine from the rear > sprocket- as I said, I’ll have to do some more clearing. Access is not > easy- I propose to build a “stretcher” to get tanks over the verge as > there’s no way you can wheel in- well, anything with wheels or tracks. > > If you think this will do then I suggest a 2 day event- I have lots of > floor space and a trailer tent and possibly spare beds depending on > how many of my numerous offspring are present- with 1 or 2 sessions > here and possibly 1 in my garden (which is a reasonable size but like > a billiard table, of course*). > > Sneak preview > This is the robot as built so far: > > http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/Robot.jpg > > Needs wiring up and finishing off, but this is the basic concept. As > you will recall, the idea was to build infantry, but I can’t get all > the necessary into an even approximately human-shaped paintball-proof > hull (mind you, neither can full-size humans) so I went with the robot > shape as producing the same effect as a soldier if not the same > appearance. > > Phil Palmer > > *Assuming your billard table has got foot-high grass, daisies etc > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
