Very impressive indeed. Chris Malton
On 14/06/2009 11:10, Modena wrote: > > and here's another vid of some slope climbing > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo > > > > On Jun 14, 5:45 pm, Modena<[email protected]> wrote: >> Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each >> side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track >> throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the >> ground....needless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. >> >> Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your >> build pages, your track pads are "a little bit loose" on the chain >> attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I >> am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain >> running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a >> crucial bit of "give" in my system which meant it couldn't cope, >> anyway it seems to be running ok now. >> >> Ben >> >> On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modena<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I >>> am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is >>> just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know >>> what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had >>> problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, >>> here is a vid of some further field trials: >> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 >> >>> I also bought a "smoker" fogger unit, the type that makes "smoke" from >>> an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it >>> has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, >>> and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested >>> in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 >> >>> here is the "smoker" test vid: >> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM >> >>> On May 24, 8:34 pm, "Sgt.A.Johnson" >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could >>>> hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create >>>> your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let >>>> alone combat though. >> >>>> On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittelli<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> Modenawrote: >>>>>> FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower >>>>>> Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony >>>>>> gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've >>>>>> seen. >> >>>>> I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and >>>>> the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a >>>>> wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I >>>>> haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is >>>>> usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as >>>>> good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so >>>>> perhaps that's why. >> >>>>> Frank P. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
