I wonder how it would do on a less slippy surface. Or grass.
On 14 June, 12:43, Chris Malton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Very impressive indeed.
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> Chris Malton
>
> On 14/06/2009 11:10, Modena wrote:
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> > and here's another vid of some slope climbing
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> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo
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> > 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.
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