Fantastic work! Good control apparently and nice suspension. And I like the vapor machine idea too! Will the vapor harm any of the electrinics once the "engine compartment" is closed up? I suppose that works like one of those humidifiers you can buy from stores. Perhaps you could make one by disassembling and modifying one.
-Mike M 2009/6/14 Sgt.A.Johnson <[email protected]> > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > -- -Mike Måne @ http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
