Thanks, Steve :) I haven't decided which type of drive to use, although I was thinking about doing it like T005 with the rubber strip friction-drive.
Tango, I considered the water issue but I won't know until I've used a set of seatbelt tracks how well they'll do over the long term. I tested a piece of seatbelt webbing with oak treads 1" long (along the track), 1/4" apart. The belting will still move in undesirable directions, but not too much, and I expect that it would need tension maintained to track well on the wheels. As my tanks are not 200# gas-powered ones, I suspect that your tank will place a lot more demands on its tracks than mine will. I would go for a hinge track or attachment chain tracks. I also think that you'd need something wider than seatbelt material (about 2.75" wide) to provide tracks for a 1/4 scale tank, unless you're doing a Goliath :) I can't wait to see your beast move when you get it done! On 6/19/09, Tango71 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is seat belt material really practical? I thought of this too since I > don't want to deal with attachment chain shipping from overseas and > prefer not to wait for our local gym to throw treadmill belts away. I > thought of the seat belt idea because there is a wrecking yard close > to here. > > My question is however. Would seat belt tracks become logged with > water and moisture and would this eventually shorten the life of my > tracks. Also the tank these tracks are going on is a 1/4 scale 200lb > monster powered by a gasoline engine. So yeah. I need these to last > for a long time. How tough would seat belts be? > > On Jun 19, 12:42 pm, Steve Tyng <[email protected]> wrote: >> If your doing a sprocket drive also review the track construction on >> the T040 page. >> >> Also, ignore any and all advice on TTS construction coming from the >> Pittelli camp! ;-) >> >> Steve >> >> On Jun 19, 2:43 pm, Clark Ward Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I had been planning on trying a seatbelt track system on the Sherman, >> > but the treadmill belt I won on Ebay showed up in the mail today. I >> > think I'm going to go ahead with a TTS for my first tank, to have one >> > actually mobile, and THEN try experimental stuff with the seatbelt >> > material on a second tank. >> >> > Any TTS advice beyond what I've read on the T005 page? >> >> > -- >> > Clark in Georgia >> > M4 Sherman >> >> > > > -- Clark in Georgia M4 Sherman --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
