Is there any reason why conveyor belts wont work? http://www.mcmaster.com/#60535k513/=2dzbat
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:50 PM, 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 > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
