Very nice looking tank. Lots of work in there. Looks like a quality build. Can't wait to see it in action.
Derek T065 On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Mike Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > Over the past couple weeks since finishing the Spartan, I've been working > slowly on the Merkava IV. The torsion suspension was put in place, the road > wheels were installed, and a mechanisim for connecting the turret rotate > motor to the hull devised and implemented. Oh, and a marker mount is > partially installed (temporarily in place). All in all, the tank looks > pretty good ... and big! > > I switched to Flickr to hold the Merkava build pictures. Flickr isn't > that great (I prefer Yahoo Groups file and picture manager) but works > somewhat. The link to the Merkava photo album is > http://www.flickr.com/photos/39806...@n06/sets/72157620308016739/detail/. > > I'm very happy with the suspension and turret rotate. The 1/4" diamter > torsion rods seem stiffer than suggested on that torsion spring rate web > site. After putting the torsion suspension and road wheels on the tank > hull, I stood on top of the entire thing. The tank hull dipped about 1" > under 220 pounds of me. I don't think there will be any problems carrying > weight and bottoming out the suspension. Heh. > > The turret rotate came out beautifully. The rotate motor is a 24v > windshield wiper motor and gearbox. The shaft goes through the middle of > the turret plate and meshes with a gear attached to the upper hull. Just to > see how it worked, I stuck the motor wires into a 7.2v battery pack. The > turret turned smoothly without binding. The turning speed seemed just > right. As soon as the speed control arrives next week, I'll get it all > hooked up and get some video. > > After that, the build will take a break while we move back to the Unites > States. Once our furniture shipment arrives in the States sometime around > October, work will commence again. :) > > Hopefully, the Monster Merk will be terrorizing battlesfields starting in > the Spring of 2010. > > Mike M > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
