Then it will provide an amusing anecdote for the battle report :)

On 7/09/09 4:25 AM, "Mike Mane" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Beautiful work, Modena! The only question would be, what happens if
> one of the little white switches gets hit with a paintball? Haha (i'm
> sure you won't ever have your back toward the enemy)
> 
> ‹Mike M
> 
> Message sent by way of mobile device
> 
> On Sep 6, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Modena <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I finally got around to building the front mud guards and track
>> guards, and T067 got to see some dry and crusty lumpy dirt.
>> 
>> In this first vid it gets stuck, I needed to lend some assistance to
>> get it out. I didn't film it, but basically I just put a bit of
>> pressure with my foot on the front and backed it out of the ditch
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx016dUbR0
>> 
>> 
>> In this one at about the half way point the right track derails -
>> however in true Tiger Tank form I managed to drive it 150 meters back
>> to the garage, even though all 4 sprockets on the right track were off
>> the chain, the front drive sprockets were semi-engaging on the pads
>> themselves. I did drive it home fairly slowly and carefully, still not
>> bad to be able to drive like that with a completely unseated track.
>> 
>> To combat the derailing problem some more I will be swapping out the
>> coil springs on the front-most and rear-most bogie wheels for a
>> stiffer spring.
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3dwCVBh0s
>> 
>> 
>> And a full-noise dyno run!
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmIRMMhKNFU
>> 
>> 
>> Now it's on to building a turret!
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
>>> 
> 
> > 


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