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 >> >>> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
