Well, let's pretend I got done watching the abyssmally bad 'Wanted' because my wife wanted to, and I got bored. Looking at the full size (1/6) drawings on GIMP, she is 59 inches (just short of 6 FEET) long (not counting barrel overhang), about 2 feet wide, and 22 inches tall. Treads are each 7 inches wide. The hull between the treads measure 8 inches wide, same as the sponsons, which are a little over 6" high above the tracks. She's got a lot of room lengthwaise, but precious little height for motors and batteries.
As a thought exercise,I contemplated other-than traditional ways of powering such a beast... it might be fun to run one 500-size Johnson motor (geared down) on each of the suspension trucks, powering the 4 roadwheels on that truck via a chain, belt or set of gears. The hub that the trucks pivoted on works out to about 1.5" in diameter (in 1/6), which would be room for a motor, pivoting with its truck). That would free up a lot of room inside the hull for batteries and other stuff. One could put the turret rotate gear inside the turret, given its huge size, and Lord knows that there is not going to be a problem with room for gunlaying equipment nor for the 40 round magazine... Anyhow, enough of boredom for one night. I must get busy making tracks for the Sherman so I can get a blasted designation number and start thinking about turret systems for my own tank! -- Clark in Georgia, Commissar of the Red Banner Southern Fleet "We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
