For the steering linkages, you might be able to get away with making them using Alu bar and bolts instead of having any ball bearings. I might draw up some plans tonight. Yes I mean draw, with a pencil and a drawing board, some of us have the dark knowledge of instrumental drawing, it's more fun than CAD in my opinion.
-Gregory On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Fred Thomson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi James... > > > > Thanks Fred! > > (Isn't the Bulldog T064?) > > Yeah. I was thinking about Ben's beast as I quoted it in another post > and the number just stuck. > > The procedure Frank described above (build it, test it, break it) is > really going to become your friend. Trust me. The initial hull of the > Bulldog got modified many, many, many times until I cracked it. I'm on > version two of the Bulldog hull now and I already have a list of > "improvements". I'm on version four of the turret, my fourth design of > road wheels, it's been rewired twice...about the only things that > haven't been rebuilt are my drive train and my tracks. I got those > right the first time <whew!> because I read everything on > rctankcombat.com and a few other sites and decided to build strong. I > still think 3/4" drive axles might be a better idea than 5/8". > > Don't get me wrong, planning, planning, planning is great BUT until > you actually build one you lack a couple of important pieces of > information. 1. The complexity of all the parts in the machine you are > building, it is very easy to under estimate this. And 2. Your own > skills. You only really understand the first after you finish your > first project. The second you become painfully aware of much, much > earlier. :-) > Of course this is coming from the guy who didn't know diddly about rc > tanks and just jumped in and built one. Needless to say, I don't > follow my own advice and neither should you. Follow my advice, I > mean. :-). > > What I mean to say is that having built one, I now have a better > understanding of what works, what might* work, and what won't work. > The are design aspects in my Bulldog that I thought were brilliant > that simply WILL NOT be present in the Ariete MBT that I have just > started. I've learned from my mistakes. > > But I am looking forward to seeing your build progress because as I > learned from all here, I am sure that you will have thought of > something that works better or is simpler than things I've thought of. > Building these monsters is fun and nothing beats driving one you've > built. > > Cheers, > Fred > (T064) ( with apologies to Ben H.) :-) > > -- > 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 > -- 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
