Well. I support cad. More accurate as you can put the motors in aswell and my laptop which i run SU from can be taken about anywhere. Pencil and paper: well i cant draw well but ive seen technical DRAWINGS and they will get you where you want i guess. Back to actual topic of the APC. Suspension: if you cant find space in budget for commercial suspension parts could you not make the build so its possible to mount commercial parts and then use some cheap DIY setup. When some of it fails replace with heavy duty commercial because by then the main build will be out of the way so your budget should be freed up again
On 30 Nov, 16:44, whitney james <[email protected]> wrote: > All right, Wow! > > CAD Vs Pencil drawn: I think I’ve found the new blood sport! > > If I may hijack this MOST interesting conversation? (apologetic > smiley face thingy…) > > Ahem… > > YEEE! > > (Ok, regain composure…) > > I’ve gotten my first set of parts in the mail! They came > Sat, just 3 days after the ebay seller (integrajspec: these guys are creative > with names!) said they had been send off. Very agreeable chap by the way! > > Well, I won’t bother with pictures, as they aren’t really > attached to anything (or each other) yet, and you can easily see them online. > However, > as I’m sure you’re all dying to hear about them (likely as not, you’re not > really > all THAT interested, but it’s a dull Mon and I have some time on my hands, so > I’m > going to do my best to bore you…) > > First off, the A-Arms. They’re black (Oooo!), and there’s 4 > upper, and 4 lower arms in this package. Now all I need is that same number > again… > > Not all that much remarkable about the color. Also, I’m not > enough of a materials expert to tell whether they really are molded nylon or > just nicely textured plastic, but they feel pretty tough and rigid. > > The upper arm is definitely thinner than the lower arm, but > that’s not a major issue as the weight is largely born by the lower arm. If I > really torque it, I can get some twist out of it, and if I really put my back > into it, I could probably bust it, but I’d rather not. J > > The lower arm is pretty beefy. I can’t get any twisting > movement out of it by hand, and the material is fairly thick: both sides of > the > arm are about as thick as my pinky. Not that I’d expect any of you to know how > thick my pinky is, but you (maybe?) get the idea. It’s also well designed, in > that it’s bowed upwards slightly, giving it good geometry to the task at hand > with 4 different holes for mounting the shocks/springs/bouncy thingies. Still > not sure if I want to fork over the cash for the commercial units, or if I > should go with a custom setup. Still, the mounting holes are nice, and will be > used. Length wise, they’re pretty good sized; being about 4 inches long, and > the widest (the upper) being maybe 2.5~3 inches wide. A fact I doubt you > really > care about. > > Next up, the bulkheads. They’re gray. Gray and black go well > together so I should have a nicely color coordinated undercarriage here. Ok... > Too much information… > > They have what looks to be an equally good design, made out > of the same material as the swing arms. They’re also VERY tough, and I can’t > get any flex out of them by hand. They have two mounting holes on the bottom, > which will be used to connect them to a base plate, and several other holes > both through them in various directions which will be immensely useful for > bracing > them inside the B1 and building the rest of the body around them. > > They also have a very close fit with the swing arms, so > there should be minimal bending stress on the hinge pins: only shearing > stress. > However, the pins are about the same size as a 10d nail (AKA: big enough to > very effectively impale your hand or to be used as an average sized framing > nail), so there shouldn’t be any fear of them giving out. > > Right! That’s it for this installment of the build… or > rather this installment of the lead up to the build (Argh! This is going to > take soooo long!), so you may now resume your regularly scheduled programming > of: > > (in big loud booming voice…) > > CAD VS PAPER AND PENCIL!!!! > > (cheering fans in the distance….) > > Toodles, > > James > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn > more.http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727... -- 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
