There are some manufactureers out there who make 1/24 scale tanks. I bought an M1 Abrams a while back.
How about buying somethignlike that then take the turret and upper chassis off and making your own? That will save you teh trouble of building the running gear and you might be able to preseve the electronics as well. - Martin H On Dec 2, 10:55 am, whitney james <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Peter! > Yup, I'm just starting a build myself (for the first time, so I'm BOUND to > botch more than a few something's...) But I'm taking a much different route > than most others here. > As to the how-to's: you cant' beat simply looking through the various build > writeups/pics on the website. If an idea about an RC combat tank hasn't been > written up/tried/documented there, it's probably because it wasn't a very > good idea. Either that, or there are some REALLY smart people out there who > are keeping information to themselves. > > My $0.02 anyway. > > Toodles! > James > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:17:55 -0800 > > Subject: [TANKS] some information needed .... > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > hello. > > > i will start building my own tank soon (1/18 or 1/24, not decided yet) > > however i dont feel like i have sufficent knowledge (i never did any > > mechanics before) .... > > > so i'm asking here, for some links, book titles, quick hints, basicly > > anything that can help me. > > > here's my list of topics i would like to know more about : > > > -- motors ? i saw everybody here's using big motors with a lot of > > power (120W and more) > > but your models are 1/6, so thats a LOT bigger. how could i like > > calculate what torque would i need, what > > rpm, for my tank. i currently have 2 stepper motors, with 50mN/m (i > > think thats like 40inchlbs, not sure tho) > > but they seem a little bit to small. > > > -- drive shafts, coupling, connecting wheels. > > basicly i have no idea how to do that. i know what i would need to > > do in theory, but how exactly do you connect > > another longer shaft on that small shaft of a dc motor ? (its too > > small to drill thru or anything) ? how do > > i connect non-powered wheels (the middle ones) so they can turn on > > the saft, and how to connect the > > powered wheels so they cant turn on the shaft ? all little things > > like this, basicly some building manuals, tutorials, > > books, anythings with pictures would come in handy. > > > this is it for now. thank you a lot. > > > -- > > 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail > inbox.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1....- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
