making tracks is not that difficult, and is infinately better for traction and mobility. Not to mention way cool. In many many ways tracks are actually easier - skid steering is not hard, but good reliable hard-wearing wheeled-vehicle steering systems can be quite difficult to manufacture.
I think the vets of this hobby have pointed out previously that it would be must unusual for a turret to do more than two complete revolutions during a battle, so a spiral keyboard or phone cable will cover it off, otherwise do as some have done and make your turret electrically self-contained with its own RX, battery etc, then you have no cabling issues. There has been talk of slip rings, but AFAIK no-one has actually done it yet (sorry if I'm mistaken!). Ben ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Weston [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:07 PM To: R/C Tank Combat Subject: [TANKS] Re: Thinking about building a tank, but need lots of help Should I build a turret vehicle? I still don't see how the rotating without wrecking wires is accomplished. Airbag Clockspring maybe??? If I do go with a turret, either a T17 Deerhound (6x4 of the staghound, 250 produced and made for MP) a Panzer III, or a SdKfz 234/2 Is what Im thinking. I am leaning more towards a wheeled armored vehicle, because it is easy to make a wheeled vehicle On May 4, 1:28 pm, Steve Tyng <[email protected]> wrote: > A DEFINITE DOWNGRADE! Might as well build an artillery piece... > > Steve "Turret or Bust" Tyng > > On May 4, 9:51 am, Cobra9431 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But why whould anyone want to "convert" a turreted tank (panzer 4) to > > a fixed possition gun (brummbar)? It kinda seems to be a down grade. > > > Aaron > > T0?? > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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 -- 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
