My tank weighs 18-20 kg or so and is powered by 2 De Walt right-angle drill motors. The battery is 12V 7ah. A lot of you are using 12 or 24 V 350W motors and 18ah batteries and all-steel construction and up to 150 lbs in overall weight; in which case you need a heavier-rated speed controller.
Probably the best advice I can give is to look at the various tanks that have been built and use one as a rough template. My Hetzer started life based on Joe Somner's, on the basis that it was a simple and attractive build, though it's probably difficult to tell now. A lot of people look at our website and think "that looks fun" (it is) and then get put off by the sheer amount of faff involved and decide to do somthing a bit simpler, like splitting the atom or solving the Meaning of Life. The sensible advice of course is to start simple with an armoured car or artillery piece and work up to a tank, but obviously NO-ONE does that as everyone wants to build a great big tank and why not? If you start with the turret systems it can be an artillery piece, or if you start with the motive power it can be a support vehicle, and you can get in the battle that way. You still out there Nicholas? Phil On May 26, 1:32 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Phil, the speed controller you use is sometimes considered light weight, so > you might want to tell him about the motors you are using with it and how > you are keeping them from over heating completely > > Chris, > _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) -- 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
