On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Don Shankin <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought that 1/8" pins seems a little small as well, but then I thought > about it, and in a completed track, whatever force is applied will be spread > across all of the pins. Combine that with the shear strength of SS, AND the > fact that there are multiple points where a shearing force is going to be > applied to each pin (I count 3 per pin in this design), and I think it would > probably be OK >
The force is spread across each pin in a track segment (well, each shear point), but the pins in each segment see all of the force of the drive train. Just as a chain is no stronger than its weakest link, a track is no stronger than the weakest pin. -- -Bill Hamilton -- 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
