Ben: Do the connecting links articulate on the screws? What pins the center track guide? Do the screws go all the way to the center of the track? How long are the screws?
Your right Ben: track built this way is 100% repairable / rebuildable. The Guide teeth are .5 inch tall, you think they should be taller? How much? Thanks for the input! Mark On Jun 13, 5:42 pm, Ben Holko <[email protected]> wrote: > Really good work Mark. As long as you use a material for the pins that is > very hard, it should be ok. An occasional bent pin can be replaced fairly > easily by the looks of things. For my M113 tracks I used 4mm high-tensile cap > screws. > > The guide teeth are not long enough IMHO, granted it's a prototype. > > Ben > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark_123522 > Sent: Monday, 14 June 2010 3:51 AM > To: R/C Tank Combat > Subject: [TANKS] Half Metal Tracks _ Pictures of the Prototype > > All: > > Here are pictures of my metal track (Generally patterened from M60 track). > I was looking to use aluminum for the tread segments, but for this prototype, > I used PVC plastic. > The segments are .25 X .75 long X 1.5 wide. It looks like the drive lug > spacing is too close, so I'll increase the tread length from .75 to 1 inch. > The pins for this prototype are brass, but stainless steel will be used later. > The pins are .125 inch, and will be held in place with tiny, .125" > retaining clips ($6 per 100) and a groove on each end of the pin. > The PVC is plenty strong, and rubber pads will glue well to PVC, also PVC is > a good bearing material. > The alternative is to use aluminum, and cut a slot to glue the rubber pad in. > > It looks like it will take about 1 hour per inch of track to build (I have > all manual machine tools). > It looks like it will cost about $.80 per inch of track. > > The track is guite flexable in two directions (forward flex and back flex), > but very rigid in all other directions. > > Design > drawing:http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/Track_Array4.jpg > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/HPIM0933.jpg > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/HPIM0935.jpg > > Very flexable:http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/HPIM0936.jpg > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/HPIM0939.jpg > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/HPIM0938.jpg > > Mark > > -- > 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- 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
