I've examined one of these track links and the drive sprocket. The track itself looks great, but the plastic pin seems a bit fragile for the kind of heavy use the active guys give their gear; I'd replace it with a steel rod. As for the sprocket, it seemed to me to be a bit lightweight, the teeth looked like they could easily slip off the track under load, and the drive axle attachment would need serious beefing up to handle the torque required to drive a plywood- or metal- hulled tank.
This is not to disparage the FoA track and its sprocket; they're just built for less heavy-duty use than, say, the TTS treadmill tracks, and for a more scale-like appearance with a lighter, plastic-hulled tank. While I like the FoA tracks very much, and think they would do fine in light-duty use, they were just too expensive for my budget, and I'm building a TTS track. (Painfully slowly, 'tis true, but progress crawls forward.) -- Steve H On Dec 7, 5:30 pm, kacz72 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Does anyone have any experience with 1/6 tracks from Field of Armor? > Great Models is selling them for 1.30 per link with the track pin.I'm > thinking of a Jagdpanther but can't even begin trying to make them > myself for > this price! What are your thoughts? > > Can anyone recommend any other sources for reasonably priced tracks. > > Thanks James -- 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
