Thanks Frank, I'm thinking of copying the structure of my driver sprocket shaft system for a replacement for my idler shaft sprocket system, would that work?
Or do you sample pictures for a idler system that used wheels instead of sprockets. Regards, Enzo On Jan 27, 11:00 pm, Frank Pittelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Dual chain tracks are *the* hardest to get working properly. The > original T001 tracks suffered from the same problems you're seeing and > were replaced by TTS tracks, which haven't been thrown in 10 years of > battling. Short of switching to TTS tracks, you should consider the > following issues: > > 1) Tension - You simply have too much slack in the track, which > increases the chance it will wander off the sprocket. Remove a link or > two, increase the road-wheel throw or move the idler axle further back. > > 2) Bolting each tread to the dual chains does *not* prevent the two > chains from becoming misaligned (one slightly in-front of the other when > looking at the links). Assuming the sprockets are aligned, when > mis-aligned chains reach the sprocket, one of the chains tries to pull > the other out of position. > > 3) With only single road-wheels between the chains, the chains are free > to wander sideways under load. You might have to add a inner or outer > set of road wheels to provide more lateral support. Sideways motion is > definitely a problem when turning, but if you're throwing a track when > starting or stopping, it's because the track is jumping "up" and off the > sprocket, which is covered by 1 & 2 above. > > 4) There's actually no need to use sprockets for the idler. Rather, you > could replace those sprockets by a simple set of wheels that roll on the > inside of the treads and chains. That would immediately cut in half the > probability of a track being thrown, because they can't be thrown from a > solid wheel. That allows you to focus your efforts on the drive sprockets. > > Frank P. > > On 1/27/2011 6:56 AM, Enzo Salas wrote: > > > > > My track goes off when there is an obstacle turning or going forward > > or backward. My shaft on my idler is moving up and down, maybe that's > > one of the reason? > > > These are the picture of my tracks: > > >http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m576/nzosalas/Tracks/Traaaa.jpg > >http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m576/nzosalas/Tracks/Traa.jpg > >http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m576/nzosalas/Tracks/Tra.jpg > > > Any suggestions? Anyone had the same problem like this? What have you > > done to solve it? -- 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
