It looks fantastic , but I`ve never seen one in use ,I wonder how quickly the cones would wear out as it must have a small point of contact. worth investigating further me thinks.
Neil R On Feb 2, 4:47 am, BF <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > After a long hiatus from the tank project, I'm back at it. Since I > spend most of the week 2 1/2 hours from home (where the shop is), I > have WAY too much time to think, plan and plot... probably a bad > thing. Anyway, has anyone investigated the possibility of using a > scaled-down Transaxle Automatic Transmission (TAT) as a transmission > system in a tank? Apparently they were used in the 1970s VW Beetle, so > the concept is sound. I found out about them > herehttp://www.vintageprojects.com/go-kart/pdf/six-wheeler.pdfand did a > little more digging. I found this comment on it over at 6x6world > forums: "I think you're talking about a Dixon ZTR lawn mower Z-drive > transaxle. 2 cone cltuches, the more you press on the sitcks, the > farther down on the cone the disc rides + higher ratio. Instant > reverse." It would allow the use of one motor in a tank, and > possibly allow the steering to be more mechanical than electronic. > Being more comfortable with mechanical things than electrical things, > I like that. Machining a small one wouldn't be too hard, and the above > comment seems to hold out the possibility of stealing (umm, > borrowing?) one from the right sort of mower for a larger tank. > > I don't know if it is a good idea, but I don't know that it's a bad > idea either. Input? Thoughts? Howls of derision? > > Brian "Stop me before I think again" Fannon -- 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
