Nice work, now you have me re-thinking my choice of going wood for my Tiger.
On Aug 25, 12:24 am, "Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos" <[email protected]> wrote: > Great. I am all up for all metal tanks. That;s the point, no? ALuminium > sheets can be sawn with a saw and they save you tons of space. > What is the overall length and weight of the tank and how thick are the > aluminium sheets? > > If you trust your tracks shift the motors to the fast gear however with 18 V > (12 + 6 in a row). This tank is light enough and you will be amazed with the > speed. > > Have fun! > > Chrys > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jvragu47" <[email protected]> > To: "R/C Tank Combat" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:38 AM > Subject: [TANKS] Re: T079 Designation > > > On Aug 23, 11:56 pm, "Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> JOhn, do you run the 18V drills on 12 Volt batteries????? > >> Is that efficient? Won;t that increase the amps? I did this once and kept > >> burning fuses before I touched the trottle. > >> Plenty of space in you hull. Gorgeous. > > >> Chrys > > > Actually Chrys it was running on 24 volts. Waaaayyyyy toooooo much > > power . Took off like a bucking bronco even with the batteries > > centered. We will be tweaking the power curve this weekend. Hopefully > > I'll have a few videos to post. > > > And Chrys, you do realize that you were the inspiration for making > > this size of tank. > > > John > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Frank Pittelli" <[email protected]> > >> To: "R/C Tank Combat" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:28 AM > >> Subject: [TANKS] T079 Designation > > >> >I am pleased to announce that John's Panzer II has been officially > >> >designated as T079 with construction photos and details at: > > >> >http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T079 > > >> > A couple more tweaks are needed to the drive system, but it rolled > >> > around > >> > under it's own power on Saturday, achieving a "rolling chassis" status. > >> > John has a month or so to arm it and get the turret working before the > >> > fall battle. > > >> > Frank P. > > >> > -- > >> > 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 > > > -- > > 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 > > -- 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
