Chrys,
Thickness of the sheets- 1/8th inch or approx 3mm
Length - 27 inches or about 69cm
As for weight, have no idea. Need to get a new bathroom scale.
I can tell you this, it is light enough without batteries for me to
pick up the entire tank without much effort.
As to making it faster , not necessary. Speed is not a problem.
Even at 18 volts on the low speed it will still be fast . The track
and cog are so efficient and aggressive that there is not much loss of
power. An abundance of torque. Paul switched to the higher speed at
the last battle and smoked a motor.
John
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
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> ----- 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.
>
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