Um one question.... What's wrong with making tracks by hand with wood, rubber, or chain? I mean I hate the effort but it will pay off..... In time.
Ryan w. On Nov 2, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Mike Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > when I mentioned fiber filled, I was thinking of the plastic used in the > lower cost RC helicopters. The stuff is amazingly tough to stand up to > serious vibration and flying stresses. I've seen plastic heli's crash and > survive where a carbon frame heli would be destroyed. > > A tank hull would not be any more complex, perhaps even simpler than an RC > heli frame. > > Mike > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 6:27 PM > Subject: Re: [TANKS] track talk > > it would be very costly for the injection plastic for a hull due to the large > sizes and thickness of the panels. if anything, fiberglass hulls would be the > way to go. > > someone said something about possibly adding fiberglass to the tracks to make > them stronger, i don't think that is possible with injection plastic as the > plastic in it's liquid state isn't thin enough to properly flow through the > cloth and fill the plug properly. that and it if didn't work, they couldn't > just try to recycle the used plastic do to it now having a foreign matter in > it. > > at this point for the tracks, going the way Frank has done it is the most > practical way at this point. > > Doug, if you want any help or tips or anything, just give me a shout. too bad > i still wasn't further back east or i'd offer to stop by and help. > > I do have a small container of black tint/die. if you want, i'll look for a > small container and send you some to mix into your resin so you can make some > grayish tracks rather than white (at least i'm guessing what's in the > basement is still good, should be...). > > Chris, > Odyssey Slipways > -- > 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 > > > -- > 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 -- 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
