Its not very scale like, but it is an advantage of my bicycle chain track that I can add or subtract a 1" pad anytime. Another disadvantage of the friction drive is that it slips a little when wet. Its better now that I can adjust the tension fairly tight, but it slips now and then when wet or when being stressed like driving over a log. Bill
--- On Wed, 11/9/11, Ryan W. <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ryan W. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TANKS] Track question To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 2:17 PM Well I did do the math, ( it left me short on rubber for track pads) but I've done two test fittings. Also my tank has more room to adjust ( in both directions). I'm starting to worry about the friction drive wheel. The thing is that if it starts slipping I will have to use the paddle wheel design. Ryan w. On Nov 9, 2011, at 7:43 AM, Mike Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: I would hold off on joining the ends until the track has around 5 treads left to put on. Although we think we know how many it should have, sometimes construction variances (or a mathmatical error) will change the actual length the tank needs. A test fitting with most of the treads on is the way to go before joining. As an example, SV05's tracks were joined without a test fitting on the tank. I relied on the math to be right. It was somewhat right, but it turned out that the tracks really needed to be one tread shorter for tensioning purposes. The tracks run a little loose and there is no more adjustment to take up the slack. T081's tracks were not joined until most of the track was already completed and test fit on the tank. After marking the actual length and joining the track, it came out the perfect length and didn't run out of tensionor adjustment. Mike From: Ryan W. <[email protected]> To: Tank Guys <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 9:33 PM Subject: [TANKS] Track question Before I start I will update on the progress. I have completed 38" of nearly 7 ft of track. Other than the fact that I might be a little short on rubber by inches( for track pads) everything is going well. Would it be advisable to join the two ends of the track together already. And I would just finish out the remaining track pads while its joined? Or could this cause problems? Ryan w. -- 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 -- 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
