As soon as I have some extra money, I can start working on some stuff. I have a personal interest in micromanufacturing, and plan on making that my career--developing and improving methods to produce small quantities economically. This area is starting to receive more attention now that motion control and such have reached the point where even an individual can afford to buy and experiment. It "no longer takes a factory" to redo an old meme. This hobby is a good niche to work in on that, since it demands low price, but is also low volume.
I have a wooden tank in the works, but I'm not sure if I'll finish it, I have an aluminum design set up, but haven't made it yet. For that one what I was looking at for a turret ring was to take a solid piece of plastic and cut the hole and guide rails and such in it, as well as space for a gearbox and motor to setup. A matching ring, with a gear cut around it, would set inside and hook on. This might weigh more, and be somewhat costly, but I can make it on a CNC router, so it's not that much, and should be rather reliable. For handling, I've been looking at small trailers, and have thoughts in mind for a "recovery cart" adapted from a lawn cart with a winch and ramp to just pull up, winch the bad tank on, then return to the trailer. You can get a small four foot square trailer from Harbor Freight that is light enough to be pulled behind most cars, and again, set up properly it'd make things loads easier. You could probably spend more on all that stuff than the tank though. ;) -- 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
