Yes, I do need to participate in a battle. All I've done so far is watch videos, study pictures, and dream.
Cheaper/easier. Yes. But also better. Refinements will continue in places where there are lots of battles, and new ideas will crop up all over. Hey, we're making model tanks. Model the systems inside it, too. I don't know how they work exactly, but you could probably more or less model a real tank turret rotate system. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Loren <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
