Hehehe...Pete is jealous of your equipment... :) I'd be scared if he starts winking at you.
Derek On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Pete Arundel <[email protected]>wrote: > Oh shut up! I'm jealous enough of your equipment without you telling me > stuff like that! > > > On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 22:18:23 UTC+1, Grant Stonnell wrote: >> >> Hi >> I have done a little bit of stress testing to make sure it will hold up. >> at both ends of the travel the rack ether hits the casing or the spring >> comes under full compression, as well as that if you look closely at the >> pinion you will see it has little lumps on the side of the rounds, this is >> to stop the end of travel causing extra stress on the last tooth on each >> end. >> I have tested it with about 5-600 full movements but i have also done >> some testing with extream forces, eg i got a 6lb hammer and hit the crap >> out of the end of the trailing arms, this bent the trailing arms but the >> R&P teeth held up fine. :) >> At the end of the day if they do fail its only 1 min of cutting to make a >> new pinion out of 10mm Aluminium and about 2.3mins to make it from 10mm >> Stainless Steel or the like :) >> >> Grant >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 12:56:30 AM UTC+12, TyngTech wrote: >> >>> Grant, >>> >>> Impressive work on your Abrams and horizontal springing solution. Have >>> you had a chance to stress test the rack and pinion setup? I'd be >>> interested to see how well that first pinion tooth holds up after a couple >>> thousand cycles. >>> >>> Again, nice work. >>> >>> Steve Tyng >>> >>> >>> On Friday, June 29, 2012 2:30:08 AM UTC-4, Grant Stonnell wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi guys, have just found you and i am part way through a build so i >>>> thought i would put a link up to me project for your comments >>>> Havea look at >>>> http://spudnik1970.blogspot.**co.nz/<http://spudnik1970.blogspot.co.nz/> >>>> Any comments or ideas would be greatfully accepted. >>>> >>>> Grant >>>> >>> -- > 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
