Looks good. Now if I only had that kind of skill or equipment at my disposal...I would be a danger to everyone around me...:)
Derek On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Grant Stonnell <[email protected]>wrote: > Hay Chris**** > > The turret on the Abram’s is huge, easily two thirds the size of the hull, > to see it on the base have a look at my blog ( > http://spudnik1970.blogspot.co.nz/) there’s a few pics of it being sized > up on the hull J**** > > ** ** > > The hole at the end was not needed, the unit is made of three layers, the > centre piece which the rack and pinion is all cut from 10mm Aluminium, then > the side plate that is closest to the hull is also 10mm, The spring is 28mm > diameter so it needed to be 15mm out from the hull so the spring would not > bind, from all my testing the 10mm centre is well strong enough to hold the > spring pressure and it also means there is not as much wastage of material > just to run up the side of the spring. Finally there is a 5-6mm mild steel > inner plate that allows for it to be tapped so the bolts can go from the > outside of the tank and thread into it and hold it against the side walls. > **** > > The small holes are for smaller bolts that allow you to hold the units > together before installation into the sidewall**** > > ** ** > > As you can see from this picture I am trying to use as much material as > possible without lots of wastage**** > > **** > > ** ** > > I will be looking at making these to size for people if wanted along with > also flat packs of the tank itself if there is interest, the down side is > shipping from way down here might make it not cost affective J**** > > ** ** > > Grant**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, 16 February 2013 7:07 p.m. > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [TANKS] Finally able to get back into it**** > > ** ** > > just started looking at your turret and it just looks monstrous sitting > there....... until you see the bottle of coke giving it a better sense of > size (still looks huge)**** > > **** > > on your suspension, why did you remove the mounting hole at the end of the > spring? i would have thought that would have been a necessity as it would > have help strength wise with the spring always applying pressure to that > end - looks cool! i think you should market it, making a few variations of > it (spring/tension/weight wise, nothing else) as i'm sure they would be > sold/bought**** > > **** > > Chris**** > > -- > -- > 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > **** > > -- > -- > 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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