I would say that a "stripped" kit (minus detail parts) that included the upper and lower hulls, turret, road wheels, and suspension would be pretty ideal. For the suspension, I would love a functional torsion bar type system that can hold the weight of our tanks. Options could be either scale tracks or "combat" tracks (table top chain or Intralox type tracks like Joe's) using some easily obtained (cheap) drive sprockets. Our hobby is all about the cheap. If it's too expensive, most of us will just build it ourselves. My KV-2 tracks will outlast the tank by a long shot. They are model 1864K4.5 from Rexnord. They use a standard 60P sprocket. I have yet to see it throw a track. JMHO...
Derek On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Frank Pittelli <[email protected]>wrote: > At our scale and power, when running over various types of terrain, > including tall grass, dirt, tree roots, rocks, gravel and mud, we've > learned that tracks with a solid face work best. That is, the track should > be a "plate" (with or without traction grooves/ridges) that prevents stuff > from getting caught. Otherwise, the track will dig into the ground too > much, making it harder to turn and/or jamming/throwing the track. > > As Joe pointed out, we've also learned that a taller, thicker guide tooth > helps to prevent throwing tracks in rough terrain. > > Finally, given the sheer abuse we put on vehicles, the track links > themselves (where the pin goes through) need to be thick enough to take the > abuse. If I recall properly (Joe can tell for sure), the Hetzer (which has > been running on plastic tracks for 10 years in heavy battling) has never > broken a track link. So, if you use similar dimensions (or slightly > larger) for your pin/link assembly, with a solid plate design and > taller/beefier tooth, then you should have the necessary robustness for our > hobby. Joe can give you the diameter of the link through which the pin > goes on his tracks. > > > On 3/7/2013 10:51 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> FINALLY "Tracks": I will not make much comment here because I do NOT >> know the survivability of FOA tracks. Our tracks are made of ABS >> plastic. >> > > -- > -- > 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 > rctankcombat+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<rctankcombat%[email protected]> > Visit the group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/rctankcombat<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 > rctankcombat+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<rctankcombat%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<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.
