You could use the same suspension but have different drive sprockets, idler, and road wheels by using 2060 attachment chain. This would pretty much solve the "throwing a track" problem. You could also design the track plates to have a more "authentic look" and you could bundle the whole thing up as an "option" for an extra cost. Call it the Combat Gaming Track Option, to go with the Paintball Combat Gun Option. Actually, you could save yourself a ton of grief by simply making two distinct tanks. One for modelers and one for gamers (I hate that connotation, btw). Make your combat tank a little more spartan in add- on (read breakable) details that modelers slavishly apply to their creations. A paintball gun that has been dialed up to 240ft/sec or so, makes short work of plastic headlamps, open hatches, and at point blank range, has been known to remove an RC antenna block mount quite cleanly. Also give your customer<s> a stern lesson in Battery Care & Maintenance.
As Steve pointed out, we ask our toys to sometimes do the impossible. I had 3/4" Grade 8 bolts as road wheel axles and I bent them. Not just one but 4 out of 10. This was after bending 7/16, 1/2, 5/8 in the same application. I broke the bottom of my hull by hitting a pointy rock hidden in the grass, at full speed. 3/4", fiberglass reinforced, marine grade mahogany plywood and it didn't survive. Full speed was only 12kmph, pretty close to scale speed. Oh yeah, water-tight is a good thing. You know your customers are going to abuse them, I mean it's a tank. What fun is there in owning a tank if you cannot drive it, run over things, and shoot stuff with it? I think, for me, hell would be defined as having a 1/6th scale tank sitting on the shelf and being too afraid to drive or battle it cuz it's too pretty. Hey Steve, how many man-hours does it take to make a set of TTS tracks? It took me a horribly long time, but I made lots of mistakes. :-) Just my 2 cents. :-) Cheers, Fred -- -- 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.
