Heck I bent 3/4". The Bulldog had two 48ahr SLA's that weighed about 37 pounds each. Run all afternoon without a recharge. :-)
The Bulldog's fighting weight was pretty close to 220lbs. Running into things either broke the tank or the thing it hit. On Apr 14, 10:02 am, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow Fred, you bent 5/8" axles? I've been using 1/2" axles and the only > time I've bent them is when the tank was supporting close to 300lbs (me > sitting on it). > > Derek > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Fred Thomson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 athttp://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, visithttps://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.
