I'm not sure why no vendors produce a 1/6th Abrams. I would love to have one. Maybe not even for battling, but just to have one. I would think that an Abrams made from laser cut panels would be fairly easy for the right person to design. A laser cut M113 would be child's play - all straight lines and a couple of simple angles.
Derek On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:00 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > I would LOVE to test some FOA combat products in late September. By that > time, I'm hoping to have the Panther, Tiger and Jagdpanther figured out! > But those tanks are "improvements" of static model into the RC, then > "Combat" design. As our initial tests show, there are weaknesses in the > plastic tracks and wheels to withstand the rough environment. I'm sure it > would be very frustrating for one of you to lose a track in the middle of a > battle. > > But we are also working on our "Modern Combat Vehicle" announced for this > summer. We are almost done in the design of the combat > tracks/wheels/sprocket system. It will use the MPSS3 (3rd generation MPSS) > suspension system, TTMS Motorization, TTRS Rotation system and the > announced gun elevation/trigger system. We are getting the hull cut next > week! That tank might be on the East Coast around that time... and then it > would be nice to test it in your combat environment. > > Not making any promise, but it is a definite possibility! > > Frank, thanks for the pointer on Joystick tuning. We will do that today > and test it.. and video it. I want to look at over-heating of the Talon ESC > or motors today as well, using the model for a full hour at speed in the > dirt field across the business. Fans are cheap and most likely needed on > those ESCs. I would be interested to know what type of "standard tests" you > would do when you bring a tank to combat readiness? > > Cheers from Sunny Utah, > Loic > > http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com > > -- > -- > 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.
