Chris, To answer your questions:
first, how did the Talon's hold up? did they ever overheat or show any kind of problems? (and anyone that's also been using them) and how were you powering it/them? i see you have on the page you had 12 volt batteries but i didn't see if you were running 12 or 24 volt and what amperage First, T087 runs on 24V, x2 12V batteries in series. The Talon are directly powered to the batteries. No problems with the Talon SR. However, I did not check overheating after each combat. FYI, the outfit in Michigan who installed the control system blew my Sabertooth dual controller for the rotation/elevation motors. So they replaced it with two more Talon SR. They are located on the side hull. looking at the last picture on page 2 it looks like that tracks are showing a bit of wear all ready, about how much run time do you think they had by the time that picture was taken? T087 tracks are the standard FOA Static Tiger tracks. Amazingly, they held up like a champion! I have NEVER broken a link. Those tracks and pins are ABS injection molded plastic right here in Utah. I would not worry about the wear. The only part that wore are the "ice cleats". They are about 0.026" tall. There is 0.16" of plastic underneath them, across the entire track width - the surface ratio between cleats/track below cleats is 34! The wear most likely happened in Utah and Michigan, where the tank was tested on asphalt and concrete. I would not worry about wear in the woods. I ran the ABS Tiger prototype for about 6 miles. i do like the turret sprocket as well and would like to know more about it (mainly like that smaller geared motor vs the wiper motor and chain mine has). now it the geared motor on a tension spring to handle any off-set in the mounting of the ring gear? The turret has an ABS ring mounted on a standard 12" lazy Susan. The small pinion is also ABS, but is sandwiched between two laser-cut plates, fitting into the motor flattened shaft. The motor mount is spring loaded since the Tiger has a long barrel and we don't want to hit a tree at full speed! That ABS gear ring is being redesigned because the teeth have some play with the small pinion and create a slight hesitation on the rotation does that say Eastwood in there, as in automotive material? and what is that? at first i thought you had added some additional aluminum plating to the inside of the hull The Eastwood Thermo Coustic self-adhesive plates are used in the car industry to sound proof your vehicle. They have incredible ability to "kill vibration". FOA tanks are in metal. I can't stand a "rattling" tank. It should make some noise, but not like a rattlesnake!! Cheers from Utah Loic 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.
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