Heres an idea ; try the motor from a battery powered lawn mower... those can be very powerful and are rated for continuous duty On 2014-03-10 2:07 PM, "~D" <[email protected]> wrote:
> i know how they turn XD being blunt is fine though,i looked at the system > you use,but i had originally drawn up the plays for this as a 2:5 scale > ride on powered by a lawnmower engine,i just wanted to make a paintball > tank also,so the plans merged into one,double diff steering is how alot of > ww2 tanks operated, i hate to be blunt,but do you have any idea how a > differential works? i can explain it,well i already did,just read all the > comments for the tread,its in there somewhere,just keep in mind i intend to > make this gas powered after i retire it from paintball. > > On Monday, March 10, 2014 12:34:39 PM UTC-4, TyngTech wrote: >> >> D, >> >> I hate to be blunt here, but do you have any idea how a tracked vehicles >> turn? It's called differential steering in that one track will spin at a >> different rate than the other which causes the tank to turn one way or the >> other. In our hobby, this is accomplished by two equally powerful motors, >> one each powering a track (usually through a gear reduction system of some >> kind). The motors are are controlled by some form of ESC arrangement and >> mixing circuit. Have you reviewed the various build threads at >> http://www.rctankcombat.com to see how others have built their tanks? >> >> Steve Tyng >> >> >> >> On Sunday, March 9, 2014 10:57:48 PM UTC-4, ~D wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> ya i know of the one that survived,that musium is like heavon for me XD >>> its got so many cool prototypes,maus,ELC AMX,amx 50,obj 416,obj 704 just to >>> name a few! >>>> >>>> ok ill see what i can find,the wat the transmission works though is >>> one motor does all the forward/reverse work ans another does all the >>> turning,so the main drive motor needs to be more powerful than the steering >>> motor right? >>> lol i didnt know about the burning down during trials,thats just sad X( >>> but hey,its a block of metal,gotta try pretty hard to make it work at all =) >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XvUFH7PkbZY/Ux0qExlfAwI/AAAAAAAAALU/EJoiqaRl-gs/s1600/subtractor2.jpg> >>> >>> -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- -- 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/d/optout.
