i hear you. I think two thousand is the minimum, and as I'm pricing things for my first tank and looking at how it will go together I'm seeing even that might not be right--might need to bump it up a good bit. still while these are expensive, I think it should be easy to cut the costs a good bit. The two big expenses I see are the inards--electronics and such--and labor. Innards we cant do a whole lot with, but if i can build the robots i want, that is something i can save on.
I do like your shiny. what do plan on casting? Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:32:23 PM UTC-6, Loic atFOA wrote: > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--sWAP0eU6X0/UzSJp_pl15I/AAAAAAAAAJw/YDX50oI8QLU/s1600/Furnace+and+Spin+Caster.jpg> > The reasons tanks in this scale are expensive is because they are ROBOT - > including lots of working systems > > 1. Motorization 2. Suspension 3. Turret Rotation 4. Gun Elevation 5. > Paintball Marker 6. Paintball feed 7. Electronic System (ESC, mixers, > switches, fuse block, E-switch, ...) and in the case of optional FOA > systems 8. Coaxial Laser Pointer 9. Smoker 10. Sound System > > Many will want to pick and chose the systems they want, but the first 7 > items are required for a stable platform > > > There are other COSTS issues that are not often recognized by the new > people coming into this hobby > > 1. Many see the fun to build those tanks as a personal challenge to their > engineering skills. They do not factor the time they think through, design, > build, fail, re-build, and test. Cost of someone's OWN TIME is cheap to > that individual. > 2. RC Combat is not for the faint of heart! Those tanks are dealing with > much more challenges against the environment that one initially thought > possible. Most tanks that i have seen break down after years of service or > new to the hobby are self-inflicted: Marker solenoid failing, motor > burning, tracks failing, gears jammed. More systems in the tanks, more > probability of failure. > 3. Sixth Scale is NOT a proportional iteration of 1/16th scale or small > scales... > > I do not believe in the $1k tank. You get what you pay for. But somebody > at RC Tank Combat will prove me wrong because they are ingenious, > resourceful, and have access to the occasional ESC or powerful motor for a > dime. > > A business cannot survive on those terms. We need solid, reliable and > tested systems - at reasonable costs. We also need the right material. See > what FOA just purchased and installed in their warehouse! (see photo!) > > > -- -- 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.
