Regarding the Cromwell "I'll sit on the flag so no one can take it" maneuver: Given the rare occurrence that Will and I had noticed that all of the enemy tanks were in home base for repairs or clean-up, we had to take matters in our own "hands" and move the dead Cromwell off the road!!
Regarding the M-60 catastrophic idler axle failure: So it is true that while the 3/8 axle was fine, the 1/2" square tube was not sufficient to hold back the tension on the arm from snapping the joint. It was most likely that during football, a semovente was pushing its weight around and caught the idler just right. This caused the right side from failing. Now for the rest of the news. It turns out that when I removed the treads from the left side, I was probably 5 minutes from experiencing a complete separation of the left tread. One of the inner treads covering the treadmill belt joint was missing which meant that a sequence of treads would have started popping off the track if it continued to run! Bottomline: I'll be rebuilding this winter! Now back to my mineral spring baths to sooth the 8 welts on my legs from being the human target yesterday!! On Oct 26, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Caleb Smith wrote: > Wow, that's quite the list. > Discovered that the cause of the meltdown was from the ESC's burning out. > I'll have to take a deeper look and see why so this doesn't happen again. > Thanks to John and Frank and everybody else that tried to help me get > running. Hopefully, the Quarter Pounder will return in the spring more > powerful than ever. :) > > Highlight of the day: When Steve drove over the flag to keep Paul from > getting it. Then Paul picking up and moving the Cromwell to get the flag. I > just wish I had some space on the memory card to catch it. > > > > > On Sunday, October 26, 2014 7:17:31 PM UTC-4, jvragu47 wrote: > They were out in force today. > > Navarone. not sure why -Out > > M-60 catastrophic idler axle failure- Out > > 25 Pounder - Servo elevate failure, then whole system meltdown - Out > > Semovente- temp screw snapped on road wheel assembly I believe- repaired > > PzII (mine) marker not recocking first time low voltage on 9 volt > -replaced > > sweaty paintballs chopped in barrel, and feed area , so > much sweat > > that the cooper feed tubes from the hopper had to be > cleaned out > > for the new ammo to roll freely > > reverse thread set screw worked loose and allowed > right drive > > to totally disengage. and the left had slightly > loosened -re tightened > > Hetzer- unsportsmanlike conduct from Cromwell- blindside block from > the > > rear broke the safety switch- replaced > > If the rest of you could add to the list please. Too many to keep track > off. > > > After the failure of my left motor at the Mullins farm, I used anti-seize > compound on the drive axles and the reverse set screws. Reason: Had to > destroy part of the motor to get it apart. Held up for 2 years and 12 > battles. Just have to remember to check them before each days battle now. > > > Highlight of the day: the new and improved BAZOOKA JOE.. Deadly, > especially so if a Frenchman is in command of a Tiger. LOL.. Well done, > both to the mechanical aspects Mike, and the aiming ability of David. > > -- > -- > 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.
