http://tankcombat.blogspot.com.au/ that is a tank I am building, there is a little bit of information there about steel fabrication.
I like steel as it is the easiest for me to work with as my shop is setup for steel fabrication. I honestly think the weight saved with aluminium is minimal, if compared to a well designed steel hull, obviously steel is heavy so try and use as little as possible! I have most of my parts laser cut, as it saves me a lot of time and increases accuracy. With that said, if you are willing to spend the time you could achieve the same result with an angle grinder, pedestal drill and mig welder. Other tools that aren't needed but would make it easier, a sheet metal guillotine, plasma cutter, oxy acetylene torch, linisher, bandsaw etc. Chris. b On Wednesday, 24 December 2014 02:31:18 UTC+10:30, j chilton wrote: > > Hi all, > I'm new to this hobby but I have experience in other similar ones (rc > planes mainly). I would like to build one of these tanks and I have read a > lot of the articles on how to build them, including the ones on the rc tank > combat website. I have one complication however, My only option for the > moment would be to build the tank out of metal and I cannot find any good > how to articles on that. Can any one offer any advice or anything else? > > > > Sincerely, > > James. > -- -- 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.
