Hello all, My name is Josh and I am a robotics engineer. I do a lot of medical robotics during the day and mess around with RC stuff for fun. I was thinking about building a RC lawn mower because I figured it would be more fun to build the robot then mow my lawn. Plus sitting in the shade with a beer while I drive a RC lawn mower around the yard sounds great. Anyway, stumbled onto this group when looking at the track options. This page was really helpful http://www.rctankcombat.com/articles/track-systems/ and I got an idea that I wanted to see what people thought of it.
I really liked the chain and bolt track idea. Using standard roller chain has a lot of advantages. Lots of sizes, strong, standard drive parts. But I did not like how all the load was on the chain and not the middle tread. Seems like you might not get much grip in some situations. So I started toying around with the idea of a custom tread, that you mounted to the roller chain. You could have various sizes, for different chain. Maybe even have different tread profiles to pick from. I 3d printed some parts to make prototypes and I ordered the materials to cast about 50-100 parts. I figured I would see what you guys thought. Maybe pick your brains. The final part would probably be injection molded. I do this kind of stuff at work so I have some contacts. Any comments welcome. The red ones match #35 chain and are 3" wide, the black match #40 chain and are 4" wide, and the white match #50 chain and are 5" wide. Maybe I am just missing something obvious since I have never build a tracked vehicle. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F-AICRT5vKw/VNUcpex0dwI/AAAAAAAABXQ/Agf-dmWoKGw/s1600/IMG_1531.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0E-GpLjPuIo/VNUcwIC17YI/AAAAAAAABXY/ygOh9-3_2dY/s1600/IMG_1533.JPG> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5aXoysSZli0/VNUcx3wP84I/AAAAAAAABXg/WjexKDXY3mg/s1600/IMG_1534.JPG> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-04dw5Sw0qPw/VNUdIw681lI/AAAAAAAABX4/sF6423Zs5W4/s1600/photo%2B1%2B%281%29.JPG> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-e4scRdxGU1w/VNUdABETwAI/AAAAAAAABXw/YMSAPuhD9Kk/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OOTIRKRmiLY/VNUc2u_MMbI/AAAAAAAABXo/PKV_lg2H1wU/s1600/photo%2B3%2B%281%29.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.
