Good choice, with the 75 mm gun on it and real, pneumatic or semi-pneumatic 20 cm diam. wheels. http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2009032415393501&item=1-2686&catna me=wheels
Keep it below 20 kgrs and should be able to run it very nicely with two 18 volt drills. Wheeled vehicles are much cheaper and less time consuming to build and with a rotating turret they should battle fine . On the other hand their steering system is harder to build, because they require delicate parts and monster servos that you may damage if you hit a rock or anything rigid. With a tank you have teh traction on tall grass but also the illusion that you steer *simply* by switching off power to one of the tracks.... Chrys ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Engelhaupt" <tan...@gmail.com> To: <rctankcombat@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:10 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Daimler tests > > Nice! I like that it looks the part. Videos like that make me want > to build an AEC MkIII: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEC_Armoured_Car > > Derek > T065 > > 2009/3/24 Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos <xchr...@otenet.gr>: > > National Holiday here today and the Daimler was tested. The upper hull and > > turret are only painted with a Khaki primer. IT's kind of oversized for a > > 1:6th, and I doubt she'll ever be armed with a 0.40 marker, really, but the > > test results are as follows: 12 Kgrs heavy, 25 cm diam. wheels, two 18 V > > 960 DeWalt drills, plenty of torque and speed about 20 kms/h. Note that this > > grass is kind of slippery and still traction is perfect. WIth the 1:6th > > scale, 20 cm diam, wheels you'd have monster torque and the battling speed > > you need (though this can be adjusted on digital RCs). > > Enjoy! The desert Rat blends nicely with the landscape. > > http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s30/ChrysKane/DAIMLER%201%206TH/?action=v iew¤t=P3240220.flv > > http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s30/ChrysKane/DAIMLER%201%206TH/?action=v iew¤t=P3240221.flv > > > > more videos, with drfits, later. > > Chrys > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 3434 (20080911) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
