and here's another vid of some slope climbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo
On Jun 14, 5:45 pm, Modena <b...@holnet.net> wrote: > Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each > side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track > throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the > ground....needless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. > > Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your > build pages, your track pads are "a little bit loose" on the chain > attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I > am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain > running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a > crucial bit of "give" in my system which meant it couldn't cope, > anyway it seems to be running ok now. > > Ben > > On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modena <b...@holnet.net> wrote: > > > > > well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I > > am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is > > just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know > > what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had > > problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, > > here is a vid of some further field trials: > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 > > > I also bought a "smoker" fogger unit, the type that makes "smoke" from > > an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it > > has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, > > and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested > > in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 > > > here is the "smoker" test vid: > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM > > > On May 24, 8:34 pm, "Sgt.A.Johnson" > > > <callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could > > > hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create > > > your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let > > > alone combat though. > > > > On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittelli <frank.pitte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Modenawrote: > > > > > FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower > > > > > Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony > > > > > gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've > > > > > seen. > > > > > I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and > > > > the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a > > > > wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I > > > > haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is > > > > usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as > > > > good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so > > > > perhaps that's why. > > > > > Frank P. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
