Hi Jeremy, I don't know much about this type of suspension, but I think you would divide the weight of the tank by the number of torsion bars to find out the weight going on each bar not the number of wheels. As well I think that the final weight of the tiger will be heavier than you think. The batteries to run a tiger are going to be heavy. Anyway keep us posted I would like to use this suspension type in a future build, just waiting for everyone else to work out the kinks ; ) Greg
On Aug 9, 10:16 pm, Jeremy Caylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all! I've been lurking on the site for about 3 years now and had > started a Tiger 1 about 2 years back but it had to be put on hiatus > because of money issues. I doubt anyone will remember, but I posted > some pics of the build on the mailing list a while back. Anyways, I > just recently got back into it and decided that I am going to start > working on it again. I've been playing with many suspension ideas and > I saw for the #SV015, it has a very simple torsion-type suspension, > pretty much what I want for my Tiger. Now my question is, what > thickness of piano wire steel do you think I should use to support the > heavier Tiger? I'm using 3/4" ply all around for the chassis and it's > going to be pretty heavy... I'm guessing around 100-120lbs once its > done. So that divided by 16 road wheels equals roughly 7.5lbs that > each wheel will have to support. Any advice? I'm guessing about the > same thickness of wire (5/32) used for the SV015, seeing as how it has > a third less wheels to spread the weight out. I ship out for boot camp > on the 21st of Sept, so the tank may have to sit during my time in the > Corps, but I'm just trying to get a little more done on it. Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
