Hey Peter! Yup, I'm just starting a build myself (for the first time, so I'm BOUND to botch more than a few something's...) But I'm taking a much different route than most others here. As to the how-to's: you cant' beat simply looking through the various build writeups/pics on the website. If an idea about an RC combat tank hasn't been written up/tried/documented there, it's probably because it wasn't a very good idea. Either that, or there are some REALLY smart people out there who are keeping information to themselves.
My $0.02 anyway. Toodles! James > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:17:55 -0800 > Subject: [TANKS] some information needed .... > From: peter.pisl...@gmail.com > To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com > > hello. > > i will start building my own tank soon (1/18 or 1/24, not decided yet) > however i dont feel like i have sufficent knowledge (i never did any > mechanics before) .... > > so i'm asking here, for some links, book titles, quick hints, basicly > anything that can help me. > > here's my list of topics i would like to know more about : > > -- motors ? i saw everybody here's using big motors with a lot of > power (120W and more) > but your models are 1/6, so thats a LOT bigger. how could i like > calculate what torque would i need, what > rpm, for my tank. i currently have 2 stepper motors, with 50mN/m (i > think thats like 40inchlbs, not sure tho) > but they seem a little bit to small. > > -- drive shafts, coupling, connecting wheels. > basicly i have no idea how to do that. i know what i would need to > do in theory, but how exactly do you connect > another longer shaft on that small shaft of a dc motor ? (its too > small to drill thru or anything) ? how do > i connect non-powered wheels (the middle ones) so they can turn on > the saft, and how to connect the > powered wheels so they cant turn on the shaft ? all little things > like this, basicly some building manuals, tutorials, > books, anythings with pictures would come in handy. > > this is it for now. thank you a lot. > > -- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_4:092009 -- 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
