well, that would be the easy way, but i'm not mainly building this becouse i want to have it, but to learn. so i would like to do as much as possible on my own.
i need some basic info on how to join two shafts toghether, how to make fixed connection of shaft to the wheel, how connect a wheel so it can rotate on a shaft .... some suggestions would be nice, as to what works ok. drilling thru the shaft ? .... On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:09 PM, copperhead <martin.hels...@earthlink.net>wrote: > There are some manufactureers out there who make 1/24 scale tanks. > > I bought an M1 Abrams a while back. > > How about buying somethignlike that then take the turret and upper > chassis off and making your own? > > That will save you teh trouble of building the running gear and you > might be able to preseve the electronics as well. > > - Martin H > > On Dec 2, 10:55 am, whitney james <me1y...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1....-Hide > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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 > -- 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
