one of the first things about rc tanks is that most of them use 2 motors... it is very difficult for you to build a tranny with only 1 motor. The simple way unless you are a mechanical engineer is to use 2 motors... one for each side. and then you will need a speed controll to controll them. aka electronic speed controll. there are directions in the how to section from simple to complicated. you will also need to think about radios and recievers... the radio sends a signal to the reciever that is in your tank and then the reciever sends the signal to the speed controll then the speed controll sends the signal to you motors and makes them go..
right now, forget about the body... get a rolling chassis powered by electric motors. then make it move under its own power....get it to the point that you can go foward, back left and right on its own power. also get a reliable track system.. then the rest will fall into place you can ask anyone here.. it is all about trial and error. and you wont know if it works unless you try it. right now I don't have a tank built yet but I know of about 50 ways that don't work... it is about 50% money and 25% willpower to finish and 25% creativity... I know a couple of guys that tried to build one and gave up in less than a week... I have been working on mine for about 3 monthes now and just barely have a rolling chassis... it takes time and lots of trips to the hardware store and scrounging parts this is of course just my experience... (what little I have) this tank curse I have now has also led me to make my own cnc machine to make my own parts because I cant buy what I want On Dec 2, 11:26 am, Peter Pišljar <peter.pisl...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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....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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. 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