Bill: I think there are several people using plastic conveyor chain as track. I think that stuff is holding up. This style of track should hold up also? Is this an accurate compairison? How big are the pins in plastic conveyor track?
Mark On Jun 13, 2:38 pm, Bill Hamilton <billw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Don Shankin <dshan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought that 1/8" pins seems a little small as well, but then I thought > > about it, and in a completed track, whatever force is applied will be spread > > across all of the pins. Combine that with the shear strength of SS, AND the > > fact that there are multiple points where a shearing force is going to be > > applied to each pin (I count 3 per pin in this design), and I think it would > > probably be OK > > The force is spread across each pin in a track segment (well, each > shear point), but the pins in each segment see all of the force of the > drive train. Just as a chain is no stronger than its weakest link, a > track is no stronger than the weakest pin. > > -- > -Bill Hamilton -- 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
