Over the last month or so I've upgraded, rebuilt, and strengthened several parts of the Quarter Pounder. I thought it advisable to disclose the changes to the possible enemy to reduce the possibility of having too much of an advantage over them.
Upgrade one: New barrel I during the last battle, I found the stock barrel to be accurate at close range, but longer range shots seemed to be sporadic. So after doing some homework I decided that a 32 Degrees Night Stick was a good choice. So far, no testing has taken place, but everywhere I read their accuracy is said to be up there with much higher end barrels. Upgrade two: New Actuator Not exactly an upgrade, more like a forced upgrade. The old actuator got fried, so I needed a replacement. Rebuild one: Elevate During the Quarter Pounder's quick build, I found that building the arms and lever for the elevate out of wood was the easiest choice. I was told that this setup should be replaced with either plastic or metal as the wood wouldn't hold up. Just recently I rebuilt everything with metal. Works very well and is plenty strong. <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lzXTxaDrllU/VDhq81pUi7I/AAAAAAAAAUc/W7piOlJJqYA/s1600/IMG_7937.JPG> Strengthen one: Rotate When originally built, the cog wheel used a carriage bolt to attach the wheel to a coupler which is attached to the motor. The square neck of the carriage bolt was started to rotate its way loose. To fix this, I took a large washer and filed a square hole in it for the bolt. I then drilled to hole on either side of the waster and bolted this to the cog wheel. Much better and should last a long time. <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XASsNDYPwnk/VDhtQOCl_QI/AAAAAAAAAUo/neurFYVCKNM/s1600/IMG_7963.JPG> Enjoy, C -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
