Frank, Well the reason I am looking into using roller chain is to allow it to match up with all the standard roller chain sprockets. I would be able to get any standard roller chain sprocket, tensioner or other product designed for roller chain cheaply and easily. You could use the roller chain calculators to determine correct sprocket spacing. Another key reason is that roller chain is mass produced which means that those parts are widely available and cheap. Up to this design the only custom part was the tread. So rather then getting several parts custom made I would only need to get one custom made.
The new horn plate is now a new custom part. But the geometry is fairly simple. I would only be a single part mold. If I can use two of those parts back to back to create a center horn, then I could use the same mold. I am looking at being able to make these in small batches myself, but mostly at trying to make them in bulk and sell to hobbyists. I know that you guys are focused on tank replicas and I would like the track to match those goals. But I am hoping that robotic hobbyists could also benefit from this design. So building tanks, tracked robots, RC lawn mowers, bomb disposal robots, and hopefully more. That is a little bit about my thought process that got me to this point. -- -- 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.
