great idea, Are you thinking of a WWI tank? I would love one. My suggestion is to add a machine gun. It is easy and cheap with an airsoft machinegun that costs 20 dollars. It would add an new level of action to our sport. I have used the airsoft guns in several ships that I have made. offer it as an add on.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Loren <kunkmies...@gmail.com> wrote: > Been considering crowd funding a cnc router, as part of setting up shop > for manufacturing large scale tanks. I'm looking for some more ideas for > incentives though, as it's going to be very expensive to get the shop and > machine set up, and I want a bit of variety. Here's what I have thus far: > > Metal/plastic tracks and sprockets. Per volume, aluminum and plastic are > actually pretty close in price from what I've seen so far, so I've been > inclined to just run with metal. It'll cost a few hundred for a set though. > > My own Super Simple Suspension System(will be in it's own post with a > report on my current tank project), and possibly a license built version of > that other one I've seen on here, that FOA sells. > > Turret rings. Lazy Susans are lacking in allowing easy connection between > turrets and hulls, I've been thinking of designs that would be tight enough > to integrate gearing for a motor, making the turret ring just a drop in > part, rather than a kludge for a home mHu.machine. > > Hulls of course. Cutting flat panels on a router isn't quite as cost > effective as a laser or water jet, but it's much easier (mostly cheaper) to > put angles on edges. Problem I see here is that WWII tanks are well > represented, and the modern tanks I'm going for first are a smaller market, > so I don't know how many people will be interested in this. > > Vacuformed shells. The ultimate goal is a ready tank with a plastic shell > over a welded aluminum frame. Half the point of the router is it can do > the fun angles needed to frame parts, especially long ones. It'll also be > used to make thermoforming molds though, and while a bit bulky, a shell to > put your own frame and guts in would be easy to ship parcel. > > Anything else you think I could/should put on the incentive list? > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
