1) The most important selection criteria for your tank should be: Pick
the one that you think is cool. You'll be spending way more time
building and showing off your tank then you will be battling it. So,
despite the many past threads that talk about one "advantage" or
another, just build the one that you want to build.
2) It takes roughly the same amount of time to build virtually any tank
or tank destroyer. The amount of time depends way more on your building
skills, materials used and how nice you want things to be, then on the
type of vehicle being built. Size does matter, however. The smaller
the vehicle, the harder the build. So, stick to something in the 3 ft
range for your first vehicle. You can still pick any vehicle, just
scale it so that you have plenty of room to solve installation problems.
3) Power wheel motors (ie. kiddie car motors) are *not* a good choice
because they simply don't have enough power to move a tracked vehicle in
grass. For not much more money, you should buy a pair of scooter
motors. They provide plenty of power, they don't abuse batteries and
they'll last forever.
4) Yes, a Playstation wireless controller can be used with a C12C
controller to operate a tank, but you can also buy an inexpensive 2.4Ghz
R/C transmitter/receiver to operate the vehicle. But, don't worry about
the electronics until you have something to operate. All you need to
test things in the workshop is a couple of basic switches and/or relays
and some wire. Once the motors and tracks are working on the bench,
it's a simple matter to purchase and wire up motor controllers and radio
gear for remote control.
5) Fiberglass is plenty strong enough to withstand paintball hits. The
venerable T001 has been battled over a decade with a fiberglass hull and
turret with no signs of failure.
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