I believe I said the tracks might have issues staying on since they are similar to my design that I abandoned because they didn't stay on in high stress due to lack of the center guides. Even with the center guides, mine flexed too much side to side so they still came off the sprockets.
Derek On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Michael Butts <buttsakau...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I recall correctly, a while back he petitioned anyone building a tank > to help him out with testing. He never got much of a response. I told him I > would be happy to help but my timeline is pretty long and I'm still in the > planning stage. I have seen a successful metal hulled, suspended, and > roller chain tracked tank on YouTube. I believe it was a 1/10 scale > Leclerc. The fella drove it with him standing on top of it. And also had a > video (from a side mounted camera) showing the suspension articulation and > track movement while driving it around. Seemed pretty solid. I would say > that if he is committed to roller chain then he can make it work reliably. > I also believe that rc tank combat is not the only market he is aiming at. > Mike Butts > > > > Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2015, at 7:20 AM, TyngTech <steve...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Pretty website but has this track been tested with a 120lb tank neutral > turning in tall grass yet? Reason I ask is that without guide horns I > think this track will run off the drive sprocket (especially with a > suspended tank). The first gen tanks used chain tracks (with wood slats) > and slipping off the drive sprockets was the issue with them if I recall. > > ST > > On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 6:49:22 PM UTC-4, Joshua Updyke wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I posted a while back and you all were very helpful with details about >> how continuous track systems work. I wanted to share my progress. If anyone >> is interested you can check out the official website here: >> >> http://www.tankchain.com/shop/ >> >> and if you want to see the development blog you can see it here: >> https://hackaday.io/project/6106-modular-continuous-track-system >> >> There is some good information about casting rubber parts there that I >> think could help. >> >> Josh >> > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
