[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
Goodness how exciting , `secret societies` . We have such things in UK I believe, the `wobbly handshake committee` and such. We could start up our own inner circle .( only by now rather publicly ) I read you plan to visit the UK to battle some time in the future Chrys, You couldn’t be more welcome and I will have an asset of some sort ready for you when that happens. Pip pip Neil R - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
The model you linked to is an RC model of the civilian Hummer H2, Paul. That's why it doesn't look like a Hum-Vee :) I thought that 21st Century made an honest-to-gosh HMMWV model at some point. -- ___ / |O| \ Clark in Georgia ###===### USMC M60A1 ###===### KI4GYT ###### --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
Could be, Clark. 21st could have made one, I didn't find one anywhere on the 'net. I did find this one: http://www.ultimatesoldier.net/reviews/hum-review.html I doubt that it could be had for 50 bucks. In any case I haven't seen anything military in 1/6th scale in Wally-World since joining this group, unless you count weapons sets. The largest military vehicles I've seen in department stores have been in 1/24th scale. I'll keep watching. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Clark Ward Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's The model you linked to is an RC model of the civilian Hummer H2, Paul. That's why it doesn't look like a Hum-Vee :) I thought that 21st Century made an honest-to-gosh HMMWV model at some point. -- ___ / |O| \ Clark in Georgia ###===### USMC M60A1 ###===### KI4GYT ###### --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
I guess I was confused. I did get my (2) 21st Century HMMVWs from Wally World for $50 bucks each, but that was a couple of years ago. Original retail on them was $199, but they were drastically marked down. At the time, they had a whole pallet of them left after the holidays. I just couldn't pass that deal up. I got a lot of funny looks from people in the checkout line since I had two of them piled into one cart. I made sure I bought them on different frequencies so I could run both of them at once. One of them is still sealed in the box, the other has had some mods done to it. They aren't bad vehicles, but unkempt grass is about the limit of their capabilities and even then it bogs down. A lot of that is due to the hardish rubber on the tires. Just doesn't lend itself to good traction. I have modified the wheels slightly to get more traction by removing some plastic around the hub. It makes the tires squat better and therefore creates more surface area for the tires to grip off road. It does however make the Hummer a little less stable on tarmac. More powerful motors could help it to, but I think that would cause the gearboxes to break. Found this on Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Img_star-t.jpg I had to babysit one of these in Bosnia back in 1995. They were made by a company called California Microwave. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Paul Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could be, Clark. 21st could have made one, I didn't find one anywhere on the 'net. I did find this one: http://www.ultimatesoldier.net/reviews/hum-review.html I doubt that it could be had for 50 bucks. In any case I haven't seen anything military in 1/6th scale in Wally-World since joining this group, unless you count weapons sets. The largest military vehicles I've seen in department stores have been in 1/24th scale. I'll keep watching. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Clark Ward Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's The model you linked to is an RC model of the civilian Hummer H2, Paul. That's why it doesn't look like a Hum-Vee :) I thought that 21st Century made an honest-to-gosh HMMWV model at some point. -- ___ / |O| \ Clark in Georgia ###===### USMC M60A1 ###===### KI4GYT ###### --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
Nice humvee. Can't see much use for it in remote control cars unless you were to develop some overly complipointless sattelite control system though. On Dec 10, 3:42 pm, Derek Engelhaupt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I was confused. I did get my (2) 21st Century HMMVWs from Wally World for $50 bucks each, but that was a couple of years ago. Original retail on them was $199, but they were drastically marked down. At the time, they had a whole pallet of them left after the holidays. I just couldn't pass that deal up. I got a lot of funny looks from people in the checkout line since I had two of them piled into one cart. I made sure I bought them on different frequencies so I could run both of them at once. One of them is still sealed in the box, the other has had some mods done to it. They aren't bad vehicles, but unkempt grass is about the limit of their capabilities and even then it bogs down. A lot of that is due to the hardish rubber on the tires. Just doesn't lend itself to good traction. I have modified the wheels slightly to get more traction by removing some plastic around the hub. It makes the tires squat better and therefore creates more surface area for the tires to grip off road. It does however make the Hummer a little less stable on tarmac. More powerful motors could help it to, but I think that would cause the gearboxes to break. Found this on Wikipedia:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Img_star-t.jpg I had to babysit one of these in Bosnia back in 1995. They were made by a company called California Microwave. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Paul Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could be, Clark. 21st could have made one, I didn't find one anywhere on the 'net. I did find this one: http://www.ultimatesoldier.net/reviews/hum-review.html I doubt that it could be had for 50 bucks. In any case I haven't seen anything military in 1/6th scale in Wally-World since joining this group, unless you count weapons sets. The largest military vehicles I've seen in department stores have been in 1/24th scale. I'll keep watching. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Clark Ward Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's The model you linked to is an RC model of the civilian Hummer H2, Paul. That's why it doesn't look like a Hum-Vee :) I thought that 21st Century made an honest-to-gosh HMMWV model at some point. -- ___ / |O| \ Clark in Georgia ###===### USMC M60A1 ###===### KI4GYT ### ### --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
Now that would be cool if you could find that link. No offense here, just realized that some people were talking about the H2 at Wally World and not the actual military H1 like mine. Just clarifying it. I believe the Titan motors from the Traxxas trucks would bolt right up to my Hummers since they work on the Stuarts. The pinion would have to be moved over, but that's not a big deal. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Paul Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek, I didn't mean to cast doubt that you'd gotten your vehicles at Walmart. About four years ago, a friend of mine picked up one of those 1/9th scale Abrams for 20 bucks! I found a page once by a guy who formed his own military tread tires in 1/6th scale. I'll see if I can find it again. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Derek Engelhaupt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:42 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's I guess I was confused. I did get my (2) 21st Century HMMVWs from Wally World for $50 bucks each, but that was a couple of years ago. Original retail on them was $199, but they were drastically marked down. At the time, they had a whole pallet of them left after the holidays. I just couldn't pass that deal up. I got a lot of funny looks from people in the checkout line since I had two of them piled into one cart. I made sure I bought them on different frequencies so I could run both of them at once. One of them is still sealed in the box, the other has had some mods done to it. They aren't bad vehicles, but unkempt grass is about the limit of their capabilities and even then it bogs down. A lot of that is due to the hardish rubber on the tires. Just doesn't lend itself to good traction. I have modified the wheels slightly to get more traction by removing some plastic around the hub. It makes the tires squat better and therefore creates more surface area for the tires to grip off road. It does however make the Hummer a little less stable on tarmac. More powerful motors could help it to, but I think that would cause the gearboxes to break. Found this on Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Img_star-t.jpg I had to babysit one of these in Bosnia back in 1995. They were made by a company called California Microwave. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Paul Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could be, Clark. 21st could have made one, I didn't find one anywhere on the 'net. I did find this one: http://www.ultimatesoldier.net/reviews/hum-review.html I doubt that it could be had for 50 bucks. In any case I haven't seen anything military in 1/6th scale in Wally-World since joining this group, unless you count weapons sets. The largest military vehicles I've seen in department stores have been in 1/24th scale. I'll keep watching. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Clark Ward Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's The model you linked to is an RC model of the civilian Hummer H2, Paul. That's why it doesn't look like a Hum-Vee :) I thought that 21st Century made an honest-to-gosh HMMWV model at some point. -- ___ / |O| \ Clark in Georgia ###===### USMC M60A1 ###===### KI4GYT ###### --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
Here is another that I'd forgotten about: http://www.geocities.com/elf1564/rubber.html This is more like the method that I'd described. Sad, the pics seem to be missing. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Paul Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:40 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's I haven't fond that link yet! It was quite interesting. Thy guy drew the tire in cad, then went to the local college and asked them to create the part using a rapid prototyping machine. A mold was made from the prototype and the tire was vulcanized right onto an aluminum wheel. I'll keep looking. I did find this: http://www.oldweirdherald.com/scalestuff/onethreetwo/silicones/silicones.html Kind of simplistic, but simple ain't all bad! Paul H. - Original Message - From: Derek Engelhaupt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:32 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's Now that would be cool if you could find that link. No offense here, just realized that some people were talking about the H2 at Wally World and not the actual military H1 like mine. Just clarifying it. I believe the Titan motors from the Traxxas trucks would bolt right up to my Hummers since they work on the Stuarts. The pinion would have to be moved over, but that's not a big deal. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Paul Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek, I didn't mean to cast doubt that you'd gotten your vehicles at Walmart. About four years ago, a friend of mine picked up one of those 1/9th scale Abrams for 20 bucks! I found a page once by a guy who formed his own military tread tires in 1/6th scale. I'll see if I can find it again. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Derek Engelhaupt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:42 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's I guess I was confused. I did get my (2) 21st Century HMMVWs from Wally World for $50 bucks each, but that was a couple of years ago. Original retail on them was $199, but they were drastically marked down. At the time, they had a whole pallet of them left after the holidays. I just couldn't pass that deal up. I got a lot of funny looks from people in the checkout line since I had two of them piled into one cart. I made sure I bought them on different frequencies so I could run both of them at once. One of them is still sealed in the box, the other has had some mods done to it. They aren't bad vehicles, but unkempt grass is about the limit of their capabilities and even then it bogs down. A lot of that is due to the hardish rubber on the tires. Just doesn't lend itself to good traction. I have modified the wheels slightly to get more traction by removing some plastic around the hub. It makes the tires squat better and therefore creates more surface area for the tires to grip off road. It does however make the Hummer a little less stable on tarmac. More powerful motors could help it to, but I think that would cause the gearboxes to break. Found this on Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Img_star-t.jpg I had to babysit one of these in Bosnia back in 1995. They were made by a company called California Microwave. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Paul Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could be, Clark. 21st could have made one, I didn't find one anywhere on the 'net. I did find this one: http://www.ultimatesoldier.net/reviews/hum-review.html I doubt that it could be had for 50 bucks. In any case I haven't seen anything military in 1/6th scale in Wally-World since joining this group, unless you count weapons sets. The largest military vehicles I've seen in department stores have been in 1/24th scale. I'll keep watching. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Clark Ward Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's The model you linked to is an RC model of the civilian Hummer H2, Paul. That's why it doesn't look like a Hum-Vee :) I thought that 21st Century made an honest-to-gosh HMMWV model at some point. -- ___ / |O| \ Clark in Georgia ###===### USMC M60A1 ###===### KI4GYT ###### --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
Here is a link to a guy who was making tires, don't know what the status is now but you could send him an e-mail and ask. http://www.6tharmor.netfirms.com/Half-Trackindex.html The tire is at the bottom of this page. Bob *** If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman to hear him, IS HE STILL WRONG? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
Yeah, seen the half-track guy. Unfortunately half-track tires are about half the width of Hummer tires. Anyway, good link none the less. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is a link to a guy who was making tires, don't know what the status is now but you could send him an e-mail and ask. http://www.6tharmor.netfirms.com/Half-Trackindex.html The tire is at the bottom of this page. Bob *** If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman to hear him, IS HE STILL WRONG? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
The 21st Century HMWWV is no longer made but you can find examples on ebay. 4 wheel drive and a solid pair of rails make up the frame. I picked up a pair of broken ones to scavenge the axle/motor assemblies. They will be perfect for a 1/7 scale LAV-25 or similar multi-wheeled APC The motors are positioned horizintaly behind the axles so they might drag a bit when going over very uneven ground, but even at 12 volts, these things FLY. if anyone knows of a good 40 cal. paintball gun, there is enough room to fashion a turret to represent a 20mm or 30mm cannon that have been mounted on them. I think someone has submitted a hummer that mounts a turret that represents a tow launcher too. - Martin H On Dec 10, 4:00 pm, Derek Engelhaupt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, seen the half-track guy. Unfortunately half-track tires are about half the width of Hummer tires. Anyway, good link none the less. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is a link to a guy who was making tires, don't know what the status is now but you could send him an e-mail and ask. http://www.6tharmor.netfirms.com/Half-Trackindex.html The tire is at the bottom of this page. Bob *** If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman to hear him, IS HE STILL WRONG?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Interesting motor on Ebay
na, there are better scooter motors out there and would cost you less than that: 24vt 350watt - REVERSIBLE _Click here: Currie 350 W 24 volt Bike DC Electric Scooter Motor 24v - eBay (item 110321795610 end time Dec-14-08 08:46:34 PST)_ (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=110321795610fromMakeTrack=truessPageName=VIP:watc hlink:top:us) or 12vt 250watt _Click here: Currie 250W 24 VDC Bike Electric Scooter Motor GUAR Mtr - eBay (item 120344756149 end time Dec-14-08 08:46:36 PST)_ (http://cgi.ebay.com/Currie-250W-24-VDC-Bike-Electric-Scooter-Motor-GUAR-Mtr_W0QQitemZ120344756149QQcmd ZViewItemQQptZScooters?hash=item120344756149_trksid=p3286.c0.m14_trkparms=72 :1205|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50) come to think of it, i should order another set or two for spares (if he has any of them after new years) Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Interesting motor on Ebay
That is interesting. Due to it being a fan motor, I would check it for an internal ground. Mounting may also be an issue. Paul H. - Original Message - From: Derek Engelhaupt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:02 PM Subject: [TANKS] Interesting motor on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=260330496076ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 Looks like an EV Warrior, not sure how it would perform. Might be fun to play with. No association with the seller, yadda, yadda Derek --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
In a message dated 12/9/2008 1:49:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: t a bad price, I think I paid $50/piece for the two I got at Walmart on sale. Derek are they the big ones with the lights and stuff? Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
now is the one from walmart 4 wheel drive or 2? Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's
In a message dated 12/11/2008 1:11:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: are they the big ones with the lights and stuff? Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) never mind, i just got to reading all the emails on this and saw that it is the same one Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
