[TANKS] Re: its about time I got off my butt and started my building again

2009-01-25 Thread Modena

Good stuff Pete, looking forward to battling :)

On Jan 26, 11:02 am, "Chris. b"  wrote:
> Looking good, the more aussie tankers the better!
>
> Chris. b
>
> On Jan 25, 7:47 pm, Pete Curran  wrote:
>
> > Yes it has been a couple of years since I last did some work on my
> > tanks, so I pulled out the S tank, welder and some steel and got back
> > to work.
> > I have changed my plans (2 years will do that) and will build a steel
> > frame inside the tank to mount the suspension and motors too.
>
> >http://s720.photobucket.com/albums/ww206/McRunBeck/tanks/
>
> > Pete (under construction) Curran
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[TANKS] Re: its about time I got off my butt and started my building again

2009-01-25 Thread Chris. b

Looking good, the more aussie tankers the better!

Chris. b

On Jan 25, 7:47 pm, Pete Curran  wrote:
> Yes it has been a couple of years since I last did some work on my
> tanks, so I pulled out the S tank, welder and some steel and got back
> to work.
> I have changed my plans (2 years will do that) and will build a steel
> frame inside the tank to mount the suspension and motors too.
>
> http://s720.photobucket.com/albums/ww206/McRunBeck/tanks/
>
> Pete (under construction) Curran
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[TANKS] Re: about time I got off my butt and started working on my tanks again

2009-01-25 Thread Thomas Lum
What kind of mounts are you going to use for the motors?  They look  
pretty big and pre-geared.  Any specs?
Tom

On Jan 25, 2009, at 4:39 AM, Pete Curran wrote:

>
> Yes it has been a couple of years since I last did some work on my  
> tanks, so I pulled out the S tank, welder and some steel and got  
> back to work.
> I have changed my plans (2 years will do that) and will build a  
> steel frame inside the tank to mount the suspension and motors too.
>
> http://s720.photobucket.com/albums/ww206/McRunBeck/tanks/
>
> Pete (under construction) Curran
>
> >


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[TANKS] about time I got off my butt and started working on my tanks again

2009-01-25 Thread Pete Curran
 

Yes it has been a couple of years since I last did some work on my tanks, so
I pulled out the S tank, welder and some steel and got back to work.

I have changed my plans (2 years will do that) and will build a steel frame
inside the tank to mount the suspension and motors too.

 

http://s720.photobucket.com/albums/ww206/McRunBeck/tanks/

 

Pete (under construction) Curran


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[TANKS] Re: control arms/horns

2009-01-25 Thread OdysseySlipways
don't know, doesn't seem to list anything, i'll be emailing them in a sec  to 
find out
 
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[TANKS] Re: control arms/horns

2009-01-25 Thread Thomas Lum
What size shaft/wire does it mount to?

On Jan 25, 2009, at 3:39 PM, odysseyslipw...@aol.com wrote:

> ah, the search is over. someone at one of the sci-fi sites i  
> frequent found the exact part
>
> Click here: Dubro Long Steering Arm
>
> i'll have to see how i missed it
>
> Chris,
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[TANKS] Re: control arms/horns

2009-01-25 Thread OdysseySlipways
ah, the search is over. someone at one of the sci-fi sites i frequent found  
the exact part
 
_Click  here: Dubro Long Steering Arm_ 
(http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXD849&P=7)  
 
i'll have to see how i missed it
 
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[TANKS] Re: control arms/horns

2009-01-25 Thread OdysseySlipways
sorry, not the same thing, can't really secure them to a rod to make it  turn
 
this is a listing for one very close to what i am looking for.  the one i am 
looking for (if they are still made) have about 4 holes 
_http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260314361836_
 
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=26031436183
6)  
 
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There are control horns as  well...
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0095p?FVPROFIL=&FVSEARCH=control+horN+
+&search=Go

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[TANKS] Re: Tracks are turning!

2009-01-25 Thread Xirus

Very cool vid, I like your tank. What pitch # roller chain is that and
how much do each of your tracks weigh? I will be doing the same setup
it looks like. I was at Princess Auto and picked up 18 8" lawn mower
wheels. So the bottom half of my Tiger II will look like a Tiger I
which is ok I suppose.

Will be getting roller chain in a couple of weeks and some mild steel
to make my track pads out of. Just need to finish my suspension and
drive train.

On Jan 25, 7:07 am, NavyShooter  wrote:
> Xirus,
>
> I'm based on the east coast (Halifax area) and don't really use MSN at
> all.  (Not enough hours in the day for everything)
>
> Drop me a line at my e-mail above and we can chat that way.
>
> Brad
>
> On Jan 24, 11:36 pm, Xirus  wrote:
>
> > Email and MSN is m_pa...@hotmail.com
>
> > On Jan 24, 5:07 pm, NavyShooter  wrote:
>
> > >http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat/web/Both%20Tracks.wmv
>
> > > There's the video of my tracks spinning away under power for the first
> > > time!
>
> > > Woohoo!
>
> > > I've started adding wood to the hull as sheathing.  I've got the first
> > > panel installed on the bottom, with more to follow.  Life is good!- Hide 
> > > quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
>
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[TANKS] Re: It lives, Dr Frankenstein! It lives!

2009-01-25 Thread HV

I think a true walking machine for outdoor terrain might require
something bigger than a 1/6 human, something like a 1/6 ÜBERSCHWERER
KAMPFSCHREITPANZER that was linked to in the thread about the Church
Tank.
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[TANKS] Re: It lives, Dr Frankenstein! It lives!

2009-01-25 Thread callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com

I hate exams. I got a level 2 in my French sats. and that was with a
lot of revision.

I like the idea of remote controlled infantry. one of my mates managed
to make a walking robot with £20. it was only 10-20cms tall and he had
to cut one of the gears to connect the legs t the motor by hand. The
gear broke and he didn't bother buying one simply because it could
only walk in a straight line.

On Jan 25, 10:26 am, Chris Malton  wrote:

>
> Chris "I want to get building again, but these damned exams are in the
> way!" M
>

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[TANKS] Re: Tracks are turning!

2009-01-25 Thread NavyShooter

Xirus,

I'm based on the east coast (Halifax area) and don't really use MSN at
all.  (Not enough hours in the day for everything)

Drop me a line at my e-mail above and we can chat that way.

Brad


On Jan 24, 11:36 pm, Xirus  wrote:
> Email and MSN is m_pa...@hotmail.com
>
> On Jan 24, 5:07 pm, NavyShooter  wrote:
>
>
>
> >http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat/web/Both%20Tracks.wmv
>
> > There's the video of my tracks spinning away under power for the first
> > time!
>
> > Woohoo!
>
> > I've started adding wood to the hull as sheathing.  I've got the first
> > panel installed on the bottom, with more to follow.  Life is good!- Hide 
> > quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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[TANKS] Re: control arms/horns

2009-01-25 Thread Thomas Lum

There are control horns as well...
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0095p?FVPROFIL=&FVSEARCH=control+horN++&search=Go

On Jan 25, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Tom Lum wrote:

>
> Do you mean servo arms or servo horns?
> Tom
>
> On Jan 25, 2:11 am, odysseyslipw...@aol.com wrote:
>> i thought they were call control arms or control horns, but after  
>> searching
>> places like Hobby Lobby and Tower Hobbys, i am starting to think  
>> they may have
>>  just change the name of the part.
>>
>> it's the part one would use on a rudder of a boat or for steering  
>> the nose
>> wheel of a plane. i recall them as being nylon with a brass sleeve  
>> and a short
>> screw in the side to hold it in place and have between 2 to 5 holes  
>> in it to
>> attach your cable or rod to.
>>
>> I looked under plane parts as well as boat parts.
>>
>> what i did see was a few, short arms made of all metal. if they had  
>> longer
>> arms and more holes, they would be ideal/prefect, but not quite up  
>> to what i
>> need from them.
>>
>> any ideas where i can find some?
>>
>> I even was looking in Du-bro site, but wasn't having much luck there
>>
>> Chris,
>> _Odyssey  Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html 
>> )
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>> just 2 easy
>> steps!
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[TANKS] Re: control arms/horns

2009-01-25 Thread Tom Lum

Do you mean servo arms or servo horns?
Tom

On Jan 25, 2:11 am, odysseyslipw...@aol.com wrote:
> i thought they were call control arms or control horns, but after searching  
> places like Hobby Lobby and Tower Hobbys, i am starting to think they may have
>  just change the name of the part.
>
> it's the part one would use on a rudder of a boat or for steering the nose  
> wheel of a plane. i recall them as being nylon with a brass sleeve and a 
> short  
> screw in the side to hold it in place and have between 2 to 5 holes in it to  
> attach your cable or rod to.
>
> I looked under plane parts as well as boat parts.
>
> what i did see was a few, short arms made of all metal. if they had longer  
> arms and more holes, they would be ideal/prefect, but not quite up to what i  
> need from them.
>
> any ideas where i can find some?
>
> I even was looking in Du-bro site, but wasn't having much luck there
>
> Chris,
> _Odyssey  Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html)
> **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy
> steps!
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[TANKS] Re: It lives, Dr Frankenstein! It lives!

2009-01-25 Thread Chris Malton

Phil,
AMAZING!  Great idea on those keyfobs.  I'd love to see how they 
perform.  I've got enough to worry about before I can go spending on 
that (namely T027, and FA006, which have already cost me enough!).  I'm 
hooked though, so what does it matter.  Can't wait to see these in action.

By the way, is that your new tank shed?  If so, well done on finishing 
that.  I get the impression you've got a lot of *half* finished projects 
(so have I mind you).  Time to finish them, I guess!

Well done, I look forward to seeing what else you have to offer.  P.S. 
Did hot glue solve the castle's "self-dismantling" issue?  If so, I'd 
like to take credit for that.

Chris "I want to get building again, but these damned exams are in the 
way!" M

Phil wrote:
> It lives!
> 
> At last I can reveal my secret project for the winter: radio-
> controlled infantry!
> 
> http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/SV202839.jpg
> 
> Older members will recall that I spent some time trying to get this
> working a year or so ago.
> 
> THE DREAM
> My original concept was this: A half-track would rumble up; 4
> infantrymen would debus from the back, and march (yes, march as in
> walking) to attack an enemy tank. 2 or 3 of the chaps might be shot,
> but 1 or 2 would get through to beat up the enemy. Yeh, right.
> 
> I spent some time trying to get a walking robot to work, and I got as
> far as this:http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/
> Robot1001.jpg This would walk- just about- if you held it up so as not
> to put any weight on it, and might be developed into something that
> might work- just- on a nice flat table. However, working on a bumpy
> field, and in conjunction with heavy radio-controlled tanks which
> might occasionally bump into it, was clearly going to be impossible.
> 
> I found a walking figure for £600, but I it looked fairly fragile. Not
> the thing with Neil’s “challenged” driving skills anyway. Oh, here’s a
> silly picture:
> 
> http://www.robothut.robotnut.com/atomicbat.html
> 
> Not entirely suitable.
> 
> I tried various layouts for soldiers with wheels instead of legs, or
> even tracks, but nothing that didn’t look, as my wife put it, “like a
> tank with a head stuck on top”.
> 
> I then went on to building tanks, but still pondered on infantry…
> 
> ON THE ROLE OF INFANTRY ON THE RADIO-CONTROLLED BATTLEFIELD
> On a real battlefield, infantry have always been able to attack and
> destroy tanks. A rifle bullet inside a tank will ping around until it
> hits something sticky. An anti-tank rifle, bazooka, panzerfaust or RPG
> can attack it through armour. In WWII a Japanese officer leapt out of
> the jungle, jumped on a tank and got the commander and gunner with his
> katana. He was poking around inside for the radio operator when the
> latter shot him (My father was a tank radio operator in Burma, and
> told me the story- it wasn’t him though).
> 
> From the point of view of a tank crew, infantry are virtually
> invisible when hiding on cover; easy to kill when moving; and
> dangerous when close. From the point of view of rc tank combat, that
> translates as equivalent to a self-operating mine- a stationery single-
> shot weapon with a degree of aiming- as envisaged in the rules.
> 
> Trouble is though, I’m not interested in stationery things. I want it
> to move. The one thing I didn’t want was to have a figure standing on
> a powered base, like a wargames figure.
> 
> The figure
> OK as you can see I went with a powered base. The motors are these :
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=43357&DOY=23m1#specifi
> motors- the 30:1 ones similar to those we usually use for traversing
> and suchlike- and the batteries will be 8 x 1.5 V 2,300 mAh
> rechargeables. These are stacked inside the figures legs- in later
> models I might try to get them under the base, which will increase
> stability (and appearance) at the expense of ground clearance.  I
> considered having a separate 12V mini-battery for the radio, but
> haven’t at the moment.
> 
> ON RADIO CONTROL
> I went for these key-fob transmitters: 
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=30323&doy=22m3
> You’re probably wondering why I didn’t go for a straightforward rc
> unit using servos (adapted for continuous movement) for power. The
> point is that I don’t see infantry on the RC battlefield as just tiny
> slow single-shot tanks. To put it another way, I don’t want to play
> with one soldier, but a whole army (well, say, 2 or 4) bwahahah! OK
> sorry about that but with these controllers- which are coded- I can
> have 4 separately controlled figures each with a separate controller,
> and a 5th master controlled keyed to all 4 so that I can control them
> separately or together (SQAUD left turn!) This was 1 or 2 can get shot
> but the rest can carry on. A little- just a little- like real life.
> 
> WEAPONS SYSTEM
> My first thought was a spring-loaded bazooka. Springs are much less
> trouble than compressed air

[TANKS] its about time I got off my butt and started my building again

2009-01-25 Thread Pete Curran

Yes it has been a couple of years since I last did some work on my
tanks, so I pulled out the S tank, welder and some steel and got back
to work.
I have changed my plans (2 years will do that) and will build a steel
frame inside the tank to mount the suspension and motors too.

http://s720.photobucket.com/albums/ww206/McRunBeck/tanks/

Pete (under construction) Curran

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[TANKS] It lives, Dr Frankenstein! It lives!

2009-01-25 Thread Phil

It lives!

At last I can reveal my secret project for the winter: radio-
controlled infantry!

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/SV202839.jpg

Older members will recall that I spent some time trying to get this
working a year or so ago.

THE DREAM
My original concept was this: A half-track would rumble up; 4
infantrymen would debus from the back, and march (yes, march as in
walking) to attack an enemy tank. 2 or 3 of the chaps might be shot,
but 1 or 2 would get through to beat up the enemy. Yeh, right.

I spent some time trying to get a walking robot to work, and I got as
far as this:http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff13/sasquevaneach/
Robot1001.jpg This would walk- just about- if you held it up so as not
to put any weight on it, and might be developed into something that
might work- just- on a nice flat table. However, working on a bumpy
field, and in conjunction with heavy radio-controlled tanks which
might occasionally bump into it, was clearly going to be impossible.

I found a walking figure for £600, but I it looked fairly fragile. Not
the thing with Neil’s “challenged” driving skills anyway. Oh, here’s a
silly picture:

http://www.robothut.robotnut.com/atomicbat.html

Not entirely suitable.

I tried various layouts for soldiers with wheels instead of legs, or
even tracks, but nothing that didn’t look, as my wife put it, “like a
tank with a head stuck on top”.

I then went on to building tanks, but still pondered on infantry…

ON THE ROLE OF INFANTRY ON THE RADIO-CONTROLLED BATTLEFIELD
On a real battlefield, infantry have always been able to attack and
destroy tanks. A rifle bullet inside a tank will ping around until it
hits something sticky. An anti-tank rifle, bazooka, panzerfaust or RPG
can attack it through armour. In WWII a Japanese officer leapt out of
the jungle, jumped on a tank and got the commander and gunner with his
katana. He was poking around inside for the radio operator when the
latter shot him (My father was a tank radio operator in Burma, and
told me the story- it wasn’t him though).

>From the point of view of a tank crew, infantry are virtually
invisible when hiding on cover; easy to kill when moving; and
dangerous when close. From the point of view of rc tank combat, that
translates as equivalent to a self-operating mine- a stationery single-
shot weapon with a degree of aiming- as envisaged in the rules.

Trouble is though, I’m not interested in stationery things. I want it
to move. The one thing I didn’t want was to have a figure standing on
a powered base, like a wargames figure.

The figure
OK as you can see I went with a powered base. The motors are these :
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=43357&DOY=23m1#specifi
motors- the 30:1 ones similar to those we usually use for traversing
and suchlike- and the batteries will be 8 x 1.5 V 2,300 mAh
rechargeables. These are stacked inside the figures legs- in later
models I might try to get them under the base, which will increase
stability (and appearance) at the expense of ground clearance.  I
considered having a separate 12V mini-battery for the radio, but
haven’t at the moment.

ON RADIO CONTROL
I went for these key-fob transmitters: 
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=30323&doy=22m3
You’re probably wondering why I didn’t go for a straightforward rc
unit using servos (adapted for continuous movement) for power. The
point is that I don’t see infantry on the RC battlefield as just tiny
slow single-shot tanks. To put it another way, I don’t want to play
with one soldier, but a whole army (well, say, 2 or 4) bwahahah! OK
sorry about that but with these controllers- which are coded- I can
have 4 separately controlled figures each with a separate controller,
and a 5th master controlled keyed to all 4 so that I can control them
separately or together (SQAUD left turn!) This was 1 or 2 can get shot
but the rest can carry on. A little- just a little- like real life.

WEAPONS SYSTEM
My first thought was a spring-loaded bazooka. Springs are much less
trouble than compressed air, I think. The only trouble is that I
didn’t feel that a bazooka would really look right- I couldn’t see a
standing figure charging across the battlefield with a shouldered
bazooka, and if he was in the kneeling position then my opponents
would say that he wasn’t really a big enough target.  Another problem
is that it could only be single-shot.

Now, the rules assume single-shot but while that is fine for static
models but imagine going  to the trouble of creating a squad of moving
infantrymen who charge up in a half-track, debus, charge tanks/guns
Somme-style, losing 3 of their number, then arrive within their (very
short) range then oops miss so let’s go home again. I think he should
get a 2nd shot. I had an idea based on a medieval trebuchet- a
spinning arm with 3 or 4 paintballs inside it- but having realised
that that would never work I went for torsion-power, using pieces of
luggage elastic.

If you look at the left a

[TANKS] Re: control arms/horns

2009-01-25 Thread Chris. b

Try servocity.com they have most things to do with RC movement.

Chris. b

On Jan 25, 5:11 pm, odysseyslipw...@aol.com wrote:
> i thought they were call control arms or control horns, but after searching  
> places like Hobby Lobby and Tower Hobbys, i am starting to think they may have
>  just change the name of the part.
>
> it's the part one would use on a rudder of a boat or for steering the nose  
> wheel of a plane. i recall them as being nylon with a brass sleeve and a 
> short  
> screw in the side to hold it in place and have between 2 to 5 holes in it to  
> attach your cable or rod to.
>
> I looked under plane parts as well as boat parts.
>
> what i did see was a few, short arms made of all metal. if they had longer  
> arms and more holes, they would be ideal/prefect, but not quite up to what i  
> need from them.
>
> any ideas where i can find some?
>
> I even was looking in Du-bro site, but wasn't having much luck there
>
> Chris,
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