[TANKS] Re: Video for the Merkava lovers out there

2009-01-06 Thread Mike Mangus
Already seen most of them. :) From: Clark Ward Jr ki4...@gmail.com To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 11:22:38 PM Subject: [TANKS] Video for the Merkava lovers out there One of the videos posted by the IDF infowar branch has some

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-06 Thread Paul Hilton
Where I work, we use sheet rubber as gasket material for large hydraulic oil tanks. To get an evenly sized hole for studs or screws, I use a homemade hole punch made from a sharpened piece of hydraulic tubing (my employer is too cheap to buy a set of hole punches). I suppose the same method

[TANKS] Re: Tri-Pack Speed Controller Question

2009-01-06 Thread Frank Pittelli
Fred Thomson wrote: My question is this: I have built the tri-pact speed controller as per the How-To article will it handle 24v as per the schematic or do I have to make changes? (24v relays? different diodes?) The Tri-Pact Speed Control can be configured to use two different and

[TANKS] Re: Tank Building Help

2009-01-06 Thread callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com
In sketchup there is a button to import models from the 3d warehouse to manipulate as you want. Sketchy physics models won't work when downoaded this way though does that mean if you were to import one of these sketches (that's if  they can be imported), you could manipulate the drawing as

[TANKS] Sketchup Help

2009-01-06 Thread callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com
Anyone need help with creating sketchup models from technical drawings. I may be able to do it for you if you can scan the drawings in. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank Combat group. To post a message, send email to

[TANKS] Re: Tank Building Help

2009-01-06 Thread callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com
Looking like a good model. On Jan 5, 4:47 am, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: I started making a 3-D model of the Sherman tonight on Sketchup. If it works, there is a screenshot attached to this message. (I've been on the group via Gmail rather than the website.) So far the model has

[TANKS] Re: Tank Building Help

2009-01-06 Thread Mike Måne
Try Autodesk Inventor I've heard about Autodesk, but where I saw it, it was expencive and therefore cost money. How could a layman like me download it? On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:34 PM, MaCayn May macayn@gmail.com wrote: Try Autodesk Inventor. You can download it for free for hobby use I

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-06 Thread Crooks, Steven M
Yeah, that ought to work... (and gives us the chance to swing away with a hammer too) Steven C From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto:rctankcom...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hilton Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:26 AM To:

[TANKS] M01's - battery current

2009-01-06 Thread Modena
With twin M01's what sort of continuous current draw do I need to allow for in my battery system? I am thinking of buying a 24v 20ah Lithium, and adding another one later if run-time is not acceptable. The ones I have looked at are these kinds of specs: Voltage: 24 Volts Capacity: 20 Amp Hours

[TANKS] Re: M01's - battery current

2009-01-06 Thread Doug Conn
I have two M01s in T058, which is a pretty heavy tank. There's a 35A circuit breaker on each motor which has never tripped. I also have a current sensor installed, albeit a pretty inaccurate one. I've never seen it read anything over 36A total, even going up a steep hill at full speed. Skid turns

[TANKS] Re: M01's - battery current

2009-01-06 Thread Don Shankin
I'm curious as to where you're getting this battery and how much it's going to run you. I will be looking at batteries soon and I haven't come across any lithium batteries with such a high capacity On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Modena b...@holnet.net wrote: With twin M01's what sort of

[TANKS] Re: M01's - battery current

2009-01-06 Thread Modena
weight (6kg), charging cycles (over 2000), and longer discharge than equivelant SLA or NimH search ebay for 24v lifepo4 On Jan 7, 4:26 pm, Don Shankin dshan...@gmail.com wrote: I'm curious as to where you're getting this battery and how much it's going to run you.  I will be looking at