[TANKS] Re: Weight distribution.

2009-01-28 Thread Paul Hilton
Go with what ya got brother, go with what ya got. You got it made, why not use it for a bit before throwing it away? If it becomes an issue, you can always laminate! Paul H. - Original Message - From: "Aahz" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:25 PM Subject: [TANKS] Weight dist

[TANKS] Re: Tank Expo 2009

2009-01-28 Thread Mike Måne
Unfortunately, I live in a barren wasteland rather far from the Expo. Perhaps some day in my life I shall attend... Some day RC Tank Combat will have its own TV show on the Tri-Pact Network. . . . That will be the day. . . . You'll be famous! - On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Aahz wrote: > >

[TANKS] Re: Weight distribution.

2009-01-28 Thread Mike Måne
I'm not sure about the swing arms, but looking at the T-35's suspension, what types of springs do you plan to use? Honestly they appear to be rather long on the real tank. Do you have some sort of pneumatic shocks to go inside the springs? Nice work! - On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Joker wrot

[TANKS] Re: Tank Expo 2009

2009-01-28 Thread Aahz
Xirus wrote: > I would love to attend this event but, unfortunately, I'm 10 hours > north ... I would love to go too but its about 32 hours east of me :) Aahz. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, s

[TANKS] Re: Tank Expo 2009

2009-01-28 Thread Xirus
I would love to attend this event but, unfortunately, I'm 10 hours north and being my birthday tomorrow, the wife making all of these plans and gas costing an arm and leg. I cant make it. I'd give anything to see some video coverage though. On Jan 27, 6:38 pm, Frank Pittelli wrote: > Frank Pitte

[TANKS] Re: Weight distribution.

2009-01-28 Thread Joker
Build it, test it, break it, replace it. Nothing beats real world engineering... except for that pesky calculation stuff... but i don't know enough of that (and what i did i'm starting to forget). Guess thats why i left engineering school. On Jan 28, 5:07 pm, Aahz wrote: > Guy Gregoire wrote:

[TANKS] Re: Weight distribution.

2009-01-28 Thread Aahz
Guy Gregoire wrote: > Hi Aahz > > I use myself 16 gage steel so I can give a guess out of experience, im > not an engineer. > I would say your 8 sets will hold the weight very well, until the tank > climb on a rock and > most of his weight is on only one set. Yea, that's just my worry "Every

[TANKS] Re: Weight distribution.

2009-01-28 Thread Guy Gregoire
Hi Aahz I use myself 16 gage steel so I can give a guess out of experience, im not an engineer. I would say your 8 sets will hold the weight very well, until the tank climb on a rock and most of his weight is on only one set. I would be afraid in such a case the metal will bend. This might b

[TANKS] Weight distribution.

2009-01-28 Thread Aahz
I am continuing to work on my suspension and I'm a bit worried. The weight of this tank is a lot higher than I originally planned on, in excess of 200lbs if my estimates are correct. If the swing arms of my suspension are made of 16 gauge steel will they hold? The arms look like this http:

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

2009-01-28 Thread Funkyneroc
Phil “Generalissimo” Palmer asked :- `What do you think?` To be honest Phil when I first read your post , my heart sank. However you have every right to build what you wish and far be it for me ( or anyone else ) to tell you what to do. If you do get these soldiers to work effectively then they