[TANKS] Re: Gun emplacements

2009-03-11 Thread OdysseySlipways
just getting a little farther ahead (in hopes my nephew shows up), i figure there is no need to have this operated via R/C, but rather a simple control box and tether. now the box, switches and wires are a no biggie as i am thinking maybe a long (retractable? coiled? straight) phone line th

[TANKS] Re: 3 stage transmission

2009-03-11 Thread Kaz
Hi George, Nicely done.Very neat and tidy. Love those torsion bars! Cheers Kaz On Mar 11, 1:28 am, George Mastoras wrote: > A little more progress for me, I removed half the spring/arm/wheel > assemblies that where 5mm and ground them back with a grinder to match the > other half which wher

[TANKS] Re: Gun emplacements

2009-03-11 Thread OdysseySlipways
In a message dated 3/11/2009 11:13:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jpl...@yahoo.com writes: Chris, You can have ana ctual artillery piece, like the Flak 88 or Navarone gun. Or just like the Germans, use a tank turret. My Bunker Comet was fielded in that spirit when the hull was out of orde

[TANKS] Re: Gun emplacements

2009-03-11 Thread OdysseySlipways
In a message dated 3/11/2009 11:12:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, frank.pitte...@gmail.com writes: All of our fixed artillery pieces include a Guard Squad what, i have to take stock in GI Joe figures now? what if i just cut out some figures from paper plates and glue them to popsicl

[TANKS] Re: Gun emplacements

2009-03-11 Thread jvragu47
Chris, You can have ana ctual artillery piece, like the Flak 88 or Navarone gun. Or just like the Germans, use a tank turret. My Bunker Comet was fielded in that spirit when the hull was out of order for the fall battle that you attended. John n Mar 11, 1:38 am, odysseyslipw...@aol.com wr

[TANKS] Re: Is this a good deal?

2009-03-11 Thread Pureteenlard
I'm sure that I can either drop you a system off the next time we nip down to a\ battle in essex or I can find out how much it would cost to post it to you. Failing that, technobots do a dirt cheap 3 channel 40MHz system for about 40 quid. http://www.technobots.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_3_

[TANKS] Re: Is this a good deal?

2009-03-11 Thread Sgt.A.Johnson
I don't have £150 to spend on one anyway at the moment. And even if i had that money I wouldn't buy it.I don't need 4 channels unless i was to buy a c6c where the lower price makes it worth it On Mar 11, 9:00 pm, Gadget wrote: > I paid £150 for a 40MHz Futaba 4 channel with servos and Rx about s

[TANKS] Re: Is this a good deal?

2009-03-11 Thread Gadget
I paid £150 for a 40MHz Futaba 4 channel with servos and Rx about six years back. I'd expect to be paying a lot less for a similar system now the market has a lot of flashy computerised Tx's available. Jon On Mar 11, 7:09 pm, "Sgt.A.Johnson" wrote: > I'm in Cambridgeshire. I have no map to ha

[TANKS] Re: Is this a good deal?

2009-03-11 Thread Sgt.A.Johnson
I'm in Cambridgeshire. I have no map to hand at the moment and dial up won't let me use an online map so i have no idea how far that is. Probably too far as im in eaast On Mar 11, 2:27 am, Pureteenlard wrote: > If you only want a two channel system I can probably give you one of > the many clutt

[TANKS] Re: Gun emplacements

2009-03-11 Thread copperhead
Here is an idea for an artillery piece - the M162 towed Vulcan Its basically a box on top of a small trailer with a 20mm vulcan cannon. Simply mount scale gun barrels around the marker barrel for it to look like a rotary cannon. it has a huge ammo box that the bottle will fit in and since you onl

[TANKS] Re: Tank Hauler?

2009-03-11 Thread Frank Pittelli
Steve Tyng wrote: > Though Frank takes much pleasure in extolling the virtues of his tank > hauler and claims a design lineage from past Pitelli designs, it is in > fact a cheap knock-off of the original Tyng Tank Hauler (TTH). Once again, Mr. Tyng has his "facts" all wrong. The Tri-Pact Mark V

[TANKS] Re: Gun emplacements

2009-03-11 Thread Frank Pittelli
Modena wrote: > how bunker like emplacements and their operating crew (and thus > destroying the crew) would work is not covered by the rules I don't > believe - there are allowances for fixed artillery and crew, but not > in the spirit of a bunkeresq emplacement. All of our fixed artillery piece

[TANKS] Re: Tank Hauler?

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Tyng
Regarding tank hauler solutions Frank wrote: > Sounds like you might be interested in the "Tank Hauler Mark V" design, > as shown in the attached picture. Based on a series of failed tank > hauler designs for the Tiger, the Mark V represents the highest > achievement in tank hauler functionality

[TANKS] Re: 3 stage transmission

2009-03-11 Thread George Mastoras
A little more progress for me, I removed half the spring/arm/wheel assemblies that where 5mm and ground them back with a grinder to match the other half which where 4.5mm. The profile of these springs has basically become a D shape. Charged up 2 parallel sets of Nicads and drove it around for ju

[TANKS] Re: Gun emplacements

2009-03-11 Thread Modena
they are field artillery, and are covered by the rules: http://www.rctankcombat.com/rules/ "any fixed or movable piece of artillery" "must be 1/6 scale" "10 shot magazine, semi-auto" how bunker like emplacements and their operating crew (and thus destroying the crew) would work is not covered