[TANKS] hinges

2010-08-01 Thread OdysseySlipways
i am looking for a special kind of hinge (don't even know if one like this even exist). what i am looking for is one that doesn't just hinge, but it needs to lift the idem up and away. sort of like a hood hinge on a car, but don't think i need the spring as it'll be going 90' + i have a t

Re: [TANKS] Frustration..................

2010-08-01 Thread Frank Pittelli
On 8/1/2010 6:38 PM, Timothy Hayes wrote: I have tried everything to keep the track from throwing, but it keeps throwing. I tighten the tracks, I tighted the idler, I even tighten the road wheels and started removing some of the washers on them. Sometimes I hate my life. What kind of track desi

RE: [TANKS] Frustration..................

2010-08-01 Thread Ben Holko
Annoying isn't it. Remember to check the sideways alignment of your front and rear sprockets/idlers (if applicable) - I had that issue in a test run of my M113. Ben From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [rctankcom...@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Timothy Hayes [

RE: [TANKS] Frustration..................

2010-08-01 Thread Peter Arundel
Phew! Thought it was only me. the Valentine has been 'mobile' for months and, indeed, it is. Provided the terrain is a glass smooth tarmac road . . . Keep at it, Tim, eventually you'll succeed. Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:38:35 -0700 From: timhaye...@yahoo.com Subject: [TANKS] Frustrat

[TANKS] Frustration..................

2010-08-01 Thread Timothy Hayes
RRG HHH (Sigh) I needed that.  Man do I hate these tracks and wheels!  I've only "finished" one side and already I have problems.  I have tried everything to keep the t

RE: [TANKS] Re: M113 coming together

2010-08-01 Thread Ben Holko
> you'll be spraying paintball goo our of those areas at some point Extremely unlikely, given that there's Buckley's and none of a paintball fight happening anywhere near here. Even if it did, I can hose it off. B. -Original Message- From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto:rctankcom

Re: [TANKS] Re: M113 coming together

2010-08-01 Thread wgas gasser
I have to say I am glad Steve brought up the fact what our tanks are "they are targets " I have to applaud eveyone who can have the desire and drive to build a thing of beauty from tons of steel and alluminium that when it's finished it makes you want to sit there and make love to it. But one a

[TANKS] Re: M113 coming together

2010-08-01 Thread Steve Tyng
All this cracks and crevices look good but remember you'll be spraying paintball goo our of those areas at some point. Steve On Aug 1, 3:01 am, Ben Holko wrote: > I revisited the sprocket design on the M113 under construction, now each > sprocket is two piece, to allow for easy replacement of