[TANKS] Re: track pads

2011-01-22 Thread Cobra
But your stuff has more computer equipment than the Apollo 11 landing. You dont count. -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the g

Re: [TANKS] Re: track pads

2011-01-22 Thread dwconn404
I have rubber pads on my tracks and they work everywhere. - Original Message - From: "Cobra" To: "R/C Tank Combat" Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 3:41:34 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: track pads Rubber tracks dont work on grassbut slick track

[TANKS] Re: track pads

2011-01-22 Thread Cobra
Rubber tracks dont work on grassbut slick tracks dont work in sand. Hmmm. -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit th

[TANKS] Re: track pads

2011-01-22 Thread Cobra
I have had recent success using rubber pads for outer cleats on the T076 Sherman. They were cut from used 1/4" thick industrial conveyor belt from a rock query. I run them over pavement, gravel, rock, mud, dirt, pallets, and anything else in my way. But they do grip very well on grass, to good at t

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-06 Thread Crooks, Steven M
@googlegroups.com Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads 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

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-06 Thread Paul Hilton
@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 2:33 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads I was thinking (once) of using car tyres, cut up with a jigsaw. Would be very messy cutting the rubber though Would be pretty tough, and an old one would't be too expe

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-05 Thread OdysseySlipways
In a message dated 1/5/2009 2:09:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dshan...@gmail.com writes: Seems like that may be a little thin to me, but I'm not really sure what others are using, so I could be way off might be a bit thin, but on rough ground, there is less surface area for the grou

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-05 Thread Crooks, Steven M
m] On Behalf Of Don Shankin Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 1:09 PM To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads Seems like that may be a little thin to me, but I'm not really sure what others are using, so I could be way off On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM, wrote: In

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-05 Thread Don Shankin
Seems like that may be a little thin to me, but I'm not really sure what others are using, so I could be way off On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM, wrote: > In a message dated 1/4/2009 6:54:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > callum.king.underw...@hotmail.com writes: > > How would plastic pads cope

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-04 Thread OdysseySlipways
In a message dated 1/4/2009 6:54:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, callum.king.underw...@hotmail.com writes: How would plastic pads cope. why not just use a inner tube from a bike and cut that up? (they do still make bikes right?) Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odyss

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-04 Thread Don Shankin
> > From: callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com < > callum.king.underw...@hotmail.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 5:54 AM > > To: R/C Tank Combat > > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads > > > > How would plastic pads cope. > > > &g

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-04 Thread callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com
urable > > -Original Message- > From: callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 5:54 AM > To: R/C Tank Combat > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads > > How would plastic pads cope. > > On Jan 3, 7:31 pm, "Don Shankin" wrote: &

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-04 Thread Don Shankin
@googlemail.com Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 5:54 AM To: R/C Tank Combat Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads How would plastic pads cope. On Jan 3, 7:31 pm, "Don Shankin" wrote: > no, I didn't notice the material, I'll check next time I'm at HD (I've been >

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-04 Thread callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com
;> > I was thinking of bolts. > >>> > It would take a little extra effort, but mainly > >>> > I want minimum damage to the ground surface. > > >>> > Steven C. > > >>> > -----Original Message- > >>> > From: rctankcombat@go

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-03 Thread Don Shankin
imum damage to the ground surface. >>> > >>> > Steven C. >>> > >>> > -Original Message----- >>> > From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com >>> > >>> > [mailto:rctankcom...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of >>> > callu

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-03 Thread Mike Måne
> > Steven C. >> > >> > -Original Message- >> > From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com >> > >> > [mailto:rctankcom...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of >> > callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com >> > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:36 A

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-02 Thread Don Shankin
g.underw...@googlemail.com > > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:36 AM > > To: R/C Tank Combat > > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads > > > > Bolt the rubber on? > > > > The contents of this electronic mail message and any attachments are > confidential,

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-02 Thread callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com
---Original Message- > From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rctankcom...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:36 AM > To: R/C Tank Combat > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads > > Bolt the rubber on

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2009-01-02 Thread Crooks, Steven M
: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:36 AM To: R/C Tank Combat Subject: [TANKS] Re: Track Pads Bolt the rubber on? The contents of this electronic mail message and any attachments are confidential, possibly privileged and intended for the addressee(s) only. Only the addressee(s) may read, disseminate

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2009-01-01 Thread callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com
Bolt the rubber on? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://gr

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2008-12-31 Thread Matt
I used Contact cement on my M-1 Abrams tracks. Haven't lost a pad yet, but then again the rubber is glued to wood. Hope this helps. -Matt On Dec 31, 10:31 am, Frank Pittelli wrote: > Doug Conn wrote: > > On the other track, I hit each tread plate with my > > grinder’s wire wheel. That

[TANKS] Re: Track Pads

2008-12-31 Thread Frank Pittelli
Doug Conn wrote: > On the other track, I hit each tread plate with my > grinder’s wire wheel. That made a nice rough surface to hold the glue. Mechanical roughness is always good for glue and paint adherence on metal. You can also increase adherence by anodizing the aluminum which alters the

[TANKS] RE: Track Pads

2008-12-31 Thread Doug Conn
My tracks are aluminum with rubber pads glued on. I tried several readily available adhesives (Gorilla glue, Goo, etc) and cyanoacrylate (super glue) worked the best by far. It's extremely important to rough up the aluminum surface first. I tried it both ways and the difference was like night and d