victory - 50 ft under its own power............. :)

[ray schwartz <ray.schwartz-at-juno.com>]

well my spocket blocks finally got finished ,i used two set screws 90 deg
apart on the drive sprocket blocks that seems to work well so far . 
i am using ta1 feild phone wire to run it until i get a speed
controller.. that stuff is not any good for just twisting the wire ,so im
off to buy connectors.. 
i had some problems with the v belt pulley on the drive shaft slipping
,im  going to pull it off and file a flat spot on the shaft . 
also had some trouble with trowing one v belt on the drive motor i think
that will be fixed by aligning the front pulley better. 
i put it on two 5 gallon buckets and ran it for 5 min with no load on the
tracks . then i ran it on the front porch 
i tried it on the lawn and it wouldnt roll ,, but it rolls on the drive
way ( the grass is pretty tall the mowers in the repair shop ).. right
now im only using one 12 v 18 ah battery to run both motors ,when i get 
back with the connectors im going to try it with both batteries .. 
that beast is heavy ........
"they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve 
neither liberty nor safety"
benjamin franklin,historical review of pennsylvania ,1759


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