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From: William and Melissa Johns <gizmology-at-gizmology.net>
Subject: Re: TTS track dimension help ?
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:23:06 -0400
Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com

Paul -
   The pads I used are 3/4" thick by 3-5/8" wide by 2-3/4" long, spaced 3" 
on center.  The "teeth" are 1-5/8" square and 3/4" tall, not tapered at 
all.  (1/5th scale, remember, and it's not TTS, but this info might help 
anyway.)  Once in a while a road wheel will ride up on the "tooth", but 
it's not a problem - it either rides all the way over, or falls off the 
edge and makes a big noise.
   What IS a problem is when I'm trying to climb a big obstruction at an 
angle - the whole track will shift sideways so ALL the road wheels ride on 
the teeth, and I'm sure that if I keep it up it will either break the track 
or throw it completely.  I believe taller teeth would solve the problem, 
but then I'd probably have to taper them to prevent ride-ups.

I read somewhere that the "teeth" are actually called "bells", but I can't 
remember where I read that!  Has anyone else ever heard these things called 
bells?

The distance between the track and the hull could be determined by a 
front-view drawing.

Bill


>Hi all
>
>I am drawing up the tracks for my Cromwell and wondered if some kind soul 
>could give me a idea what the following dimensions need to be ?
>Also for the tracks to be scale they would only be 2.25 inches wide , has 
>anyone else built a TTS with such narrow tracks ? at this width I would 
>have thought I could not get enough grip for the friction drive ?
>regards paul
>

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