Re: Wheel shafts.

["Curtis Donaldson" <cdonaldson-at-orias.com>]

8mm = 5/16" in english....FYI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "steve butchart" <stue-at-netspace.net.au>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: Wheel shafts.


> Hi Aahz
>
> I am going to trial skate bearings on the bogie wheels for the panzer IV I
> finally decided to build (2 bearings per wheel for a total of 32 bearings)
I
> bought them off ebay (from US) for $12 bucks for 100( they still have
> them ). The Abec rating is low, supposedly the higher the rating the
faster
> the bearing but a max of 34000 rpm should be high enough for me. Then
again
> some web sites say abec ratings are lies and crap!
>
> Anyway the shaft diameter these bearings take are 8mm (dunno what what
that
> is in inches close to a 3rd of an inch i think) so ill see how they go. No
> wet pasta hopfully
>
> I am going to post pictures of the bogies, a suspention system that almost
> copies the origional pz IV suspention and patterns for building the Pz 4
> (hull only at this point) in any scale sunday night.
>
> Steve of Oz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aahz." <erickkilmer-at-comcast.net>
> To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 2:38 PM
> Subject: Wheel shafts.
>
>
> > What diameter shaft is good for road wheels and drive wheels? I was
> > thinking it would be nice if I could use Roller Skate bearings in my
road
> > wheels but I believe that means I would use a 9/16th shaft. Will that
work
> > or will a 100+ lb tank bend them like so much wet pasta?
> >
> > Aahz.
> >
>
>