Re: Wheel shafts.

["paul needham" <paul_needham60-at-hotmail.com>]

Hi all

If you look thro tanks 1 - 20 the pattern is that a axle that is supported at one end is 12mm / 1/2 " but smaller sizes are used if the axle is supported at both ends.

A shopping trolley only has 4 wheels with 8mm axles and can support all my shopping , and me when I am in my Battle of Britain mood and straffe the cars in the carpark while flying my Hurricane !

regards paul 

>From: "Curtis Donaldson"

>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com

>To:

>Subject: Re: Wheel shafts.

>Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:03:57 -0600

>

>8mm = 5/16" in english....FYI

>----- Original Message -----

>From: "steve butchart"

>To:

>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."

> > To:

> > 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.

> > >

> >

> >

>

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