Re: thanks but more questions!!!

[Joe Sommer <anvilus9-at-adelphia.net>]

Quent and Patrick,

At 09:25 PM 1/4/2004 -0600, "Patrick Robinson" <tanks_31_25-at-hotmail.com> wrote:
>me and patrick are tryin to figure where to put our motors   do u think we 
>should have our tank rear driven or front driven    i have a small R/C 
>tank and we were driven it up a steep incline   and the tank performed 
>best   front wheel driven    and it seemd to climb over objects 
>better  and thats our question for ya     the motors -   front wheel or 
>rear wheel driven?

Tanks must operate well in both forward or
reverse during paint ball battles.  Consequently,
whether you use front wheel drive or rear wheel
drive does not matter.  What does matter is to
balance the weight so that it is not nose heavy
or tail heavy.

Hetzer #T010 uses front wheel drive.  The weight
of the motors and gun are forward, but they are
balanced by the weight of the batteries aft.  Conversely
the dread T-34 #T005 has rear wheel drive with rear
motors and carries his battery forward.

>we would also like some ideas on the materials   we
>thought we would make the tank out of wood and then
>line it with plexi-glass     is that a good idea?

no

Either build it out of wood, or build it out of plexiglass.
There is no reason to line the inside of a wooden tank
with plexiglass.

You could build it out of thin wood and then cover the
exterior with fiberglass.

Hetzer #T010 is built out of plexiglass with considerable
aluminum reinforcement.  All of the other operational tanks
are either wood or aluminum.

>one last question for ya      im sure u have a tank   and if u
>could email me a picture of the tank    and the basic directions
>on how u built it    we have been looking every where for directions

Construction photos for all current tanks are available at
http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/

There are a whole set of "How-To" articles available at
http://www.rctankcombat.com/articles/

Specifically I recommend reading
http://www.rctankcombat.com/articles/first-steps/

You can compare some technical specs for current
tanks using the "Tech Spec - Tanks" link at
http://www.anvilus.com/

Joe


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