UR ANSWERS HELPED ALOT!!!

["Patrick Robinson" <tanks_31_25-at-hotmail.com>]

thank u agin for the answers    i had never though i would have got this 
much help from someone one this site    i was WRONG           u have been a 
really big help so far

i have some more questions for u!!     about how much sould we be expecting 
to pay for a "first time tank"      we wana try to keep it in reason   
nothin to expencive    but luchly for us   i found a R/C car store close   
so were in luck with finding parts    and hopefully cheap too!!!!  (they 
suposedly have parts to build any R/C vihical)       and another ? for ya   
if this store dosent have trax for our tank   (im thinking they wont have 
them  they will have to order them)   were did u get yours   and how much 
were they?                another question ,----    what did u use for 
motors       i herd that drill motors would do the trick   but i wanted ur 
opionions on what to use!!

                  well thanks again
                                     quent and pat

>From: Joe Sommer <anvilus9-at-adelphia.net>
>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>Subject: Re: thanks   but more questions!!!
>Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:11:55 -0500
>
>
>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
>
>
>**********************************************
>Joe Sommer
>2378 Nantucket Circle, State College, PA 16803
>814.234.4773     anvilus9-at-adelphia.net
>http://www.anvilus.com
>

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