RE: Penn Tracks

["flier" <FLIER-at-sbcglobal.net>]

Steve,

That's exactly what I've been thinking.  One step 
further would be to make the cleat aluminum too.  
Basically TIG the cleat to the guide on each end, 
slip the belt through and fasten with a couple of 
rivets.  Or, for even better traction, fasten a piece 
of  reinforced rubber mat material to the cleat/guide 
assembly with the two rivets that secure the assembly 
to the belt.  The mat material could overhang the 
ends of the cleat/guide assy.

Does the space between the inner guide segments cause 
any problem with the drive/idler/road wheels 
(vibration for instance?)



--- Original Message ---
From: "SteveT44" <SteveT44-at-comcast.net>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Subject: RE: Penn Tracks

>Kurt wrote,
>
>> Has anyone in the Penn, area checked with Red Zone 
Robotics to see who
>makes their tracks??? And the cost???
>
>To me those tracks look like conveyor belting with 
cleats and tracking tabs
>attached to it, i.e. a variation of the TTS.  
Attached are some pics of an
>idea I've been kicking around.  It's a TTS with the 
inside tracking pieces
>cut from 3" aluminum channel.
>
>Steve