Re: How about Second WW1 tank?

[Loren Bellinger <Hauptmann6-at-cfsipgames.com>]

A gel cell marine battery would be ideal... I forget the brand

Heidi/Nick Hoke wrote:
> I believe a deep-cycle marine battery would work better
> than a car battery.  They power trolling motors for hours on end just fine.
>  
>  
> Nick /"swampcats are cool, and i have the only one"/ Hoke
>  
>  
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
>     [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]*On Behalf Of *John Barager
>     *Sent:* Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:39 PM
>     *To:* tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>     *Subject:* How about Second WW1 tank?
> 
>     Well, since the title of first WW1 tank has been taken by the
>     wonderful Mk.V*, perhaps I'll manage to take second?
> 
>     I've done some work, and kept my tank with a low profile amongst
>     people. And now I feel I should announce it. I don't have a digital
>     camera, or a scanner so I'm saving pictures of my tank for when I
>     get it to move under it's own power.
> 
>     For now though, I have some of the hull framework, specific plans on
>     what I'm gonna do with the hull (1/4" pressed plywood with an
>     integral frame/chasses for extra strength). I also have some
>     prototype suspension, which I must say is acting wonderfully. the
>     full drive train and lower hull are the next two things to go
>     imediatly into work.
> 
>     Now that I kept you waiting. I'd like to announce that I've finnaly
>     settled upon doing a Char FCM 2C heavy French tank from 1918. It
>     never saw combat in WW1, and all of the ones built were destroyed on
>     their train transporters by the Germans when they took France in
>     WWII. But it did have Operational French service from 1918 to 1940.
> 
>     My model is going to be 1/6th scale. So the battle model will be
>     about 5 foot 9 inches long, and hopefully weigh less then 200 lbs.
>     So Perhaps I can take largest/heaviest tank title too?
> 
>     And one question. Can anyone tell me how well a regular car battery
>     should work? I want to use 2 of them and add a solar battery charger
>     for trucks (Saw it on the TV Show "Trucks!") to keep the batteries
>     charged. An ambitious project, but I think it's worth it.
> 
>     John "Useless middle names are dumb but cool" Barager.
> 
> 
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