Re: newbie [TANKS]

[JOHN PITTELLI <jplily-at-yahoo.com>]

Tim,
      Welcome to the funhouse. We have a great deal of
how to articles on our site. First, pick a vehicle to
build.Boxy tanks are more straightforward and easier
to build than curves or compound angles. The rest is
fairly easy, ask Chris in Australia, built his in
about 8 months.

John" Panzer IV" Pittelli


--- Tim Hansen <barspin720-at-juno.com> wrote:
> 
> hi, i am Tim Hansen. i saw the thing on RC PaintBall
> tanks on TV (Inside R/C on the outdoor channel) and
> was fascinated. i have been playing paintball and
> driving Nitro RC cars for about 5 years and thought,
> how cool would it be to combine the two? i know how
> to set up the turret to fire paintballs and where to
> mount the servos to make it function, but what i
> dont know is how to build the darn thing. i dont
> know how to make the hull, turret, tracks/treads, or
> how to make the drive system. do you make the tanks
> out of balsa wood? is there anyone out there that
> could send me instructions or blue prints on how to
> build a simple functioning tank? any, ANY help would
> be MUCH helpful.
> 
>
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