Re: FOA ABS [TANKS]

["Showa" <showa1-at-cox.net>]

Richard,
Another way of doing it would be to buy a Stuart from Walmart and use the 
motors, etc for your tank they are under $150 and might be on sale for a 
whole lot less....
Kurt (hmmmmm not a bad idea)G
Somewhere in the desert
Nevada
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOHN PITTELLI" <jplily-at-yahoo.com>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: FOA ABS [TANKS]


> Richard, If you search the archive threads under KCM,
> kiddie car motors, you'll find info on where to buy
> the stronger motors and info on how we originally used
> these in our first tanks. Are you not making this a
> paintball tank? If not, they sell kits to motorize
> their Tiger.
>
> John" Do the Paint man" Pittelli
> Rivetting in Maryland
>
>
> --- richardcampbell <riccampbell-at-comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> The tank is approx 35-40 lbs now ,without the inner
>> workings...I was
>> thinking about tearing apart my daughters Barbie
>> jeep and getting the motors
>> and such from that......I recently saw an FOA Tiger,
>> RC funtional, and
>> converted by the owner with the DMD and MF unit from
>> a 1/16 Tamiya Tiger and
>> running on the batteries that run the Tamiya
>> system...two 7.2 volt Nimh
>> batteries..a 2600+ to run the DMD unit, and a 1500
>> to run the MF unit,  the
>> sounds and flashing lights worked..he said he
>> spliced the Tamiya workings
>> into the FOA RC set-up...he recently sold the tank
>> on Ebay for around
>> $3500.00...I'm looking to do the same with mine,once
>> i figure out how..
>>
>> Richard
>> Augusta Ga
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "JOHN PITTELLI" <jplily-at-yahoo.com>
>> To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: FOA ABS [TANKS]
>>
>>
>> > Richard,
>> >         First question. How much does the tank
>> weigh
>> > now? Most of the weight of our vehicles is the
>> motor
>> > and gear system, 20lbs, battery, 10 lbs, and
>> wheels
>> > and track. If the ABS is fairly light and you
>> don't
>> > have to reinforce any stress areas you could use
>> drill
>> > motors.
>> >
>> >
>> > --- richardcampbell <riccampbell-at-comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> >> RE: FOA ABS [TANKS]The thickness of the FOA tanks
>> >> armor is approx 1/8" thick... give or take a
>> >> bit...the turret is also the same
>> thickness....the
>> >> plastic is very sturdy and I believe it will hold
>> up
>> >> to paintball abuse..as for the outside mounted
>> >> accessories...i.e. ,MG barrel...headlight...smoke
>> >> launchers...fire extinguisher, front and rear mud
>> >> flaps...etc...they may get blown off by the
>> >> paintballs....I drilled a hole thru my MG barrel
>> and
>> >> strengthened it with a copper rod...as for my
>> >> hatches, I drilled out the resin latches and
>> >> attached them with copper rods so they can open
>> and
>> >> close..I've painted my Tank to represent the
>> >> surviving Tiger in the movie"Kelly's Heroes", and
>> I
>> >> also converted a 1/6 tank commander to represent
>> the
>> >> fat faced German commander in the movie(Karl-Otto
>> >> Alberty)..I will post some pictures of my Tiger
>> and
>> >> commander ASAP...like I said previously I'm not
>> >> mechanically inclined in the art of RC converting
>> >> and would appreciate it greatly if someone could
>> >> email some instructions on how to get started and
>> >> maybe also an idea on the best Items to make my
>> tank
>> >> run..I'm looking to keep my tank
>> lightweight...under
>> >> 100 lbs...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Richard Campbell
>> >> Augusta Ga...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>   From: Hunter Sgt Michael J
>> >>   To: 'tanks-at-rctankcombat.com'
>> >>   Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:59 PM
>> >>   Subject: RE: FOA ABS [TANKS]
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>   speaking of turrets have anyone tried useing a
>> >> lazy susan
>> >>   michael h
>> >>   temecula ca
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>   -----Original Message----- 
>> >>   From: richardcampbell
>> >> [mailto:riccampbell-at-comcast.net]
>> >>   Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:04 AM
>> >>   To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>> >>   Subject: Re: FOA ABS [TANKS]
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>   not sure how thick it is...will get back to you
>> >> with the measurement....but
>> >>   I have one, and it seems to be pretty
>> solid...the
>> >> turret is pretty solid
>> >>   too...like I said I will get back with the
>> >> measurement...right now I'm off
>> >>   to work...
>> >>
>> >>   Richard Campbell
>> >>   Augusta, Georgia
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>   From: "chris barthelson"
>> >> <barthelson88-at-hotmail.com>
>> >>   To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
>> >>   Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:56 AM
>> >>   Subject: FOA ABS [TANKS]
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>   > Hi all,
>> >>   > Does anyone know how thick the ABS field of
>> >> armor use for their tiger's???
>> >>   >
>> >>   > Chris. b
>> >>   >
>> >>   >
>> >>
>> >
>>
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