Re: 1/3rd scale T34 update [TANKS]

[Steve Edwards <sedwards-at-awger.net>]

Cooper, Nigel wrote:

>  I have my concerns about my electric drive and have a backup plan for a
> gas engine but I cant figure out how I would get reverse function
> cheaply for it.Anyway,the fun continues on the prototype and I will get
> a  friend to take some pictures so they can be posted.  

No worries. If electric motors can move a locomotive and a few hundred 
tons of freight, they can move your T-34. It's only a question of 
finding the right motors.  :-)

I was planning on using a gas engine to run an air compressor (for the 
guns) and to charge the batteries.

If you want to forego the electric motors and go straight gas, you'll 
need a transmission. Much more complicated, and probably not worth the 
effort. Better to use the gas engine to drive a pump that powers 
hydraulic motors (the guy up in Aberdeen that built the big StuG III did 
it this way).

        - Steve