Re: RE: Untethered Action! [TANKS]

[adt22-at-drexel.edu]

Thanks, I'm glad to clear this up before I unwittingly create an expensive tracked 
smoke machine.

Are fire extinguishers present at the battles? ;)

-Amir

----- Original Message -----
From: jon s kowitz <jonskowitz-at-hotmail.com>
Date: Sunday, August 7, 2005 0:05 am
Subject: RE: Untethered Action! [TANKS]

> Gratz on getting your tank running!
> 
> Amps are amps, whether it's ground side or not.  Remember that the 
> ground 
> wire has to carry all of the amperage delivered by the supply 
> wires so plan 
> accordingly.
> 
> >From: adt22-at-drexel.edu
> >Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> >To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> >Subject: Untethered Action! [TANKS]
> >Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 23:27:26 -0400
> >
> >I finally got my tank running RC'ed today thanks to Joe's MRC 
> controller.  
> >No more walking along side the tank - woohoo!
> >
> >A word to the wise - don't leave your v-belts on when your tank 
> is in 
> >storage they'll stretch out.  oops.
> >
> >A question for the wise - is it ever possible to skimp on the 
> wire running 
> >off of the negative side of the battery?  I was thinking that the 
> amps were 
> >"consumed" by the motors.  (See photo attached) Feel free to 
> laugh at me 
> >now.  My ~16 gauge wire got warm after a couple minutes of 
> running.  So 
> >I'll be beefing it up but just wanted to understand what was 
> happening.>
> >-Amir
> >
> 
> 
>