Re: New track/sprocket system feasibility [TANKS]

[Rick v100 <rickv100-at-yahoo.com>]

You are reinventing the wheel though in a smaller
scale. 

Look at either the US Halftrack or the M29 Weasel for
ideas. 

http://www.m29cweasel.org/articles/art_trackhistory1.html

Both used rubber band tracks. 

The Tyng System is very similar to that on the Weasel.


Rick 


--- himself-at-adamwells.net wrote:

> Quoting chris barthelson <barthelson88-at-hotmail.com>:
>  
> > A little while back my engineering teacher
> suggested that same thing, not
> > particularly neoprene but a rubber of some kind,
> possibly even car tires.
> > You would still need a wood inner cleat for
> support because the rubber is
> > going to want to twist.
> 
> 
> True, I hadn't considered the twisting issue, Chris.
> I'm thinking I might with 
> 1/16" guage 6061 Aluminum. Basically from outside to
> inside it would go:
> 
> 3" x 1/2" strip of 1/8" guage 60A Durometer Neoprene
> 3" x 1/2" strip of 1/16" guage 6061 Aluminum
> 3" wide neoprene conveyor belt
> 3" x 1/2" strip of 1/8" guage 60A Durometer Neoprene
> 1/2" x 1/2" strip of 3/8" guage 60A Durometer
> Neoprene (tracking tab)
> 
> It won't be the cheapest set of track in the world,
> I admit, but hopefully 
> they'll work pretty good on a light tank.
> 
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