RE: New video of my Centaur [TANKS]

["Carioti, John" <john.carioti-at-sensis.com>]

I'm working hard to have it finished by October.  It may not be pretty,
but I am confident it will be 100% functional by then. The only real
problem at this point is the paintball feed- right now I can reliably
feed only about 20 paintballs.  If I load up my tube with more than
that, things don't move along properly (it's a long and tragic story).
I'll have to get that fixed so I can store and feed 40 paintballs or
else I'll be a sitting duck.

When do you think the next war will be?  The wife and I would love to
come down in October.  She really wants to go and watch the Red Bull
Flugtag wacky flying thing which is on 10/21 in Baltimore.  Is there any
chance it would be that same day?  And where would it be?

I'm in Syracuse, NY so the drive is not all that bad.

I'll try to get some pics/stats posted soon.

-----Original Message-----
From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]
On Behalf Of JOHN PITTELLI
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:31 PM
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: Re: New video of my Centaur [TANKS]


Looks like another British brethren to swell the
ranks. Send some pics and stats so Frank can assign a
number for your tank. Any possibility you'll be ready
by late October? And more relevant, how far from the
 "Land of Pleasant Living" is your home? 

John Pittelli


--- "Carioti, John" <john.carioti-at-sensis.com> wrote:

> Well I finally got the TTS working on my tank.  I
> had lots of trouble
> with one side and I kept breaking teeth and throwing
> the track.
> 
> After a lot of troubleshooting, I finally figured
> out that the 1" axle
> that supports the sprocket was about 10 degs out of alignment.  The
> chain was tensioned too tight and it was pulling the
> axle out of
> alignment.  I loosened the chain and everything is
> OK now.
> 
> So last night I put the top part on, and drove it
> around a bit in the
> driveway.  I couldn't get it up to top speed because
> the top section
> wasn't bolted down, but I think you get the general
> idea.
> 
> Now I have to buckle down and finish off all of the
> detail work and get
> the darn thing done!
> 
> The video is on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrtKVWmy-wo
> 
> The audio gets out of sync somehow about 30 seconds
> into the video so
> that is a bit annoying but you get the idea.
> 
> John
> 


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