| From: | "Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos" <xchrysk-at-otenet.gr> |
| Subject: | hinges and wheels [TANKS] |
| Date: | Tue, 3 Oct 2006 06:59:20 +0300 |
| Reply-To: | tanks-at-rctankcombat.com |
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Yesterday my tank performed some stunts with its
new hinge tracks. It rolled fast over rocks and other obstacles, up hill
45 degrees steep, in an out pit holes, through bushes, squashed and mushed some
of them at 360 turns no problem.
I noticed that the first ground wheels suffered the
most, like expected. The axle bent, only a little, but it did (have no
suspensions and rely on very loose tracks ). The axle (8 mm thick,
stainless steel) can easily be replaced. I have read somewhere that
certain T-34s lacked rubber on the wheels due to shortage of rubber in 1944,
except from the first ground wheels which suffered most from the
shocks of obstacles and did have rubber.
It was about time to experience this first hand.
CHrys
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