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From: George Mastoras <idiom-at-optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:32:01 +1100
Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Title: Re: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]
-at-Gene, If you are looking for some video reference you should  source and buy the dvd of the movie - The Beast . Good tank movie where you see a lot of that tank - Its also in the tank car chase seen in a bond film.
George



on 22/12/06 2:50 AM, Gene Burbeck at gburb-at-advantagecs.com wrote:


A bunch of pictures and info about the tank I'm building.

Gene

From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On Behalf Of Gene Burbeck
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:18 AM
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]

12/19/06

I worked on tracks today, got most of the cleats cut out. The conveyor belt material looks really good. The one potential weak point I can imagine is the hammer-in aligator belt lacing. I'm a little concerned it will tear out, so I'm considering overlapping the ends of the belt under one of the cleats, and glueing them together in addition to the 3 bolts through the belt ends.  



12/21/06
The tracks are coming together surprisingly quickly. By making jigs for the drill press and the chop saw, I have been able to really speed things along and make my work more accurate. Each (of about 150) cleat needs 3 holes drilled in it and each 6" wide belt needs about 40 sets of three holes drilled. The 1/4"-20 screws look a little wimpy, so I think I'll send those back and get 5/16"-18 hardware.   



Gene
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COMBAT CHARACTERISTICS

Years of manufacture 1947-1959

Weight 36 t

Crew 4

Overall dimensions:   
- length 9,000 mm
- width 3,270 mm
- height 2,400 mm

Armament:   
- main gun, mm 100 mm
- coaxial machine gan and bow machine gun, mm 7.62 mm

Armour 20-200 mm

Engine power output 520 hp

Maximum road speed 50 km/h

Cruising range  350-400 km

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