RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]

["Gene Burbeck" <gburb-at-advantagecs.com>]

Title: Re: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]

Is ABS a good material for a tank frame? I have some 3/8" black ABS sheets that might work nicely. I was thinking of tapping pieces of aluminum angle (1/4" thick), rather than edge tapping the ABS, to attach the chassis pieces together. 5/16" counter-sunk screws through the ABS and tapped into the aluminum angle. I've never builting anything this big and I'd like to know ahead of time if this type of frame construction will hold up. Is 3/8" ABS attached together well (NOT edge tapped) enough for a fast 200 lb machine to withstand minor crashes? The real impact surfaces, corners and edges will be covered with 1/4" aluminum to transfer the force evenly to the frame. So, what do you guys think, will it bust the first time I run into a tree?

Gene

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From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On Behalf Of Gene Burbeck
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:16 AM
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]

Thanks, I'll be sure to watch The Beast.

 

Gene

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From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On Behalf Of George Mastoras
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 5:32 PM
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: 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

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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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