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

["Gregory Pwneror" <sockless67-at-gmail.com>]

hey guys i found a tank club in Auckland which is good:) but they use 1:16 scale tanks and they fire infrared not paint ball, so that it doesn't hurt anybody(i live in the land of political correctness, our prime minister sucks but we better not get into political stuff)... so i sent them an e-mail telling them about the proper rc tank hobby and where to find the official website. also would copper pipe be a good frame? i was thinking of cutting it into all the right angles(get the pun?) and shapes and soldering it all together and them using fiber lite(i think thats what its called) to cover it, and then i would attach the proper cover(would've been made out of old school desks but i only took 1 home not 5). and i would make the challenger 2 tank(pomey tank.. no offense meant there to English its an Auzzie and Kiwi joke)

On 12/23/06, adt22-at-drexel.edu <adt22-at-drexel.edu> wrote:

I think there is someone out there that makes abs tiger kits.  I remember seeing a picture of someone standing on it.

This might be it: http://www.r-c-tanks.com/

-Amir

----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Burbeck <gburb-at-advantagecs.com>
Date: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:36 am
Subject: 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
> attachthe 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
> edgetapped) 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
> guysthink, will it bust the first time I run into a tree?
>
> Gene
>
>
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> From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [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 [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:
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>       A bunch of pictures and info about the tank I'm building.
>
>       Gene
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>       From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
> [ 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
> additionto 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
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>       Years of manufacture 1947-1959
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>       Weight 36 t
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>       Crew 4
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>       Overall dimensions:
>       - length 9,000 mm
>       - width 3,270 mm
>       - height 2,400 mm
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>       Armament:
>       - main gun, mm 100 mm
>       - coaxial machine gan and bow machine gun, mm 7.62 mm
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>       Armour 20-200 mm
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>       Engine power output 520 hp
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>       Maximum road speed 50 km/h
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>       Cruising range  350-400 km
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