Re: wasting paintballs on army men? what about a water machine gun?[TANKS]

["Derek Engelhaupt" <tankme-at-gmail.com>]

Unfortunately, my RS80D speed controller has an 80mm fan on the top of it for cooling reasons.  No way to completely waterproof it unless I seal it up so it overheats.  Putting servos and recievers in bags is a good idea (used to do that on my Tamiya cars), but it really isn't practical on the RS80D.  Most of the tanks also have some sort of fan systems for cooling the motors which also could not be sealed up.  Those EV Warrior motors get mighty hot.  On a ship, you can use the water to cool your motors by wrapping copper tubing around them to draw the heat off of them.

 

Derek

 

On 1/12/07, Keith Wade <wadegang-at-hotmail.com> wrote:

Oops

when I said Mark, I meant Mike
Sorry

James


>From: "Keith Wade" < wadegang-at-hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>Subject: Re: wasting paintballs on army men? what about a water machine
>gun?[TANKS]
>Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:26:33 +1300
>
>
>Technically your electronics should be water proof anyway, and it would
>only leak if it was badly cared for or is just falty.
>
>And considering the amount of care people take into building these things,
>dont you think they would more than likely test it, not to mention take
>extra precutions with their wires and control systems. In a boating hobby I
>remember they put the electronics in watertight rubber bags.
>
>I think the real problem would be guarding other tanks electronics, I would
>hate to put another tank out of the runnings because water got into it.
>Anyway I dont have any pictures of a Matilda Murray, so how could I build
>it.
>
>In any circumstance, like Mark said, putting discs under the soldiers is
>probably a better option than building a tank that cant take down other
>tanks. Still, it would be cool if someone actually made a flamethrower
>(water) tank in this hobby.
>
>James
>
>
>>From: "Derek Engelhaupt" <tankme-at-gmail.com>
>>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>>To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>>Subject: Re: wasting paintballs on army men? what about a water machine
>>gun?[TANKS]
>>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:16:04 -0600
>>
>>Yeah, it would be neat to see one of those water tanks leak, short out
>>your
>>electronics, and start your tank on fire.  Now that would be fun....;)
>>
>>Derek
>>
>>
>>On 1/12/07, Keith Wade <wadegang-at-hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>LOL
>>>
>>>If they make rules for that, I'm changing my design from a MkV Matilda to
>>>a
>>>Matilda Murray.
>>>
>>>
>>> >From: OdysseySlipways-at-aol.com
>>> >Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>>> >To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>>> >Subject: Re: wasting paintballs on army men? what about a water machine
>>> >gun?[TANKS]
>>> >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:08:23 EST
>>> >
>>> >could claim it to be a flame thrower without the flame
>>> >
>>> >Chris
>>> >_Odyssey  Slipways_
>>>(http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html)
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