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

["Keith Wade" <wadegang-at-hotmail.com>]

I see the problem

But I thought that the shell covering most motors would be marginally water 
resistant
its not like a tanks gonna be completly flooded with water or anything.

Oh well, I doubt flamethrowers (water) would fit into the general feel of 
the hobby anyway, what if it meant to be tank on tank, instead of tank on 
little plastic army men standing around a big gun.

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 23:48:30 -0600
>
>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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