Re: Re: Whats 4 1/2" gonna do [TANKS]

["Peter Arundel" <pureteenlard-at-hotmail.com>]

Six feet long?? What tank is 36' long in real life? Even an M1 is only 32' 
long!

I did consider building a Churchill (just over 24' long) but decided that at 
4'1" it would be a bit big . . .


>From: <funkyneroc-at-ntlworld.com>
>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
>Subject: Re: Re: Whats 4 1/2" gonna do [TANKS]
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 23:12:38 +0100
>
>Aahz :
>My main concern with your tank is the length, six feet ?
>Im thinking of your turning ability ,there will be a lot of drag at the 
>ends of the track.
>I think you will need to (somehow) keep max ground
>pressure at the middle of the tracks.
>I hope im wrong ,
>It should be easy to keep in a straight line.
>
>Neil
>
>
> >
> > From: "Aahz." <ErickKilmer-at-comcast.net>
> > Date: 2007/05/11 Fri PM 10:38:42 BST
> > To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> > Subject: Re: Whats 4 1/2" gonna do [TANKS]
> >
> > funkyneroc-at-ntlworld.com wrote:
> > > Chrys wrote;
> > >
> > >> "My next tank is going to be no more than 80 cms long"
> > >>
> > >
> > > Thats up to you Chrys but if you just stretch it to
> > > 915mm you`ll be within the rules,
> > >
> > > However my new tracks will be about 4kg  or more each.
> > > I keep telling myself that regardless of speed
> > > nearly half of them are just lay on the floor
> > >
> >
> >     Now you've got me wondering, I'm fairly certain my tracks are going
> > to weigh more than twice that.
> >
> > Aahz.
> >
>
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