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| Type: |
M5A1 Stuart Light Tank |
Armament: |
37mm |
| Built: |
Started October, 2002 |
Armor: |
63mm |
| Builder: |
Lief Goodson |
Rating: |
30/3 |
| Status: |
Under Construction |
Battles: |
0 |
| Owner: |
Lief Goodson |
Points Earned: |
0 |
| Call Sign: |
??? |
Points Given: |
0 |
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Currently Under Construction Power-Drill Drive System
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My Stuart tank with the gun installed. The barrel hasn't been cut to
length yet (it's still 24 inches and I'm cutting it to 16 inches).
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The drive system. I used two Black & Decker cordless
screwdriver assemblies. I reinforced the entire drive compartment with
1/16" aluminum plate and pop-rivets (mainly because that's what Will
did). I have a simple mechanical rotary throttle with roller switches to
kill one motor for turning. I replaced the 2 volt motors in the
screwdriver assemblies with 6 volt motors, but I don't think it made any
difference. The motors still get real hot! I used epoxy, thin
fiberglass and micro-balloons to reinforce the drive hubs. You can see
the brown color of the micro-balloons. A hex shaft is epoxied inside
each hub - this mates with each screwdriver assembly. I also have a
set-screw that passes threw the hub and into a hole in the side of the
screwdriver's shaft. The hubs have never failed, but I did strip the
plastic gears inside one of the screwdriver assemblies. I replaced the
plastic gears with metal ones from an older, higher-quality B&D cordless
screwdriver that I had. I haven't had any problems since. At higher
voltages, the tank's performance is unbelievable! But the motors get
real hot.
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My simple .40 caliber blowgun mechanism. The "interupter" is
a Splatomatic. The back has a standard blowgun mouth piece with the
conic flange cut off and a 1/8" plexiglass disk inserted inside and
sealed. The disk has a 10/32" tapped hole for connecting standard
Clippard connectors for the gas system. The Splatomatic's "button" is
depressed by the servo (Futaba S148) to load a paintball. I activate it
by using the retract channel on the radio. Moving the radio switch up
fully depresses the button, which allows a paintball from the magazine to
fall into the Splatomatic's cylinder. Moving the radio switch down
allows the spring-loaded cylinder to return to its default position with
the paintball aligned with the gun tube. The picture shows the 20-shot
magazine that comes with the Splatomatic. In the tank I use a mostly
horizontal, v-shaped 33-shot "tray" magazine. You can't really tell from
the photo, but the Splatomatic is sandwiched between two 1/4" plywood
blocks. The barrel end of the Splatomatic rests in a dremeled out
cavity. The whole assembly is reasonable small and easily fits inside the
from compartment of the Stuart's turret.
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