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My first generation axle and tensioning system.
I made this axle out of 8mm,
8mm likes to bend, as it did after about 30 feet of driving .so I made a new one out of 12mm .
12mm is the minimum I recon.
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Suspension arm setup,
10mm bolts held by a nut cut in falf ,
tightened with expanding glue on a 6x20x90mm bar,
this has worked very well and shows an alternative to welding
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A typical "make it up as you go along" design was used for the motor gearbox (drills) housing.
It looks a bit rough and it is, but it works
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Until a UK target tank comes on the horizon I`ll be using the batteries that come with the drills ( all 1.3ah of them )Thats long enough to show any stray neighbor
,family member or innocent passer by what I`ve been doing all winter
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due to the fact that my drills have 2 speeds, I thought "Hey , my tank could have 2 speeds"
seamed like a good idea at the time ,lil Loe can go from 2 mph (top speed) to 6 mph (top speed) at the flick of a switch, but this isnt without its problems and maintenance.
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A servo turns a rotary switch
that polerizes the 3.6v
that powers a small motor gear box
that turns a guitar string tensioner
that turns a 4mm bolt
that turns a bycical brake cord around two wooden wheels that pulls the bolts throught the drills gear switch
to catch the spider
that sends me round the bend when it wont work,
Keep it simple they tell you. Got that?
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What you see here enables the operator to have options.
Easy part to remember ch5 on the transmitter,
up for 6mph , down for 2mph.
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Funny looking tank , I`d say.
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This entire build has seen constant reshape ,refit ,remake redo, re-a-line, re pull your hair out and start again, all of which make dust.things got a little easyer when i bought a cheep dust extraction system
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