Re: RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]

[<adt22-at-drexel.edu>]

I think there is someone out there that makes abs tiger kits.  I remember seeing a 
picture of someone standing on it.

This might be it: http://www.r-c-tanks.com/

-Amir

----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Burbeck <gburb-at-advantagecs.com>
Date: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:36 am
Subject: RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]

> Is ABS a good material for a tank frame? I have some 3/8" black ABS
> sheets that might work nicely. I was thinking of tapping pieces of
> aluminum angle (1/4" thick), rather than edge tapping the ABS, to 
> attachthe chassis pieces together. 5/16" counter-sunk screws 
> through the ABS
> and tapped into the aluminum angle. I've never builting anything this
> big and I'd like to know ahead of time if this type of frame
> construction will hold up. Is 3/8" ABS attached together well (NOT 
> edgetapped) enough for a fast 200 lb machine to withstand minor 
> crashes? The
> real impact surfaces, corners and edges will be covered with 1/4"
> aluminum to transfer the force evenly to the frame. So, what do you 
> guysthink, will it bust the first time I run into a tree?
> 
> Gene
> 
> 
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> From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]
> On Behalf Of Gene Burbeck
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:16 AM
> To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> Subject: RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]
> 
> 
> Thanks, I'll be sure to watch The Beast. 
> 
> Gene
> 
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> From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]
> On Behalf Of George Mastoras
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 5:32 PM
> To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> Subject: Re: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]
> 
> 
> -at-Gene, If you are looking for some video reference you should  source
> and buy the dvd of the movie - The Beast . Good tank movie where 
> you see
> a lot of that tank - Its also in the tank car chase seen in a bond 
> film.George
> 
> 
> 
> on 22/12/06 2:50 AM, Gene Burbeck at gburb-at-advantagecs.com wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       A bunch of pictures and info about the tank I'm building. 
>       
>       Gene
>       
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> 
>       From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
> [tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On Behalf Of Gene Burbeck
>       Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:18 AM
>       To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>       Subject: RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]
>       
>       12/19/06 
>       
>       I worked on tracks today, got most of the cleats cut out. The
> conveyor belt material looks really good. The one potential weak 
> point I
> can imagine is the hammer-in aligator belt lacing. I'm a little
> concerned it will tear out, so I'm considering overlapping the ends of
> the belt under one of the cleats, and glueing them together in 
> additionto the 3 bolts through the belt ends.  
>       
>       
>       
>       12/21/06 
>       The tracks are coming together surprisingly quickly. By making
> jigs for the drill press and the chop saw, I have been able to really
> speed things along and make my work more accurate. Each (of about 150)
> cleat needs 3 holes drilled in it and each 6" wide belt needs about 40
> sets of three holes drilled. The 1/4"-20 screws look a little 
> wimpy, so
> I think I'll send those back and get 5/16"-18 hardware.   
>       
>       
>       
>       Gene
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>       T55[1].jpg <T55%5B1%5D.jpg> 
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>       t54 collage.jpg <t54_collage.jpg> 
>       COMBAT CHARACTERISTICS
>       
>       Years of manufacture 1947-1959 
>       
>       Weight 36 t 
>       
>       Crew 4 
>       
>       Overall dimensions:   
>       - length 9,000 mm 
>       - width 3,270 mm 
>       - height 2,400 mm 
>       
>       Armament:   
>       - main gun, mm 100 mm 
>       - coaxial machine gan and bow machine gun, mm 7.62 mm 
>       
>       Armour 20-200 mm 
>       
>       Engine power output 520 hp 
>       
>       Maximum road speed 50 km/h 
>       
>       Cruising range  350-400 km 
>       
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>       t54-004.jpg 
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