[simpits-tech] Sharman tank pit :)

[Matt Bailey]

On Friday 14 March 2003 00:36, you wrote:
> Matt Bailey wrote:
> > Oh maaaaan..................forget the kiddie tank, I want a version I
> > can drive. :) I think wood is out for that though......I guess it would
> > be pretty expensive. Potato gun, hmmmmmmmm good idea. :) I'm thinking
> > golf-cart motors, rotatable turret with adjustable elevation canon
> > (potato canon, that is), hatch over the turret (some small slits in the
> > turret for vis of course), top speed of, eh, 30mph or so? :)
>
> I was thinking that earlier, too. How about powering the motors with a
> generator? No transmission issues and if you want to run quiet you can
> shut down the generator and run on battery :) Or maybe a hydraulic pump
> on a VW engine turning a pair of hydraulic motors?

	Not quite sure what you mean by powering the tank with a generator, you mean 
powering the drive motors with a gas-powered generator?

> Now if we could just figure out a good way to build a bunch of tread
> links. If only there was someone with a CNC mill... ;)

	We could cheat and use dummy treads, with four wheels under tank keeping 
treads slightly above ground......but who wants to do that? Wait........using 
this method would make it simpler to take an old car from the junkyard and 
turn it into a tank..........hmmm imagine cruising down main street in that 
thing. :)

	-Matt Bailey