Is This Practical Or...?

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Is This Practical Or...?
Topic Started: Nov 19 2006, 07:54 PM (367 Views)
Jackson	Nov 19 2006, 07:54 PM Post #1
EV-less Posts: 94 Group: Family Member #3 Joined: December 13, 2005	am I just day dreaming? I have thought about a project like this for a while. I used to be into the Japanese anime, Gundams. And always thought about a RC one. Well, there is one call the Guntank; which is basically a robot with tank treads. Here is a picture of it: Bandai did release an RC version of this model several years ago, but I was unable to locate one after many searches. So I decide to do some research on making my own. What I want to do is build one in RC. I first thought about using the gearboxes and wheels from the Henglongs. But that seem too difficult to make a perfect chassis for it with suspension and stuff(although it would be really cool). The Henglong route will also bring me to scratch build the body too since model kits of this model don't come in many sizes(I think biggest is 1/144). So I was looking around and found this project a while ago on another forum. It is a scratch built tank from Tamiya parts. This would probably allow me to use the bits from a model kit of the Guntank along with the parts in the Tamiya construction kits to build a RC version. http://ripper7racing.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=3569 What do you guys think?



outcastrc	Dec 10 2006, 06:01 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 1,150 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: December 13, 2005	Interesting idea. I would think maybe your best best would be to pillage a 1/35 or smaller rc tank. You can get pretty darn small so you should be able to find something that would fit. A HL version would be cool, but I think your right in that its way too big to use with current models...



slowstang88	Mar 27 2008, 11:41 PM Post #3
Swayed by the Trax Posts: 1 Group: Member Member #839 Joined: March 27, 2008	its funny someone posted this, i am working on a small reversible tracked vehicle (tracks extend out from every surface so it cant be "turtled"). i am using a tamiya dual motor gearbox, as well as the same track kit pictured in this thread.. the hull is 1 and 2mm aluminum, and i am using a pololu t rex jr speed controller with mixing capabilityso i can run a pistol grip transmitter. i will post pics when i get her started!!!



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