wow, i've been working on my tank for almost 2 weeks straight, and well, its remotely finished. By remotely finished i mean that it could be put into play tomorrow and used with lil problem. well, that also means that the minor details, the finishing touches, the final touch ups, is all that is left. In other words, i have the lil things that make it look and function perfectly awsome left to do. These are, but not limited to, fourwheeler tires across the rear axle, my axis/alied flag pole, and the mechanical levers for my wiper motor out flag. Yes, you read that right. I mounted an old window wiper motor and wiper arm to the frame, wired in a switch, and attached my out flag to it. No more holding a flag and trying to drive with one hand. Just hit the switch, turn it off when the wiper arm is up and drive on. When i re-insert, i hit the switch again, and turn it off when the flag is down, "GAME ON!!". But, the bad part is where i mounted the motor leaves the arm in a poor spot and not what i concider vissable enough from behind. To fix this i am going to use a pice of metal that is hinged to the wiper arm and a connecting piece of iron to cause it to hinge. When the wiper goes up, the iron that the flag is attached to will stay horizontal and simply move up and out with the wiper. when the wiper arm lowers, the iron simple stays horrizontal but moves down with the arm tucked neatly behind my front grill. Yes, i know, i'll have to post a video so that those of you that didnt understand what i said, will get what i mean. Trust me, i know what i want to happen and will make happen in one form or another, maybe, possibly. Eh, i'll post pics when i get done either way.. Other details and do-dads i'd like to add in are a set of "Warp feeds" and eventually an electric motor to turn the turret. The motor may have to wait a while. The reason for the warp feeds is that they feed up to 22 rps and will not, or hardly ever break a ball while actually forcing the balls a mild distance thru a tube. The force feed hoppers i modified may eventually break a ball or two or three or more, which isnt a good thing to have happen to a three foot tube. And at 130 dollars apiece, warp feeds may just have to be a luxury i might have to deal with out.
Now, i need some advice, a pole if you will. With the current pully and gear ratios on my trans mission, i can run approximately 7 or 8 mph tops. Most fields regulate speeds of tanks down to that of walking speed, or 5 mph. Who, if any thinks i should change my set up to make my tank run faster? The advantage of this is basicly to get from the camp sight to the insertion point quicker or to make simple transport of the tank from point A to point B quicker. In my mind it takes too long to drive the 4 blocks from the shop to my car garage. Keep in mind, the transmission i used is multiple geared, so i have 4 gears to chose my speed from as well as setting the throttle on the engine.
