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by zipedadoo
Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:28 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Airsoft Tank
Replies: 9
Views: 3898

how do you turn? The tank turns by skid steering. It uses a open differential, just apply the brake to one side and the other side will keep going. It's a very simple system but it won't allow a neutral turn ( one track forward while the other turns backward) like modern tanks. Which kind of bums m...
by zipedadoo
Thu May 31, 2012 11:28 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Airsoft Tank
Replies: 9
Views: 3898

Hey thanks guys. The base is a home made steel frame. I used a golf cart rear-end and the engine from a 4-wheeler. The body is plywood and the tracks are homemade from conveyor belt and wood blocks. Not all my original ideas. Most are from a scaled tank forum, Scaledtanks.com. Over there we are not ...
by zipedadoo
Thu May 31, 2012 10:23 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Airsoft Tank
Replies: 9
Views: 3898

Airsoft Tank

Hey guys, New here and thought I'd show ya-all what I'm working on. This is my airsoft tank. I am making a airsoft vortex gun for it and I am modding the main gun to shoot the 2" vortex footballs. Right now it just shoots paintballs out the main gun. Looks like there is a lot of good info here, I ju...