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Forum: Combat Digi Q 01-20-2004, 04:19 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,730
Posted By Tony A
Night Lights

simple idea...how about good flourecent paint?...no power needed...really dim night lights
Forum: Combat Digi Q 01-03-2004, 12:22 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 706
Posted By Tony A
Slipping treads.

I have found that the more fluff/dust thah builds up on the tape, the less likely it is to slip...I just trim off the exess with small scissors...you can always peel it off and start again. Of...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 01-02-2004, 01:39 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 706
Posted By Tony A
Slipping treads-The Cure

I used double sided tape, about 1/4" wide...the thinnest you can get...it's a web like material..wrap it around the drive wheels...1 layer will probaly do it...it's thin enough to add more..bridge...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 01-02-2004, 01:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,342
Posted By Tony A
Muzzle Flash

Someone talked of this last year...he drilled a hole down the barrel, then used a nylon guitar string pushed down the barrel to transfer light from led/whatever, mounted inside the tank to the end of...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 09-04-2003, 08:41 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,940
Posted By Tony A
If you want cheap clone's, look on ebay. They are...

If you want cheap clone's, look on ebay. They are sold under name's like mini master tank, or mini battle tank. They mostly turn out to be Combat hero tank's. Some have different hand controller's....
Forum: Combat Digi Q 09-02-2003, 01:00 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,031
Posted By Tony A
Wheel pin's

A lot of Automotive manufacturer's use plastic clip's to fix part's to vehicle body's. Some of these clip's are fixed using a little plastic pin just like the pin's on the tank wheel's. They are...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 09-02-2003, 12:46 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,940
Posted By Tony A
PS, the Combat hero tank's drive and control...

PS, the Combat hero tank's drive and control great, but the design is a bit dodgy. The charger, which looks just like the DQ's, has a charge light that goes out when charging is done. Trouble is,...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 09-02-2003, 12:20 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,940
Posted By Tony A
I've been down this road, I had the same...

I've been down this road, I had the same thought's. 4 signals needed. How about 4 redundant signals left over from the CHT radio? Same for c/board, very small in the CHT. Now you have a hybrid that...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 08-30-2003, 09:00 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,940
Posted By Tony A
Clone tanks

I Have just bought some Combat hero tanks.About the same size as the Konami ones(if no exactly the same)They have 2 motors but are radio control. About 1/4" narower and 1/4" shorter.My original idea...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-14-2003, 05:11 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,939
Posted By Tony A
Rotating turrets

Firebox.com has clone tanks that have rotating turrets + infrared...when fired, if the turret is facing sideways the tank dosn't jerk backwards, it piroutes very slightly...they are about the same...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-14-2003, 03:34 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,043
Posted By Tony A
Gun flare

How about...small bore hole in barrel...fibre optic passed through...small led connected in some way to signal from fire/recoil connector on tank pcb...does this sound like sense?
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-14-2003, 02:40 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,427
Posted By Tony A
Bricks

How about shart length's of broken matchstick's...cheap
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-14-2003, 02:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,153
Posted By Tony A
Kewl clones

I have seen a site in America selling these...only singly at $29.99...quite a bit dearer than Firebox...can't remember the name of the site but they specialise in trains...they call them micro...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-14-2003, 02:00 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,940
Posted By Tony A
Clone tanks

Yes the turrets are independantly controllable...It's just that when you press the turn button, the turret turns in the direction you pressed before the tank turns...you can turn the turret...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-14-2003, 01:22 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,940
Posted By Tony A
Clone tanks

Yes, you have to stop first...you can press the turn first but the tank stops,the turret turns in the direction you pressed, then the tank turns...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-13-2003, 07:09 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,940
Posted By Tony A
Clone tanks

Can't say how fast they are compared to the Konami tanks, but they are fast enough...turning is odd...you have to stop first...but a rotating turret makes a big difference anyway...battery life seems...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-13-2003, 06:57 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 958
Posted By Tony A
Rotating turrets

Firebox.com sell tanks with rotating turrets...about the same size as the Konami tanks (40 x 60 x 34mm) with infrared...obviously the gears and motors must be on a similar scale...I have some of...
Forum: Combat Digi Q 07-13-2003, 12:25 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,940
Posted By Tony A
Clones

I will probably be thaught of as a crank...but I have just baught a set of micro tanks...they are not Konami...the detail level is'nt as great as the Konami...(any modelers out there?)...they are'nt...
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