cable carrier for tank treads ?

    --Looks expensive. Howzabout using ladder chain or something similar
 instead?

--
        "Steamboat Ed" Haas         :  Mostly somnambulent,          
        Hacking the Trailing Edge!  :  occasionally brilliant...
                          www.nmpproducts.com
                   ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Sounds like a better idea to me!
Thanks!

    Cable carrier isn't intended to be load-bearing.  The joints are not
designed to handle any significant load.

    If the rubber tracked toys at the nearest Toys-R-Us are too
small for what you need, check this out:

    http://www.mattracks.com

                    John Nagle

    --Neat stuff! I wonder if there's a 'Radio-Shack' sized version out
there?

--
        "Steamboat Ed" Haas         :  Mostly somnambulent,          
        Hacking the Trailing Edge!  :  occasionally brilliant...
                          www.nmpproducts.com
                   ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

I found this item on eBay: Item number: 290126995169
which indeed shows a Radio Shack sized version. From the description, =
looks like the Mattracks outfit used to make these, I guess ?
Well, I'm not bidding on this one - bad as I want to - so go for it !  =
:-)

JCD

I figured i'd just hijack this topic rather than start a new one :-)

Where would you suggest tracks like this could be found?

http://www.pica.army.mil/PicatinnyPublic/news/images/highlights/SWORDSposter.jpg

I can't think of anything that could be adapted and so I guess DIY would be
the only option.....

Cheers,

Michael

Don't shoot! I'll be glad to help !!!   :-)

ter.jpg

What size tracks you want ? Budget Robotics has some that are 21" long. =
Or do you need something the same size and durability as shown in the =
Talon tanks shown on the Army site ?


Here's a start: http://www.thistle.uk.com
Which I found on this page: =
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-38611.html
Which I found by Google search on "robot tank treads" (no quotes).

The same forum page also mentioned BrecoFlex a good bit. Looks and =
sounds pricey - but could be what you need.

Tell us more and we will help more!
JCD

Don't shoot! I'll be glad to help !!!   :-)

http://www.pica.army.mil/PicatinnyPublic/news/images/highlights/SWORDSposter.jpg

What size tracks you want ? Budget Robotics has some that are 21" long. Or
do you need something the same size and durability as shown in the Talon
tanks shown on the Army site ?


Here's a start: http://www.thistle.uk.com
Which I found on this page:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-38611.html
Which I found by Google search on "robot tank treads" (no quotes).

The same forum page also mentioned BrecoFlex a good bit. Looks and sounds
pricey - but could be what you need.

Tell us more and we will help more!
JCD

Hi,

I was just curious as to what was out there not really looking for an actual
product.....

Cheers,

Michael

     One word.  Google.

                John Nagle

Have you ever actually tried to use G for something like this? You get
very few decent hits for anything that isn't really obvious (treads for
models for example), and virtually nothing for any alternative-use
products such as snowmobiles.

-- Gordon

I agree, for the most part. Google is the Golden Goose, but ya gotta =
talk to it *just right* to get the Golden Egg!
( Dang I'm proud of that one! )
JCD

it *just right* to get the Golden Egg!

Yes, a good one!

G has also developed some horrible corporate habits, while hiding behind
a "first, do no evil" mantra. They don't mean it.

Better off using Yahoo or MSN or one of the smaller SEs. For some reason
G thinks that for whatever I search for there's a book I want on the
subject from Amazon.

-- Gordon

Yeah - even so, I'm still partial to Google. But I can't *stand* the =
GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe that stays resident even when there is no =
browser up! They should *ask my permission* to install that dang thing! =
Grrrrrr. I'm going to shutup now else I will rant & rave for several =
thousand words on this subject ...

JCD

Wow - my hijack has been hijacked :-)

I'll be honest and admit that I didn't look on Google - but I've looked for
them in the past and know that what little info there is, is scattered about
the place.

With the recent post on tracks and then seeing that picture in a forum just
bought up my memories of trying to find something suitable.....(and failing
miserably).

Michael

Kinda recursive, huh ?   :-)

On Jun 11, 5:02 pm, "Michael"

In the lower-left-hand corner of the page, it says the manufacturer is
Foster-Miller.  Contacting them might be a start.

JM