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RC Tank question

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:54 pm
by Redland
I am planning on building myself a RC tank that has a replaceable outer shell that is molded out of plastic. From the tracks to the top of the turret it will be able to be replaced by recasting it out of plastic, except for the two motors, battery, gears, wireless radio, front view camera, turret camera, and metal BB gun in turret. So my question is, all together, about how much would it cost?

Re: RC Tank question

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:00 am
by Phil
Don't re event the wheel mate, bit of an open question as well.

There are plenty of tanks built out of plastic which you can adapt, have you looked at this forum??

Re: RC Tank question

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:22 am
by dgsselkirk
Just curious, why?

Re: RC Tank question

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:46 am
by Crispy
Sounds just like what Heng Long did with the Tiger 1 chassis when they crowbarred the "Pantiger" around it. Without anymore info it would be hard to give you an idea of the cost, if you don't have any particular real world tank in mind I'd suggest you pick up a mostly complete tank that's advertised as "for spares or repair". That should give you the running gear and control systems you'll need and then build up your hull around it.

Check this forums classified section and put up a wanted post or have a search on eBays RC section.