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March 11, 2006
RC paintball tank built from printer parts
You could spend hours exploring the R/C Tank Combat website, so we will
highlight one project to get you started. Steve Tyng built this
awesome model based on the Russian T34-85 tank. The body is all
wood an uses stainless steel axles salvaged from a printer. The original drive system used 24-volt DC motors from
dot-matrix printers, but they’ve since been replaced. The most tedious part of this build appears to be the tracks
which are made from a treadmill belt sandwiched between wooden blocks. The turret rotates and the barrel can elevate as
well. The entire turret package can be easily removed. Inside is a cheap paintball gun that has been lightened and has
a small RC servo bolted on to depress the trigger. Definitely have a look at the Maryland Attack Group’s other projects
like their field artillery and armoured cars.
Originally posted by Eliot Phillips from hack a day, ReBlogged by cat on Mar 11, 2006 at 12:08 AM