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Open Panzer Help & Info => Open Panzer Help => Topic started by: johnnyvd on October 03, 2017, 08:43:22 AM

Title: Halftrack settings for vintage Tamiya tanks
Post by: johnnyvd on October 03, 2017, 08:43:22 AM

Just wondering, i now own 3 vintage Tamiya tanks with a single drive motor and a steering SERVO.

The DKLM option is talking about two motors, so this wil probably not work for me.. But how about the halftrack option?

Offcourse the tanks do not have front steering wheels (duh..) but a transmission that knows three positions:

• drive left track
• drive both tracks
• drive right track

So.. Would this work? For the people that are not born before the 80's i attached a picture of the internals of these machines..

Title: Re: Halftrack settings for vintage Tamiya tanks
Post by: LukeZ on October 03, 2017, 10:59:54 AM

Very interesting, I have not encountered those before. They look very cool.

In fact I think you will want to set the Vehicle Type to the "Car" option. In OP Config each vehicle type has a description next to it, here are the four options:

• Tank (Dual drive motors)
• Tank (Single drive motor + steering motor, eg DKLM)
• Halftrack (Dual drive motors + steering servo)
• Car (Single drive motor + steering servo)

The Car option would also be suitable for halftracks that don't have independent tread motors (ie single rear axle). The Halftrack option assumes dual drive motors and is basically a tank + servo, so that's more than you need.