ORIGINAL: George Jure
Hello,
I have started planning on building a tank from scratch. I would like to use plastic sheet for the hull etc. but I do not know what thickness would be good to use especially since I plan to convert the finished tank to r.c use in I.R battles where the outside field is rough and it is hot outside.
I would appreciate any suggestions in plastic specs in inches not metric please.
Thanks
George
There's a lot to take into consideration. What do you plan on building, a tank of your design or already designed tank such as a Panzer III or Cromwell? I would suggest making at least the lower hull, if you can, from sheets of aluminum to help reduce flexing. If you must use plastic(styrene?), make sure to add sufficient bracing. I would think for a 1/16(assumption since you mentioned IR) you'd want plastic between 1/8" and 1/4" thick for the hull. It really depends on how big of a tank you plan to build.