torpedochief:

Considering comments elsewhere, fire_boy92 is looking to make a Howe & Howe Technologies 'Ripsaw' UGV.

With that said, and his mention that the size is about 20" long, and using a brushless motor per track, I'd say rubber/vinyl track cleats molded onto bike chain might be too heavy, not to mention the chain itself being too unwieldy. Tamiya & HL-type track (the composite plastic ones) would probably come apart as well, even if it was cast with non-hollow hinge-pin points.

As I said elsewhere, the Making Traxguys tried it with Kyosho Blizzard components, but I haven't checked back to see what their results were. Their tracks hold up fairly well with brushless motors... and are fairly cheap... but don't look at all like Ripsaw's.

I'd look into a light metal-cast option... or have someone do it for you(track-makers canmake 'em for you ifprovidedwith a track master) I once enquired about metal cleat tracks for the Blizzard, but it wasn't economical (would have cost over $150 per track, and at 2 per Bliz, thats more than the initialvehicle)

WhiteWolf

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