A KISS D11 PROJECT

[td9clyde]

my grousers are a 1/4 inch tall in my 1/10 scale dozers with 2 inch wide pads 1/2 inch wopuld be way plenty or even 3/8 would be good

[TURBOTWIST]

thanks for the support guys ,I was sort of wondering if they were still a bit tall. I've seen many that lose tracition at about 3/4 of a blade full an thought why were there grouser so short ? may need to shorten them again.
I was thinking about remakeing them again but I may wait till after I get it to a rolling frame .
thanks

[ihbuilder]

My TD40B has ,in 1:1 size is 3.66"with a 11"pitch scaled at 1:12 is .305" with a .92" pitch . I used .375" (3/8") with a 1" pitch . In loose soil , you'll loose some traction as well on a hard pan where the grousers will not penetrate , thats something you can't avoid . Too high a grouser bar and you'll be ripping the pads right off the chain . Think of that grouser as a leaver , the longer it is with respect to the flat of the pad the more it will want to bend back or forward . I hope I didn't loose you I suddenly lost my train of thought your off to a great start

[TURBOTWIST]

I think that I started out trying to do simple and under estamated the project my appallages.but I was doing a little mock up to get a size idea .after actully looking up size scale sizes a real d-11 have about 12.7 feet of track on the ground per side.at 1/6.3 scale that would be about 24.19 .mine will have 24" per side on the ground .I don't know what scale that will be but I'm already thinking the morors I lined up are not big enought.I" plug away for a while and sort things as I go.heres a couple of mock pics.






and a porfile of the hubs before the roller bearing and idelers.
any suggesions ? just throw them at me. thanks