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making slow progress with the design but have a question. What's better - oilite bushings or ball bearings? Axle RPM is looking like approx. 750rpm

That is a very cool looking rail tank! Tiny bit of an update. During my sketching, I started to think whether I could get away with two powered axles on the front bogie then only a single unpowered articulated axle at the rear? Theory being it would increase the proportion of the weight acting upon ...

Thanks guys. Started sketching it up and all seems plausible. Just need to check the minimum radius of the local tracks so I can fix the bogie centre distance to confirm how many batteries I can then fit in.

I have the parts currently in a fighting robot! bit bored of that hobby though.

Hi all Totally new to the forum and narrow gauge trains so I wanted to run what I’ve got in mind past those more experienced than me! I’ve been thinking up the spec of a brushless loco so wanted to check whether this could work before I start to look into local clubs. Only doing it this way round as...