1/6th Scale Speeds

[Antony Rowley]

Something I've been meaning to ask for a while . 1/6th scale speeds. Correct me if I'm wrong is the following calculation correct or am I missing something:

Panther Tank top speed of 55 km/h in 1/6th scale:

1 divided by 6 times 55 = 9.16 km/h
9.16 x 1000 divided by 60 = 152 metres per minute
152 divided by 60 = 2.54 metres per second

Therefore if the above is correct when our sticks are fully forward our Panther tanks should be travelling at 2.54 metres per second. Is this correct

Thanks Antony

[Mick Regan]

Hi Anthony

You have got the correct final scale speed of 2.5 metres per second, although your second calculation is incorrect. It would be 152 metres per MINUTE.

I am wondering why you are asking Does the result suprise you. I'll think you'll find most of our tanks are more than capable of exceedeing their scale top speed. I have 2 settings stored on my transmitter, 1 with the throttle stick end points set to the max at 140% for moving my tank around, and a second set to 80% for dislpaying for a more realistic speed and better control.

Mick

[Paul Wills]

Hi Guys,

I know why he is asking Mick, he is wondering if he can keep up with one Sorry Ant, just couldn't resist

I never run mine at more than 60% throttle, mainly because it makes the battery last longer, but I also noted on the forum that others who would made fast turns would often report broken track links. My tiger is 5 years old now and I have only broken two track links Yer Jinx I know, wait for next weekends meet

Paul.