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How much rope...

cfbush2000

Joined: December 01, 2001
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 06:35 AM UTC
Does anyone know the max length of the rope/cable on a WW II 2 1/2 ton truch winch?

MrRoo

Joined: October 07, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 09:14 AM UTC
Chuck I am not sure of the lenght but I put the 'rope' on the winch drum until it is 1mm from the edge of the drum sides. (3/32 in). Also the string in the Tamiya kit is too large in Diameter for the scale. Hope this helps. :-)

cfbush2000

Joined: December 01, 2001
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:33 AM UTC
Thanks Cliff. I thought the string looked too thick too.

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