Way cool. There is a video too. The video is priceless.

http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5eYCdheLw

FLINT, Michigan -- Will Foster never has too much trouble getting a
parking spot for his second vehicle.

After all, who's going to argue with a guy driving a half-scale Panzer
tank complete with a working air cannon?


Tanks a lot

For the basics on Kettering University student Will Foster's tank,
check out the artillery rounds, er, bullet points below.

Size: half-scale Panzer replica powered by three-cylinder diesel
engine
Cost: current parts total around $2,000 but Foster estimates more
than $10,000 was spent on trial-and-error engineering.
Top speed: 20 mph
Additional features: camouflaged wooden shell, working tread system,
air cannon on a 360-degree turret that shoots varied munitions
including golf balls and empty Red Bull cans.
"I took it home, driving it around in this white picket fence
neighborhood and one of the neighbors called the cops on us," said
Foster, a Kettering University student who began building the tank
from scratch nearly two years ago.

"(Police) came and they just told us to head back home, but they were
also laughing at it because they had never seen anything like that
before."

That's an understatement.

Roughly the size of a small car, Foster's tank can reach speeds of
around 20 mph with its three-cylinder diesel engine. Just like the
real thing, the tank runs on treads and has a 360-degree cannon
powered by compressed air from a scuba tank.

Its camouflaged plywood exterior has become a curious fixture at
Foster's Theta Xi fraternity house, where it is often parked next to a
shed with a sign that reads "Panzer parking. Violators will be
totaled."

A builder and tinkerer since he made his first tree house at age 9,
the Annapolis, Md., native came up with his first designs for the tank
when he was 14.

But, he didn't have the money or manpower to pull it off.

Seeing golf carts dressed up as tanks in paintball competitions
rekindled the idea and it gained momentum when he arrived at Kettering
in the summer of 2006.

"I said to the guys at the house, 'Can I build a tank in the parking
lot here?' because lots of guys have their projects that they're
working on," he said.

The whole house has had a hand in building the tank.

"It's been a lot of trial and error. As it is now I've probably got
$2,000 worth of parts on it, but about $10,000 total has gone into it
because I'd buy a $200 part that didn't work, then go to a $300 part
that didn't work before finding a $50 part that did," he said.

An early version based off the drive system of a lawn mower failed
quickly, sending Foster and his cohorts to studying the hydraulic
systems of Bobcat-style construction equipment.

It was a step in the right direction, but still there were
problems. Two more drive systems failed, and it took four major
alterations to the tread to keep the tracks from slipping off the
drive wheel.

Through it all Foster stayed intensely focused on solving problems as
they crept up, impressing his fellow engineers to be.

"He's a genius when to comes to visualization of a problem, seeing
what needs to be done and figuring out every step along the way that
needs to happen," said Steve Sankey, 27, a fraternity brother who
pitched in on the tank's construction.

"We'd all work on it and there were lots of those lightbulb moments
when we were trying to figure out a problem with it. The tank has kind
of become a part of Theta Xi."

Aside from being a fun problem and curiosity -- "Kids run after us
like we're the ice cream man when we take it out," Foster remarks --
the tank has given Foster valuable job experience.

After listing it on his resume Foster was recruited by armored vehicle
maker Force Protection Inc. for a summer co-op job that he starts this
month.

"They asked me a lot about it and that's the kind of engineering job
I've always wanted, so it's great," he said. "I've always been a
builder but not someone with all the book smarts, so I love stuff like
this rather than being one of the people at school with great grades
who can't turn a wrench."

Foster's predilection for tinkering -- his 1986 Chevy Silverado was
rescued from a junkyard and now has a 10-inch lift and 37-inch wheels
-- is endearing to girlfriend Heidi Clark, a recent Kettering graduate
who has also helped problem solve and build the tank.

"When there's a problem with it that's all he'll think about and he
stays really, really focused on it until he can figure it out," she
said. "It's funny because he gets all these stares from people because
they don't know what this thing is or who would have something like
that."

He's getting used to the stares -- even the frequent interest of
police, especially when towing the tank on a trailer between Michigan
and Maryland.

Usually, Foster said police just ask for his license and registration
before sending him back on his way.

"I tried to not mention that it had a working cannon on top."

That looks like a cool toy.

Wonder if it pulls a disk set or useful work.
Snow blade, mud flow or the like.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
http://lufkinced.com/


Ignoramus10392 wrote:
Way cool. There is a video too. The video is priceless.


http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5eYCdheLw

FLINT, Michigan -- Will Foster never has too much trouble getting a
parking spot for his second vehicle.

After all, who's going to argue with a guy driving a half-scale Panzer
tank complete with a working air cannon?


Tanks a lot

For the basics on Kettering University student Will Foster's tank,
check out the artillery rounds, er, bullet points below.

Size: half-scale Panzer replica powered by three-cylinder diesel
engine
Cost: current parts total around $2,000 but Foster estimates more
than $10,000 was spent on trial-and-error engineering.
Top speed: 20 mph
Additional features: camouflaged wooden shell, working tread system,
air cannon on a 360-degree turret that shoots varied munitions
including golf balls and empty Red Bull cans.
"I took it home, driving it around in this white picket fence
neighborhood and one of the neighbors called the cops on us," said
Foster, a Kettering University student who began building the tank
from scratch nearly two years ago.

"(Police) came and they just told us to head back home, but they were
also laughing at it because they had never seen anything like that
before."

That's an understatement.

Roughly the size of a small car, Foster's tank can reach speeds of
around 20 mph with its three-cylinder diesel engine. Just like the
real thing, the tank runs on treads and has a 360-degree cannon
powered by compressed air from a scuba tank.

Its camouflaged plywood exterior has become a curious fixture at
Foster's Theta Xi fraternity house, where it is often parked next to a
shed with a sign that reads "Panzer parking. Violators will be
totaled."

A builder and tinkerer since he made his first tree house at age 9,
the Annapolis, Md., native came up with his first designs for the tank
when he was 14.

But, he didn't have the money or manpower to pull it off.

Seeing golf carts dressed up as tanks in paintball competitions
rekindled the idea and it gained momentum when he arrived at Kettering
in the summer of 2006.

"I said to the guys at the house, 'Can I build a tank in the parking
lot here?' because lots of guys have their projects that they're
working on," he said.

The whole house has had a hand in building the tank.

"It's been a lot of trial and error. As it is now I've probably got
$2,000 worth of parts on it, but about $10,000 total has gone into it
because I'd buy a $200 part that didn't work, then go to a $300 part
that didn't work before finding a $50 part that did," he said.

An early version based off the drive system of a lawn mower failed
quickly, sending Foster and his cohorts to studying the hydraulic
systems of Bobcat-style construction equipment.

It was a step in the right direction, but still there were
problems. Two more drive systems failed, and it took four major
alterations to the tread to keep the tracks from slipping off the
drive wheel.

Through it all Foster stayed intensely focused on solving problems as
they crept up, impressing his fellow engineers to be.

"He's a genius when to comes to visualization of a problem, seeing
what needs to be done and figuring out every step along the way that
needs to happen," said Steve Sankey, 27, a fraternity brother who
pitched in on the tank's construction.

"We'd all work on it and there were lots of those lightbulb moments
when we were trying to figure out a problem with it. The tank has kind
of become a part of Theta Xi."

Aside from being a fun problem and curiosity -- "Kids run after us
like we're the ice cream man when we take it out," Foster remarks --
the tank has given Foster valuable job experience.

After listing it on his resume Foster was recruited by armored vehicle
maker Force Protection Inc. for a summer co-op job that he starts this
month.

"They asked me a lot about it and that's the kind of engineering job
I've always wanted, so it's great," he said. "I've always been a
builder but not someone with all the book smarts, so I love stuff like
this rather than being one of the people at school with great grades
who can't turn a wrench."

Foster's predilection for tinkering -- his 1986 Chevy Silverado was
rescued from a junkyard and now has a 10-inch lift and 37-inch wheels
-- is endearing to girlfriend Heidi Clark, a recent Kettering graduate
who has also helped problem solve and build the tank.

"When there's a problem with it that's all he'll think about and he
stays really, really focused on it until he can figure it out," she
said. "It's funny because he gets all these stares from people because
they don't know what this thing is or who would have something like
that."

He's getting used to the stares -- even the frequent interest of
police, especially when towing the tank on a trailer between Michigan
and Maryland.

Usually, Foster said police just ask for his license and registration
before sending him back on his way.

"I tried to not mention that it had a working cannon on top."



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I think that Panzer simply means tank in German (Panzerkampfwagen).

Tiger 1 was officially called Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung.

Naw, he just needs to sit in it at the local speed trap with a sign that
says: "Speed limit enforced with extreme prejudice"

It would make some of the locals around here think twice.

Nice project. Kid should put in a resume with General Dynamics.

Jim Vrzal
Holiday,Fl.

Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
That looks like a cool toy.

Wonder if it pulls a disk set or useful work.
Snow blade, mud flow or the like.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
http://lufkinced.com/


Ignoramus10392 wrote:
Way cool. There is a video too. The video is priceless.


http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5eYCdheLw

FLINT, Michigan -- Will Foster never has too much trouble getting a
parking spot for his second vehicle.

After all, who's going to argue with a guy driving a half-scale Panzer
tank complete with a working air cannon?


Tanks a lot

For the basics on Kettering University student Will Foster's tank,
check out the artillery rounds, er, bullet points below.

Size: half-scale Panzer replica powered by three-cylinder diesel
engine
Cost: current parts total around $2,000 but Foster estimates more
than $10,000 was spent on trial-and-error engineering.
Top speed: 20 mph
Additional features: camouflaged wooden shell, working tread system,
air cannon on a 360-degree turret that shoots varied munitions
including golf balls and empty Red Bull cans.
"I took it home, driving it around in this white picket fence
neighborhood and one of the neighbors called the cops on us," said
Foster, a Kettering University student who began building the tank
from scratch nearly two years ago.

"(Police) came and they just told us to head back home, but they were
also laughing at it because they had never seen anything like that
before."

That's an understatement.

Roughly the size of a small car, Foster's tank can reach speeds of
around 20 mph with its three-cylinder diesel engine. Just like the
real thing, the tank runs on treads and has a 360-degree cannon
powered by compressed air from a scuba tank.

Its camouflaged plywood exterior has become a curious fixture at
Foster's Theta Xi fraternity house, where it is often parked next to a
shed with a sign that reads "Panzer parking. Violators will be
totaled."

A builder and tinkerer since he made his first tree house at age 9,
the Annapolis, Md., native came up with his first designs for the tank
when he was 14.

But, he didn't have the money or manpower to pull it off.

Seeing golf carts dressed up as tanks in paintball competitions
rekindled the idea and it gained momentum when he arrived at Kettering
in the summer of 2006.

"I said to the guys at the house, 'Can I build a tank in the parking
lot here?' because lots of guys have their projects that they're
working on," he said.

The whole house has had a hand in building the tank.

"It's been a lot of trial and error. As it is now I've probably got
$2,000 worth of parts on it, but about $10,000 total has gone into it
because I'd buy a $200 part that didn't work, then go to a $300 part
that didn't work before finding a $50 part that did," he said.

An early version based off the drive system of a lawn mower failed
quickly, sending Foster and his cohorts to studying the hydraulic
systems of Bobcat-style construction equipment.

It was a step in the right direction, but still there were
problems. Two more drive systems failed, and it took four major
alterations to the tread to keep the tracks from slipping off the
drive wheel.

Through it all Foster stayed intensely focused on solving problems as
they crept up, impressing his fellow engineers to be.

"He's a genius when to comes to visualization of a problem, seeing
what needs to be done and figuring out every step along the way that
needs to happen," said Steve Sankey, 27, a fraternity brother who
pitched in on the tank's construction.

"We'd all work on it and there were lots of those lightbulb moments
when we were trying to figure out a problem with it. The tank has kind
of become a part of Theta Xi."

Aside from being a fun problem and curiosity -- "Kids run after us
like we're the ice cream man when we take it out," Foster remarks --
the tank has given Foster valuable job experience.

After listing it on his resume Foster was recruited by armored vehicle
maker Force Protection Inc. for a summer co-op job that he starts this
month.

"They asked me a lot about it and that's the kind of engineering job
I've always wanted, so it's great," he said. "I've always been a
builder but not someone with all the book smarts, so I love stuff like
this rather than being one of the people at school with great grades
who can't turn a wrench."

Foster's predilection for tinkering -- his 1986 Chevy Silverado was
rescued from a junkyard and now has a 10-inch lift and 37-inch wheels
who has also helped problem solve and build the tank.

"When there's a problem with it that's all he'll think about and he
stays really, really focused on it until he can figure it out," she
said. "It's funny because he gets all these stares from people because
they don't know what this thing is or who would have something like
that."

He's getting used to the stares -- even the frequent interest of
police, especially when towing the tank on a trailer between Michigan
and Maryland.

Usually, Foster said police just ask for his license and registration
before sending him back on his way.

"I tried to not mention that it had a working cannon on top."



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On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:11:16 -0500, Ignoramus10392
ignoramus10392@NOSPAM.10392.invalid> wrote:

Way cool. There is a video too. The video is priceless.

http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5eYCdheLw

FLINT, Michigan -- Will Foster never has too much trouble getting a
parking spot for his second vehicle.

After all, who's going to argue with a guy driving a half-scale Panzer
tank complete with a working air cannon?


In the video he states that it's a Tiger 1. not a Panzer.

Thank You,
Randy

Remove 333 from email address to reply.

Way cool. There is a video too. The video is priceless.

http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5eYCdheLw

FLINT, Michigan -- Will Foster never has too much trouble getting a
parking spot for his second vehicle.

After all, who's going to argue with a guy driving a half-scale Panzer
tank complete with a working air cannon?

On Apr 8, 8:54 am, Ignoramus15795 <ignoramus15...@NOSPAM.
15795.invalid> wrote:

I think that Panzer simply means tank in German (Panzerkampfwagen).

Tiger 1 was officially called Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung.

Panzer is simply Armor, including chain mail. To confuse matters the
Panzer V was a "Panther".

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:14:19 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
KB1DAL@gmail.com> wrote:

On Apr 8, 8:54 am, Ignoramus15795 <ignoramus15...@NOSPAM.
15795.invalid> wrote:
I think that Panzer simply means tank in German (Panzerkampfwagen).

Tiger 1 was officially called Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung.
Panzer is simply Armor, including chain mail. To confuse matters the
Panzer V was a "Panther".


Correct. Naming nomenclature in the Werhmact for armor has
traditionally been the names of big cats.

Ie Panther, Tiger, Leopard etc etc

Gunner

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:14:19 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
KB1DAL@gmail.com> wrote:

On Apr 8, 8:54 am, Ignoramus15795 <ignoramus15...@NOSPAM.
15795.invalid> wrote:
I think that Panzer simply means tank in German (Panzerkampfwagen).

Tiger 1 was officially called Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung.
Panzer is simply Armor, including chain mail. To confuse matters the
Panzer V was a "Panther".


Correct. Naming nomenclature in the Werhmact for armor has
traditionally been the names of big cats.

Ie Panther, Tiger, Leopard etc etc

Gunner

with a few notable exceptions including the Nashorn ( Rhino ) tank
destroyer which was a panzer based with a fixed 88mm heavy gun i.e.
no rotating turret and the similar Hetzer ( baiter ) tank destroyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hetzer_-_G13-D.jpg
both certainly armour.If you get chance there is a rather good series
on the history channel about them
Derek


Hey, thanks!

On Apr 8, 8:54 am, Ignoramus15795 <ignoramus15...@NOSPAM.

15795.invalid> wrote:

I think that Panzer simply means tank in German (Panzerkampfwagen).

Tiger 1 was officially called Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung.

Panzer is simply Armor, including chain mail. To confuse matters the
Panzer V was a "Panther".

I heard the english origin of the term TANK is in britain to confuse
spies trying to find info since no one would think of the weapon but
rather the pressure vessels.

On Apr 8, 12:14 pm, Jim Wilkins <KB1...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Apr 8, 8:54 am, Ignoramus15795 <ignoramus15...@NOSPAM.

15795.invalid> wrote:

I think that Panzer simply means tank in German (Panzerkampfwagen).

Tiger 1 was officially called Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung.

Panzer is simply Armor, including chain mail. To confuse matters the
Panzer V was a "Panther".

"Tank and Panzer" were not names to be direct references to waht they
are

I heard the english origin of the term TANK is in britain to confuse
spies trying to find info since no one would think of the weapon but
rather the pressure vessels. So someon wanting to find out info about
tanks would be sent to the place where they were making pressure tanks
or hot water heaters rather than munitions.

the french call tanks by what they do "Char d'assault" literally
attack vehicle

Way cool.  There is a video too. The video is priceless.

   http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2008/04/post_moto_kid_deat...
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5eYCdheLw

FLINT, Michigan -- Will Foster never has too much trouble getting a
parking spot for his second vehicle.

After all, who's going to argue with a guy driving a half-scale Panzer
tank complete with a working air cannon?

Tanks a lot

For the basics on Kettering University student Will Foster's tank,
check out the artillery rounds, er, bullet points below.

 Size: half-scale Panzer replica powered by three-cylinder diesel
engine
 Cost: current parts total around $2,000 but Foster estimates more
than $10,000 was spent on trial-and-error engineering.
 Top speed: 20 mph
 Additional features: camouflaged wooden shell, working tread system,
air cannon on a 360-degree turret that shoots varied munitions
including golf balls and empty Red Bull cans.
"I took it home, driving it around in this white picket fence
neighborhood and one of the neighbors called the cops on us," said
Foster, a Kettering University student who began building the tank
from scratch nearly two years ago.

"(Police) came and they just told us to head back home, but they were
also laughing at it because they had never seen anything like that
before."

That's an understatement.

Roughly the size of a small car, Foster's tank can reach speeds of
around 20 mph with its three-cylinder diesel engine. Just like the
real thing, the tank runs on treads and has a 360-degree cannon
powered by compressed air from a scuba tank.

Its camouflaged plywood exterior has become a curious fixture at
Foster's Theta Xi fraternity house, where it is often parked next to a
shed with a sign that reads "Panzer parking. Violators will be
totaled."

A builder and tinkerer since he made his first tree house at age 9,
the Annapolis, Md., native came up with his first designs for the tank
when he was 14.

But, he didn't have the money or manpower to pull it off.

Seeing golf carts dressed up as tanks in paintball competitions
rekindled the idea and it gained momentum when he arrived at Kettering
in the summer of 2006.

"I said to the guys at the house, 'Can I build a tank in the parking
lot here?' because lots of guys have their projects that they're
working on," he said.

The whole house has had a hand in building the tank.

"It's been a lot of trial and error. As it is now I've probably got
$2,000 worth of parts on it, but about $10,000 total has gone into it
because I'd buy a $200 part that didn't work, then go to a $300 part
that didn't work before finding a $50 part that did," he said.

An early version based off the drive system of a lawn mower failed
quickly, sending Foster and his cohorts to studying the hydraulic
systems of Bobcat-style construction equipment.

It was a step in the right direction, but still there were
problems. Two more drive systems failed, and it took four major
alterations to the tread to keep the tracks from slipping off the
drive wheel.

Through it all Foster stayed intensely focused on solving problems as
they crept up, impressing his fellow engineers to be.

"He's a genius when to comes to visualization of a problem, seeing
what needs to be done and figuring out every step along the way that
needs to happen," said Steve Sankey, 27, a fraternity brother who
pitched in on the tank's construction.

"We'd all work on it and there were lots of those lightbulb moments
when we were trying to figure out a problem with it. The tank has kind
of become a part of Theta Xi."

Aside from being a fun problem and curiosity -- "Kids run after us
like we're the ice cream man when we take it out," Foster remarks --
the tank has given Foster valuable job experience.

After listing it on his resume Foster was recruited by armored vehicle
maker Force Protection Inc. for a summer co-op job that he starts this
month.

"They asked me a lot about it and that's the kind of engineering job
I've always wanted, so it's great," he said. "I've always been a
builder but not someone with all the book smarts, so I love stuff like
this rather than being one of the people at school with great grades
who can't turn a wrench."

Foster's predilection for tinkering -- his 1986 Chevy Silverado was
rescued from a junkyard and now has a 10-inch lift and 37-inch wheels
-- is endearing to girlfriend Heidi Clark, a recent Kettering graduate
who has also helped problem solve and build the tank.

"When there's a problem with it that's all he'll think about and he
stays really, really focused on it until he can figure it out," she
said. "It's funny because he gets all these stares from people because
they don't know what this thing is or who would have something like
that."

He's getting used to the stares -- even the frequent interest of
police, especially when towing the tank on a trailer between Michigan
and Maryland.

Usually, Foster said police just ask for his license and registration
before sending him back on his way.

"I tried to not mention that it had a working cannon on top."