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We did not start off looking for an OT-90.... actually found the OT-90 because it has the turret off of one of the the vehicle we were looking at the OT-64. We agree with you..... the requirement to transport and NOT being able to use it on the roads - not just width but the steel tracks as well limited what we could do - for now.
MadCat2 was pulling the broken CASE track loader/backhoe back to the garage for repairs and turned in mud while under tension and that was enough ....... the entertainment was getting the track back on the OT-90.
No idea where to source this, but you can try contacting mortar investments in Czech Republic. They sell Warsaw Pact armor and may have spares. They are very hard to get a hold of via email, however. I was interested in buying a whole vehicle, and it could take a week for reply. May be worth trying to post to hmvf forum, they have members in Ukraine/Russia/Poland/Czech, that might be able to help.
MadCat2 was the driver...... he is much better than I am when it comes to finding the gears in the rather temperamental shifting column. I still struggle with the gear placement.... and she is not "happy" if you stall her in gear on an incline...... not that I would know or anything.
Great video...... looks like you were having some serious fun with her.
Not sure what you mean.....it would be possible to come up with a screwier layout for a shift pattern but I'm not sure how. I have a tough time remembering that 4 and 5 are really oddly placed too. Blipping the throttle helps with shifting down quite a bit. Staying off the clutch is a good idea too.....minimize time with the pedal depressed keeps the plates from welding themselves together. The clutch itself is a multi-plate unit with only steel plates....no asbestos or other friction material on the plates so its steel on steel. If you hold the pedal down too long the plates heat up and drag on each other creating more heat. At some point they will weld up and then break loose which creates pitting and spalling on the faces. Eventually you'll find you can't get it into gear because the clutch won't disengage.
You may be right.... I have surely not mastered it yet but I am practicing.
Not sure the exact amount but you could take a normal BMP weight and subtract out the OT-90 weight and get close.
