Chris, I am extrememly grateful for all your hard work in getting us a battlefield!
On Feb 25, 9:16 pm, Chris Malton <[email protected]> wrote: > I do my best to provide less than manicured lawn standard fields! > Usually I get the rugby players out there the week before (and it still > makes a blind bit of difference!). > > Neil does seem to favour the conditions, I agree. What I would say > though, is perhaps we should be grateful we even have battlefields here > at all. Before too long public Health and Safety will start doing silly > things in the UK, like banning paintball as a "dangerous sport"or > something unhelpful. > > They've stopped a town council putting up hanging baskets from > streetlamps, since they might fall on somebody. Next we know, you won't > be allowed to drive anywhere on the premise that somebody might just > crash into you. > > Really! > > Chris "H&S is taking over, where will it end?" M > > > > Pureteenlard wrote: > > I suppose I'll just have to get Niel to build two half tracks that are > > identical in every way EXCEPT for the steering - then we'll know > > definitively. > > > I'm working on the manicured lawn problem. I find battling on a > > billiard table boring but Neil seems to like it . . . > > > On Feb 25, 6:26 pm, Frank Pittelli <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Peter Arundel wrote: > >>> I hesitate to contradict a Pittelli but e's a long way away and probably > >>> doesn't know where I live so I feel bold enough to say that it really > >>> depends on what sort of half-track you're building. > >> Actually, my observations and advice are based on the fact that we are > >> operating scale vehicles with non-scale traction over non-scale terrain. > >> In real life, half-tracks that used only the wheels for turning were > >> still considered to be the worst turning off-road vehicles. Given that > >> our battlefields conditions are far worse than any real battlefield, I > >> doubt that they will turn at all with just wheel steering. > > >> Of course, if you battle on pavement or manicured lawns like the Brits, > >> then driving around a Barbie Convertible will probably work as well :-) > > >> Frank "Looking For Cheap Overseas Tickets" Pittelli- Hide quoted > >> text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
