It's all ready been done. Paintballers have done this with golf carts, small cars and vans, turning them into tanks that fire paintballs. Greg
On May 14, 4:15 pm, [email protected] wrote: > I have had the most amazing idea today. This is aimed at all nations > not just the UK. > I wish to start a new hobby , just like this hobby of Franks > ( following most of Franks rules ) ,only the tanks aren’t rc , you > build your tank and sit in it ,driving it about the battlefield > yourself , this new hobby can still have SV`s and FA just like Franks > hobby. > I think this larger scale hobby will be of more interest to different > groups like 4wd off road clubs and such, clubs that are full of > mechanics and engineers. Taking away the rc element will make the > hobby less geeky and more `fun` . I hope nobody is too offended by my > comments here , I don’t wish to offend. > I have no wish to enforce any sort of rules like `it has to be to > scale` or it has to be modelled on a real and produced vehicle. I want > anyone to build any design or size of tank / asset they wish. Its just > got to be able to drive the occupant(s) over the battle field and fire > one paintball at a time. > With the obvious exception regarding the use of internal combustion > engines ,all other rc tank combat rules can apply for me. > These tanks could even be battled on standard paintball sites against > standard paintballers , if a number of small targets are positioned > around the tank that all have to be hit before the tank can be clamed > `out` the possibilities are vast. > I expect some new rules will have to be dreamed up to cover safety . > These vehicles can be driven onto low level trailers or even onto > pickup trucks and driven to battle fields when and where ever > possible. > > So guys what does anybody think ? Im gonna start one anyway . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
