Hi Andy! Good to hear from you. I live in Surrey (UK) so not a million miles from you. We are planning some battles later this year so you could come along.
I've been involved in the English Civil War Society for many years and like you have thought of doing public displays for recruitment etc purposes, and also cos it's fun. We have some paintball netting which reduces the risk to public from "potentially fatal" to "sticky", and if we had enough of that to cordon off a suitable corner of a field then that would suffice. We'd also need public liability insurance. A good first step would be a non-firing demo at say Salute or a similar wargames event. We'd have to think about floor surfaces if indoors but otherwise no insurance etc risks. Before we can go public in this way though, the first thing we need is a somewhat elusive quality: reliability. Our battles do tend to start with the ritual Cursing of the Electronics and end when the last-but- one tank breaks down. If we can get a a stage where most kit works most of the time then I'd be very much up for that. Phil Palmer T055 (operational) T057 (works but overheating problem?) On May 26, 8:10 pm, Andy_Basildon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, I am new to RC Tanks and I have only just started to build my > first tank a M1A1 or A2 (not sure yet see how it goes) but this is > just a thought. RC Tanks is spreading the word about our group, many > vids popping up on utube and new members arriving as we become known - > as my partner says (Big Boys Toys) lol, but true to say many members > are excited at the prospect of building and battling opponents in epic > struggles to become the best commander. > > So this is my idea. > > Why not have some kind of tour, open display or charity battle? > > Many members I am sure, would love to show off there efforts and hard > work and inspire those of the younger and older generations to join > the group. > > Although my tank would not be ready this year I would still love to > explore the workings, technical skills and enthusiasm of others. > > Andy Delve > Basildon, Essex -- 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
