I don't think the fire risk is as great as its thought to be. Thousands of weedwackers are used daily. I raced nitro powered rc touring cars for a number of years and still fly rc planes powered by nitro engines and had some truly terrific crashed with both, including shattered 10oz fuel tanks from the planes and twisting tumbling crashes at around 60mph with the touring cars. nitro fuel is about 70pct alcohol 20pct nitromethane and 10pct oil and I've never had a fire from any of them despite spraying it everywhere on hot engines.
Is there a fire risk? Sure there is, its there in the tanks using electrical as well. Lead acid batteries emit hydrogen gas when charging, charge then in an enclosed tank add a spark and boom, lithium battery poweres tanks(LiPo specifically) have a significant fire risk and that's one that is all but impossible to extinguish without burying it in sand. There are risks with all of the power sources, but I don't think they should be blindly ruled out Jason Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Fred Thomson <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 09:33:40 To: R/C Tank Combat<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [TANKS] Re: I say we do allow.... I agree with Kurt. I will design and build my tanks to stay within the rules. There are a number of reasons for this: 1. Safety. 2. Between them, what you guys have jokingly referred to as The Elders, they have a ton of experience in this hobby that can be counted in DECADES. This means that if you think of it, chances are it has been discussed or tried already. I'm smart enough to listen and learn. :-) 3. Because one day, the Central Alberta Division of The Northern Barbarians will arrive on the battle field down south. Call it *Invasion Plans* and if the tanks aren't compliant, ya can't battle. It would SUCK to drive that far towing a trailer full of armor, to have to watch from the sidelines. 4. Did I mention Safety? Hundreds of hours building your tank, $$$ investment in components, + one spark in your gasoline powered beast = A Priceless YouTube video. On the subject of "List of Approved Tanks", I can see problems. Who maintains The List? Who decides on additions, deletions, etc? Why not shift the burden of proof to the prospective builder? It would then be up to the builder to provide proof (which is easily verified) that at least a "working" prototype was built when submitting for a designation (min of rolling chassis, if memory serves me). That should keep the signal to noise ratio (Hey I wann designation for my Mech Warrior - 75Th level Wizard hybrid!!) down. Cheers, Fred -- 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 -- 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
