I am new to the hobby of Tanks. I have been working on a ΒΌ scale Sherman for about 1 year and only joined this group 6 months ago. My biggest question is; are there any members located in the Erie, Pa area?
This location in VA is a distance from me but not too far. May I suggest that upcoming activities be listed 2 months ahead so maybe plans can be made to attend the event? Sounds like there are some good people in the hobby and would like to meet or know them. Thanks, John ---- Sherman _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Pittelli Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 5:47 PM To: tank club Subject: [TANKS] Recruiting Event Yesterday we participated in the annual open house at the Americans in Wartime Museum. It was a beautiful day, mid 70's, blue sky. Frank, Will, Steve, Paul and myself were kept busy all day. You can see just one of the many Navarone operators we had from 10AM until 4PM. We went though at least 1500 rounds of paint. And at 10 rounds per gunner, that is a lot of gunners. Steve again provided rides in the Cromwell Express. I believe a few adults were thinking quite hard about taking a spin in the wagon. I ran my PzII for over 90 minutes until the smallest screw backed out just enough to allow a gearbox malfunction. To be remedied. Oh well, been wanting to have a reason to tear something apart. It was going too smoothly. Batteries were tested prior to my running in between all of the targets . Voltage on the main batteries dropped 1.1 volts from 13.2 to 12.1. Separate 12 volt that runs the boards dropped only .4 volts. From 13.4 to 13.0. Not bad for 90 minutes of run time. And it was similar to battle conditions. Moving to and from from cover, change of direction when anticipating fire coming in . Yes, my tank was a moving target worth 2 points. Was only hit 4 times. The museum had plenty of events. The only time we were not packed was during the live fire of weapons. Especially the FLAME THROWER. Lots of black smoke and we could feel the heat, and we were about 50 yards away with tanks in between. Oh yeah, the arrival and departure of the Huey was quite impressive as it flew directly over us, less than 100 feet overhead. A partial list of tanks on display,, 2 Shermans, Grant/Lee, Hetzer, T34/85, Scorpion, Bren, Hellcat, M24 Chaffee, Priest,Chieftain, Valentine, Stuart, . A contingent of British scout cars, not sure if they were Humbers . And many assorted APC's. http://youtu.be/WE6Yo__QT-c Next year we'll post the date early enough for those that wish to attend from other states. So, ya'll come down the ya'hear? -- 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
