hi steve. your message appeared after i checked it five minutes ago. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:36 AM, TyngTech <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was a glorious day for a battle. The Mullin field is one of the best > we've ever battled on. Hills, streams, bogs and bridges, it doesn't get > any better than that! Turns out that the Cromwell is a BOG BEAST! The > second battle required that we collect "gold" containers from along the > creek. Many of the containers were placed in areas you'd normally wear hip > waders to get to and we had to drive our tanks into that to get the gold. > The Cromwell ate the muck and cattails for lunch. > > The first battle was capture the flag and I was teamed up with John, Joe > and Will. Our first flag capture (we captured it three times), John had > already retrieved the flag but was being chased up a hill behind the enemy > camp. I was out of ammo and had three hits already. For the team, I > decided what the hell and ran up the hill, tapping John's tank lightly to > let him know I was there (more like a hard ram), and parking myself between > John and Frank. While absorbing all that Frank could throw at me, Paul > threw a long range shot from the bottom of the hill and hit my turret side, > I was out. I figured John would be following me shortly to a reincarnate > but it turned out he was able to get away and bring the flag home. The > second flag capture was a straight speed run by the Cromwell too and back. > The plan was for the Cromwell to hold back, hidden, and to make for the > flag when the other team went to engage our teams diversionary flank > attacks. Joe went left, sucking Frank in that direction, John and Will > went right, taking Paul and Doug away from the objective, leaving poor > Tracy alone with the Bofors to defend their flag. At this point the > Cromwell made the dash straight for the bridge and to the flag, dodging a > hail of fire from Tracy and back the same way. Somewhere along the run I > managed to get my shoe pretty muddy, but I remembered I had that flag and > just before handing it back, wiped the mud off with it. The third capture > was pretty much the same thing but I had to run up the hill behind the > enemy camp to elude Doug's charging Tiger and then back to base. This old > tank driver isn't as spry as I used to be so I drove the Cromwell home to > our base from the enemy base. > > The second battle was one-sided as Joe and Will had broken down leaving a > lone John to defend. After having taken most of the gold and cows, I did a > Benedict Arnold and traded sides to help out John. By this time John had > lost a drive wheel nut and time was just about out so that was the day. > > I want to thank the Mullin family for hosting. They did a great job and > even provided valet service, hauling gear and equipment to and from the > battle field with their ATV. I noted a lot of people taking video so I'm > looking forward to those YouTube links shortly. > > Steve > > > -- > 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
