First, a very good battling weekend and we'll have to see if that set a record for the most number of tanks on the field for a battle.
It is also worth noting that as our hobby is one to truly "stress-test" the designs everyone is implementing in battle scenarios, based on the breakage this weekend, I believe the Panzer II Aus.J's (T77 & T79) based on the fact that they are the two tanks that exited the field of battle with full functionality and armament, should be the senior ranking tanks of the hobby! While prior to the battle, news of partial functionality is protected like NFL football injury news, after the battle it is fair to report: T001 (Tiger) - While masterfully operated by Sir Neil of Manchester, had the ultimate one position (luckily forward) turret rotate the entire battle. It is fully anticipated that T001 will be honorably discharged and retired (and sent to a nice tank retirement village). T010 (Hetzer) - After 55 battles and who knows how many student frat parties, one of the motors finally had enough and turned into a brick. As these motors are no longer manufactured, looks like the Sommer factory needs to fire up and build the Sherman that has been in design for a couple years. T026 (SU-100) - One of the more deadly tanks on the field now has electronic gremlins that caused lack of elevate/rotate for the weekend. This looks like a complete electronic overhaul or maybe a little duck-tape! T039 (Comet) - Never before have we seen total and permanent failure when Marty displayed the internal broken magnets within one of the Comet motors. Luckily Marty took his tank commander knowledge and quickly established the mobil artillery brigade for foxes! T040 (Cromwell) - After passing through the sound barrier one to many times, the Cromwell turret completely collapsed into five or six pieces. Nothing a little super glue/duck tape can't solve! We are taking up a collection and buying small sheets of aluminum for Steve to rebuild the mighty Cromwell. T058 (Tiger) - While motor problems seem to plague the field and first thought to be the cause of T058 problems, it turned out to be a much easier chain slippage issue that brought the T058 off the field of battle. Unfortunately, the Windows OS control system isn't yet programmed to determine the real issue and continued to require reboot or blamed Apple for the failure! T077 (Panzer II) - Worked like a champ. I will admit that once it got home for cleaning and maintenance, I was very close to losing my main drive wheel as it came lose from its bracket. This probably occurred during the victory spin-outs after being the first Fox to survive a Fox & Hound battle. T079 (Panzer II) - Temperamental gun issues delayed a battle, but once the electronics were repaired, fellow Panzer II scored serious points during the weekend. T100 (Semovente) - Call Sign should be chopsaw for all the paint that exploded in the barrel! Designers were already developing the new & improved magazine feed after Day 1 morning battle. Paul -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
