I guess the speed limit rule to me would cause me concern. To me, if I can get my 150lb. KV-2 doing 6-7 miles per hour so be it. If you can't get out of the way of a runaway tank doing 6mph on the battlefield, maybe you shouldn't be on the battlefield... :) That's why there are external kill switches. I specifically built my tanks (Sturmtiger and KV-2) for a couple of reasons. They were within my skills to build, I liked both, they both have a 4/40 rating, and both had short barreled guns. I don't like long barrels since they can get in your way maneuvering or by smacking stuff. I know I wouldn't have to simulate the real barrel length to battle, but I am a firm believer in maintaining the integrity of the tank design regardless of how poorly my construction skills are in recreating it. I try to make my tanks as close to the design as possible. I've never been to a battle so take my opinion for what it's worth, but I do have 3 assets that move under their own power even though they aren't battle ready. So there was really on one reason to build my tanks that dictated the build - the 40/4 rating. If either had a lower rating, I would have found a different design.
I think as most of us can see by Steve's suggestion for ratings, he is *clearly* trying to take the competitiveness out of the new Pittelli tanks and is threatened by them...lol J/K Steve... Derek On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 9:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe there are very few armored cars in the hobby directly because of > the rules. Also, I shied away from building a Bradley AFV because the rules > put it at a disadvantage. > > I agree with either proposed change: make everything 4/40 or base the > stats on length. > > In addition, I think speed limits make sense. Finally, the frontal hit > exclusion rule should be abolished (my preference), or applied equally to > both tanks and armored cars. > > One rule I wish we had but is probably unenforceable is a rate of fire > limit. It's ludicrous to let tanks fire a few times per second. > > - Doug > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"neroc1" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Tuesday, December 17, 2013 6:08:31 PM > *Subject: *Re: [TANKS] Re: About time to implement discussed rules update > > > Isaac , there are very sensible safety reasons why speed limits were set, > > Steve , your length of asset suggestion make good logic to me . > > Id like to rephrase my question :- > > Does anyone have knowledge of anyone who was going to build a tank (of any > type/scale) but consequently did not build any tank at all, directly > because of the rules? > > in other words, are there less tanks (on the planet) because of any > particular rule ? > > Neil R > > -- > -- > 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. > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
