Has anyone been hit by a tank or has been injured? You are in a battle zone where tanks are racing around and paintballs are being shot. You take appropriate precautions and do your best to protect yourself otherwise get out of the hobby. I can sidestep a six mile per hour tank any day of the week but maybe not the paintballs. There is a percieved risk to this hobby. Deal with it. Doug Smith
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > There are inherent challenges with small vehicles less than 36". How do > you fit everything you need in such a small chassis? With the 1/6th rule > it allows people to try to fit stuff in a smaller tank like the 21st > Century Stuart M5 or my original tank destroyer that I planned on building > - the ASU-85. There were technical challenges I just couldn't overcome > with that tank having to do with the way the drive line was built on the > real tank. I couldn't replicate it so that it would be durable enough for > combat. I do like the 36" rule as in I wouldn't mind if all vehicles had > to be made to that length. You could build anything to any size you wanted > as long as it was 36" long. I mean even a 36" long Mule is possible to > build. The scale would be weird, but it's not like there is a standard > scale now. As it stands now being that both the 36" rule or 1/6th scale is > allowed, it does mean my 21st Century Hummers could compete as supply > vehicles. Dropping the 1/6th part would disqualify them. Same goes for my > M113. It's slightly less than 36" in 1/6th scale. I like 1/6th so that > all of my tanks are the same scale and if I decide to add props or detail, > the parts are readily available. So even though I would adhere to a 36" > rule, I like that both are an option. > > There are tons of tanks and APCs that I would have liked to build if the > 4/40 rule was available across the board. As it is, there were many > designs I passed up due to armor thickness or gun caliber short falls. > > From playing World of Tanks, I can positively say that forcing a firing > delay circuit on the marker would change the game dynamic drastically. I > don't think it would be bad though. It tends to make you rethink your > tactics. If you don't want to shoot and wait for a better shot, then go > for it. If you want to shoot and take the chance on a hit. Go for it. > That's just tactics and tactics is what this hobby is about. Just be > prepared for you opponent to open fire on you after you take your shot. :) > The timing circuit would put more of an equalizer on the faster tanks > since they couldn't just strafe by and nail your side with 4 shots in one > pass. It would lead to longer engagements, but also more thought as to how > you can approach your enemy for the kill. > > In closing, my proposals are this: > > 1. 4/40 for all tanks regardless of scale or size > 2. frontal exclusion for all > 3. standard rate of fire that limits one ball every 1 sec > 4. keep the 36" or 1/6th rule > > Derek > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yeah, but most of those were really old Russian tanks. Mostly Iraqi >> built T-72s and maybe a few Chinese Type-69s. >> >> Derek >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Frank Pittelli <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> If I'm not mistaken, didn't U.S. tanks already participate in a tank >>> biathlon against Russian-made tanks ... an event called Desert Storm! >>> >>> >>> On 12/18/2013 2:51 PM, Mike Lyons wrote: >>> >>>> Perhaps this is the future of RCTC? >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL8y8lTjFSQ >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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.
