Just a thought. It appears that the Goliath required skilled driving/strategy 
to get in position for a disabling or "killing" detonation. I think that a 
single shot setup with fixed elevation is a fair approximation of that 
difficulty. If shot at, any point, anywhere, you are out. Seems like a fair 
challenge. If you set it up with a flat or slightly negative trajectory that 
will force it into a close enough range. I know I wouldn't waste my one shot 
trying to hit someone "at range"/20-40ft. Of course this is all speculation 
because I have never attended an event:-/
Mike B

> On Sep 2, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Frank Pittelli <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> We don't shout "bang" or "boom" in this hobby, we paint things to denote a 
> hit.  It's not a kid's game :-)
> 
> I agree that paintball grenades would be expensive and, perhaps, overkill, 
> but you aren't limited to them as the active device.  You can also use a 
> slightly pressurized bladder or a balloon as the active device.  For example, 
> fill a small balloon with paint and mount it on a mouse-trap like trigger.  
> Pop the balloon with the trigger and anything that gets splattered with paint 
> is destroyed.  It may require some experimentation to determine the right 
> size of balloon and amount of paint, but it's certainly doable.
> 
>> On 9/1/2014 7:21 PM, Caleb Smith wrote:
>> I'm not sure a paintball grenade would work, Frank. First, they throw a
>> LOT of paint over a long distance.(up to 30 ft) Not only would that coat
>> the vehicle being destroyed, but also the operator if he was standing
>> near his tank.
>> Second, they're fairly expensive. ($6.00-$9.00 a pop) A full day of
>> battling would be fairly expensive.
>> Couldn't you do something simpler like when the driver want to detonate
>> his mine, he yells "Detonating", and any vehicle within two paces is
>> considered destroyed? Or something along those lines.
> 
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