Looks good, Doug. Another way of attaching them is to make a 90* bend with a loop on the bottom of the music wire. Just slip the loop under a screw on the tank (everybody has a screw on the top of their tank, right?) and tighten down. Then you don't have to mess with velcro.
On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 4:41:20 PM UTC-4, RocketMan wrote: > > I was planning to distribute these at the battle. They’re mostly shop > scraps, with some music wire from HobbyLobby. Each flag pole is 6”. They > could be used in one of three ways: > > 1. A flag in a base, with the base attached to a vehicle with some > Velcro. > > 2. A flag with the pole taped to a tank. > > 3. A piece of blue or yellow tape on a vehicle. > > > > - Doug > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Caleb Smith > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 10, 2016 3:59 PM > *To:* R/C Tank Combat <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Subject:* Re: [TANKS] Rookie primer > > > > 1. I like the idea of flags to help newcomers distinguish friend or foe. A > simple flagpole could be easily fabricated for any tank, and the CD could > hand out duck tape flags to members of each team. Any interest in this, > Frank? > 2. I don't support the idea of patches or flags to distinguish whether a > tank is still alive or dead. As someone else said, dead battlers usually > make the "I'm dead..I'm dead" chant all the way home to keep from getting > more unnecessary hits. And it's my opinion that most battlers won't take > the time to tell if your patch is on or not before they start shooting. The > enemy only makes a mistake for so long. > Looking forward to meeting you at the battle, Jean, and seeing the SU-76 > in action. The more targe..I mean tanks the better. ;) > > On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 5:56:08 AM UTC-4, Jean-Maxime Cyr > St-Pierre wrote: > > About rookies issues, > > Since I'm one of the newbies that will be comming in few days > already...!!!!!! There have been some discutions about issues on the > battlefeild about idenfication of dead or alive tanks and even team side... > So I made some testing about it!! > > Like it's had been discus > > I first try the removable flag, it's easy to make, I had few plane push > rod arround to see what it look like. I just stick it into a piece of > foamboard I use for planes! > > > [image: Image removed by sender.] > > After that I tryed the idea of more sneeky flags with velcro at the front > and rear of the tank > > [image: Image removed by sender.] > > > > Both ideas are simple printed paper covered with packing tape to be more > ''paintball resistant'' > > Personnally, I think that flags with 2 very different colors for each team > could be a good asset to identify tank live or dead even at longer distance > and at any angle...... and just few inch higher than the tank should not > destroy to much the performance of the camo on the battlefeild.....!!!!! > > Let me know what you think I could get few lengths of music wire to the > battle if you think it could be a good idea..!! > > > > > > > > Eager to see you guys this weekend!!! > > > > Jean-Maxime Cyr St-Pierre > > > ------------------------------ > > *De :* [email protected] <[email protected]> de la part > de Frank Pittelli <[email protected]> > *Envoyé :* 8 août 2016 23:23 > *À :* R/C Tank Combat > *Objet :* RE: [TANKS] Rookie primer > > > > LMAO. 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