Also wanted to give a shout out to John, Frank, Will, Paul, and Joe for getting a marker working in the Locust. Thanks guys!
On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 9:07:50 PM UTC-4, Caleb Smith wrote: > > So day one of this event is over. What a day! There were 4 new tanks > battled, 1 new artillery piece and a new bazooka Joe guy whose name I can't > remember. There were two expected new tanks, but four appeared today. One > of the extras came at the hands of Jean's friend, Xavier. And the other was > brought by yours truly. > Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I now have a tank. Built under complete > secrecy, it was presented to the Founders Committee today for examination > and designation. Frank tried to inform me that there were papers to sign > and fees to pay..etc etc and couldn't be battled today (really, I think he > was just trying to not show his surprise.) The Locust features brushless > drive motors, LiPo battery technology, and sprocket driven TTS. > Unfortunately, the tank no longer carries its beautiful turret because of > the lunchtime hack job to get a marker working. (There is a long story > behind why the original marker could not be used, but to be brief, don't > leave CA around when Frank is fixing a marker.) > I also attached a group photo. > > The SCC is home preparing to sortie tomorrow. It's looking like it's > going to be epic. > Agent "Smith" > -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
