[TANKS] Re: The Karl

2009-05-24 Thread Pureteenlard
Hmmm . . . Huge target, thin armour, poor field of fire. Nope. Never thought about building one. It would look impressive as it trundled back to base though. Pete. On May 24, 4:47 am, Jason R Schafer jasonrscha...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody think about building the

[TANKS] Re: The Karl

2009-05-24 Thread Modena
that is one BIG gun... On May 24, 1:47 pm, Jason R Schafer jasonrscha...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody think about building the Karl?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6rser_Karl Jason --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank Combat

[TANKS] Re: The Karl

2009-05-24 Thread Bill Hamilton
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: Looks like an interesting build, although an impracticle one. how about one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neubaufahrzeug   Not a full production model i dont think so you probably wouldnt be

[TANKS] Re: The Karl

2009-05-24 Thread Michael Clark
The Nazi's were so awesome in their dedication to huge impractical designs. And when I run for office, Dateline is going to have a field day with that sentence. On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Bill Hamilton billw...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Sgt.A.Johnson

[TANKS] Re: T027 is back, with a vengeance.

2009-05-24 Thread Chris Malton
Updated with fully armed test this morning. http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f351/cjsoftuk/RCTC%20-%20T027/?action=viewcurrent=2009-24-05132102.flv Sorry about the slightly shaky camerawork, but I was trying to do everything (including turn on and off the air system) with one hand - my LEFT

[TANKS] Re: UK Sale now on

2009-05-24 Thread Funkyneroc
Why would I not sell them ? I can only operate one at a time , Im keeping the leopard . If I sell To68 then I will build a new tank. If that new tank is `better` that the leopard then I will sell the leopard, and so on. Weather anyone will want to buy any of these assets we will have to see. I

[TANKS] Re: T027 is back, with a vengeance.

2009-05-24 Thread Funkyneroc
that’s very good work Chris ,nice to see To27 fully operational again. You may be tempted to operate it in one or more of the up and coming battles. Neil R On May 24, 2:04 pm, Chris Malton chr...@cmalton.me.uk wrote: Updated with fully armed test this morning.

[TANKS] Re: T027 is back, with a vengeance.

2009-05-24 Thread Chris Malton
It is probable that July 11/12th will see an absence of the Challenger due a small technical hitch involving car door lock actuators and high currents See historic discussions for more info on that. I will probably be running T027 (which now does turns on the spot :-) ). However, if I

[TANKS] Re: T027 is back, with a vengeance.

2009-05-24 Thread funkyneroc
I myself have burnt out a door actuator or two and one Idea I had was to fit a 4 amp use after the battle switch and before the actuator, see pic http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd267/neroc1/?action=viewcurrent=fusefrombattlesw.jpg This is ok but I have had an idea recently that now also

[TANKS] Re: target tracking

2009-05-24 Thread Sgt.A.Johnson
I can only see target tracking aas a way of practising tanking skills in a back garden or something. Just a training thing. It looks cool but thats about it i reckon On May 24, 8:47 pm, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: Matt, where do you live? I'm all alone in my world as well. -Mike M

[TANKS] Re: Another step up the ladder of RC technology

2009-05-24 Thread Michael Clark
On this topic, the month's Servo has an article about Mech Warfare: http://mech-warfare.com/default.aspx It is the first in a series about building one. Apparently, the game is set up so you you can't see your mech. They have cameras and you are the pilot wandering around a 1/24 scale city. So