Re: [TANKS] Pittelli Prize

2013-12-09 Thread OdysseySlipways
honestly i don't see why there should be any talk of auto track as it takes that much more "thought" out of the game, that doesn't even allow for "aim and click", it'll just be "click" other than driving the tank/vehicle around In a message dated 12/10/2013 1:44:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Ti

RE: [TANKS] Pittelli Prize

2013-12-09 Thread Ben Holko
What I was suggesting was holding fire if a friendly was within the target area. Doesn't solve the people problem though. From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto:rctankcombat@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of odysseyslipw...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2013 4:46 PM To: rctankcombat@goog

Re: [TANKS] Pittelli Prize

2013-12-09 Thread OdysseySlipways
why limit it to a few feet? why not make it so it doesn't shoot friendlies period? In a message dated 12/9/2013 9:34:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, b...@holnet.net writes: Add in an IR camera, an IR flashing beacon on friendlies, and don’t shoot within X feet of a friendly. -- -- Yo

Re: [TANKS] Pittelli Prize

2013-12-09 Thread OdysseySlipways
what about a person? In a message dated 12/9/2013 9:07:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jerryfan...@gmail.com writes: use the Open-source Sentry Gun software to shoot at anything hotter than 100 degrees F. No way to avoid friendly fire though. -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "

Re: [TANKS] Pittelli Prize

2013-12-09 Thread isaac goldman
Also im not sure the heat signature from a tank will be all that large; most of the hot bits are inside, and wood isnt a good thermal conductor. Besides the exhaust air vents, im not sure firstly how much heat is coming off the wood itself, and secondly on a bright full-sun day how much above backg

Re: [TANKS] Pittelli Prize

2013-12-09 Thread isaac goldman
And when your tank shoots a human? We are also nice and warm, and have much larger heat signatures. On 2013-12-09 9:07 PM, "fan fan" wrote: > I thought of a way to do Auto-Target acquisition. > Tanks generally run hotter than either the terrain or operators, due to > motor heat and the sun. So al

RE: [TANKS] Pittelli Prize

2013-12-09 Thread Ben Holko
Add in an IR camera, an IR flashing beacon on friendlies, and don't shoot within X feet of a friendly. From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto:rctankcombat@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of fan fan Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2013 1:08 PM To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TANKS] P

Re: [TANKS] Pittelli Prize

2013-12-09 Thread fan fan
I thought of a way to do Auto-Target acquisition. Tanks generally run hotter than either the terrain or operators, due to motor heat and the sun. So all you need to do to get a tank to shoot another one automatically is to put a thermal camera on there, and use the Open-source Sentry Gun softwar

[TANKS] Re: Cromwell T40 Rebuild

2013-12-09 Thread TyngTech
Error correction. References to R6000 adhesive in the last post should actually read E6000. http://www.eclecticproducts.com/e6000_retail.htm ST -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, s

[TANKS] Re: Cromwell T40 Rebuild

2013-12-09 Thread TyngTech
Next installment... Unlike most R/C models, R/C tanks get really really dirty. Here's one of the suspension arm bearings after eight years of use. It still sorta worked in that it turns somewhat in the limited arc that the suspension allows but is a bit "crunchy". These wheelbarrow bearings,