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Another successful tank meeting and RC battle day in South El Monte! The club is really gearing up, with about 12 tankers, in attendance. There were many tanks at the battle today. Here's some pics of the specimens in attendance...  
The day started with some "run what you brung" tank Olympics open to any tank as long as it rolled. If you've never played before, Tank Olympics is a competition where a tank driver starts from the starting gate, and on command, must navigate the battlefield and quickly run down all objective flags, returning to the start gate. The runs are timed, and the lowest time wins. Competition was fierce, and there were breakdowns (tends to be really rough on your tank) and dead batteries in abundance (aka "mobility kills") and the end, it was a Heng Long that took the honors of "best time" driven by Joe Gosnell III. After individual tank Olympics we moved on to team Olympics with the best time drivers being teamed with the worst time drivers. Times were a bit slower, but everyone seemed to have a lot of fun. After the Olympics, it was lunch time, and a food run was organized. During lunch time, everyone charged batteries, repaired tanks, or talked shop. 
After lunch, the battles were on for four non-stop hours with no holds barred IR battling at its finest. There were simply too many battles to count,with about 8 tanks going at it. There was no dominant team, with each tank and nationality winning and losing. At the end, it was the cool weather that stopped the competition, and not lack of tanks or enthusiasm.
And of course, there was the occasional MIA tanker who had quietly slipped out of the battle day to tour the museum grounds and get an eyeful of real tanks. There's just nothing to compare with this venue. A great place and a great time. 
Yes, that's a Jagdpanther...in a cat carrier. One of the more inventive ways to carry a tank to a battle on a motor bike. Next battle will be on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 10:30 am. We're moving into the museum grounds (yep, battling right next to parked tanks...) proper, so bring a foldable table(to put your tanks on), a lawn chair, and some portable shade to fully enjoy the day.
We hope to see any interested tanker there, so plan to stay all day and run those tanks.
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Los Angeles RC Tank Club meeting Feb 3 - 
Actually, the Superbowl is the game, for those sports fans out there...
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