ORIGINAL: TheBennyB
ORIGINAL: Glen B
ORIGINAL: YHR
I agree. IR battling in no way resembles real tanks. Go to a place like Danville with a geared down slow heavy tank, and be prepared to lose.<grin>
I guess I won't be going to Danville, all my stuff isn't real heavy but it runs scale speed.
If scale speed rules were in force, it would be an equal playing field, but I doubt that would happen, now.
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Don't be discouraged about the quick moving tanks at Danville. Most events at the museum have a 3-5mph cushion at inspection so everyone tries to get as muchspeed as possible. The idea behind this is to allow out of the box Tamiya tanks to battle without modification such as the Tamiya KT. Back in the day you'd have guys showing up that had spent$800 or more on a tank, build it and be told they were not permitted to run till they got they're speed down. Speed helps but having torque on your last hit or two is just as important in my book.
OK, there's that, then there's....
ORIGINAL: TheBennyB
Yup, speed kills at Danville.
The messages I get from some of the posts on RCU, like the some on this thread, are it's got to be fast and its got to be Tamiya, plus all the talk about winning; it does not strike me as being too relaxed or welcoming, if your tanks don't fit a certain catagory.
Perhaps I am off base, maybe it is not the intent, but I read this stuff with some frequency, here, and it is the impression I get from it.