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Old 04-01-2003 | 08:37 PM
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Montague
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Capulets, hmm, as if I haven't heard that joke before, huh? Actually, it is my middle name, and was my grandfather's first name, and goes back farther than that in the family.

Oh, one thing I forgot to mention about guns and rockets on RC aircraft. You'd really need to make sure you have an idiot proof safety interlock system to avoid fireing off your ordence on the ground in the pits. All you'd have to do it turn on the TX and RX with the switch in the wrong position because it got bumped, and I bet things would get real exciting real fast. Even funnier (when seen on video on "America's stupid human tricks") would be bumping the trigger while setting the needle valve or such. I figure a running engine, lack of solid control on the TX, and some kind of projectiles all at the same time should be good for some really dramatic video. Espeically if you get a good fire going on the field box .

So, could you do this kind of thig? Yes. Can you do it safely? Maybe. Do I think the average guy I see at the field on Sunday can do it with out eventually breaking something or killing someone? Nope, it's a disaster waiting for a place to happen. YMMV.