Just a thought to help cut costs.
02-23-2007, 01:10 PM
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Just a thought to help cut costs.
If your ship's armament is capable of firing 5-6mm projectiles, check into airsoft paintballs. You can tell when the ship is hit and you don't have to have it sunk and lose all that money.
Set a limit of hits per hull section or just a limit of 3 hits per ship before she goes down. Still sporting and not dissapointing when you lose.
Set a limit of hits per hull section or just a limit of 3 hits per ship before she goes down. Still sporting and not dissapointing when you lose.
02-23-2007, 01:50 PM
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RE: Just a thought to help cut costs.
I have been sailing the same ship in combat events for nineteen years.
Last year, in one weekend it was sunk a record number of 7 times in two days.
I will sail it again this year, using the same equipment as all the previous years.
I don't feel like any money has been lost. [8D]
Last year, in one weekend it was sunk a record number of 7 times in two days.
I will sail it again this year, using the same equipment as all the previous years.
I don't feel like any money has been lost. [8D]
02-23-2007, 06:19 PM
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RE: Just a thought to help cut costs.
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If your ship's armament is capable of firing 5-6mm projectiles, check into airsoft paintballs. You can tell when the ship is hit and you don't have to have it sunk and lose all that money.
Set a limit of hits per hull section or just a limit of 3 hits per ship before she goes down. Still sporting and not dissapointing when you lose.
If your ship's armament is capable of firing 5-6mm projectiles, check into airsoft paintballs. You can tell when the ship is hit and you don't have to have it sunk and lose all that money.
Set a limit of hits per hull section or just a limit of 3 hits per ship before she goes down. Still sporting and not dissapointing when you lose.
JM
02-24-2007, 07:26 AM
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RE: Just a thought to help cut costs.
But Forklift, using paintballs removes one of the best parts of Model Warship Combat that sets it apart from other sports, and that is sinking ships. Personally, I love to see ships sink and I'd rather have MY ship get sunk than NO ships at all. Of course its even better if its the other guy who visits Davey Jones, but it doesn't always work out that way. The only additional cost a sink incurs are the price of goggles and a swimsuit, plus the rubbing alcohol that you use to dry out the electronics.
That's not to say that paintballs aren't useful. they work great in [link=http://www.rctankcombat.com/]RC tank combat[/link]. I currently have a 1/16 scale Pershing with airsoft cannon. Once I modify the cannon so it can break 6mm paintballs on targets 20-30 feet away, I will get a few more and play paintball tanks with my friends. But even when that happens, I won't stop using steel shot with my warships.
That's not to say that paintballs aren't useful. they work great in [link=http://www.rctankcombat.com/]RC tank combat[/link]. I currently have a 1/16 scale Pershing with airsoft cannon. Once I modify the cannon so it can break 6mm paintballs on targets 20-30 feet away, I will get a few more and play paintball tanks with my friends. But even when that happens, I won't stop using steel shot with my warships.
02-24-2007, 08:53 PM
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RE: Just a thought to help cut costs.
Forklift,
The 1/4" guns can easily fire 6mm projectiles. That is pretty much what they do. Unfortunately, the way they work would likely turn the paintballs to mush. Also, consider that this is a damp/wet environment, which is not a happy situation with gelatin(?) paintballs.
Aside from the practical issues, we like to see the balsa fly! Ours or someone elses. I actually drive an unarmed ship, and entered her in the Texas Cage Match at last year's NABGO (the Nationals for Big Gunners). I beat out several tough competitors, including the prior year's second place winner. Even lasted a good long time with my entire superstructure blown away, and about 1/3 of my entire deck open to the ocean with only about 1/2" of freeboard.
Think more like battlebots. Would you rather enter a line follower competition or battlebots? Which would you rather watch?
You would be surprised how little the real, severe, damage is. After all, the ships are designed to have "disposable"/"damageable" skins. They are designed and built to both give and take damage. Even if something severe goes wrong, it is usually a little balsa and silkspan and maybe $50 (if you lost a servo or RX, which is not common), and time and paint to make it right.
I once had the same thought about paintballs. I have learned a lot since then.
Wreno
The 1/4" guns can easily fire 6mm projectiles. That is pretty much what they do. Unfortunately, the way they work would likely turn the paintballs to mush. Also, consider that this is a damp/wet environment, which is not a happy situation with gelatin(?) paintballs.
Aside from the practical issues, we like to see the balsa fly! Ours or someone elses. I actually drive an unarmed ship, and entered her in the Texas Cage Match at last year's NABGO (the Nationals for Big Gunners). I beat out several tough competitors, including the prior year's second place winner. Even lasted a good long time with my entire superstructure blown away, and about 1/3 of my entire deck open to the ocean with only about 1/2" of freeboard.
Think more like battlebots. Would you rather enter a line follower competition or battlebots? Which would you rather watch?
You would be surprised how little the real, severe, damage is. After all, the ships are designed to have "disposable"/"damageable" skins. They are designed and built to both give and take damage. Even if something severe goes wrong, it is usually a little balsa and silkspan and maybe $50 (if you lost a servo or RX, which is not common), and time and paint to make it right.
I once had the same thought about paintballs. I have learned a lot since then.
Wreno
