Re: hello again?

[Dale DuPont <ahcp-at-worldnet.att.net>]

yep.  The first full moon in June.  2000-3000 paintball players do  D Day in
Oklahoma on about a 1000 acres.  They have real tanks, night vision equipment,
anti tank weapons.  Land mines, bouncing betties, grenades.overhead flares, and
play 72 hours straight....  And they haven't actually killed anybody yet...

Haven't been there yet but I'm going this year. I'm with 3  anti tank team from
St. Louis thats been practiceing for about 3 month with anti tank weapons.   The
Germans have won 2 years in a row with their tanks being a critical factor.
They've been way to cocky.  We plan to humble them a little this year...



Now that I'm on track, I probably contacted your group of RC tank players
because I'm working on a project to have a RC tank playable on a commercial
field so physically challenged individuals could play the sport of paintball.


Brian Kraack wrote:

> Well, the tanks I am talking about are RC tanks used in combat against each
> other.
>
> What is this DDay scenario you are talking about?  is it some human
> paintball thing?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dale DuPont <ahcp-at-worldnet.att.net>
> To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: hello again?
>
> > I know less than you Brian.  I'd be happy to help but don't know how to
> > contribute constructively.
> >
> > And that this point I'm a little confused.  Is this a paintball tank for
> use in
> > a paintball scenerio game or just a modeling project for a RC controlled
> tank?
> >
> > I've been talking to people about both lately.  I'm on a special forces
> team to
> > take out German tanks at the D Day scenerio war game in June.  So if you
> think I
> > could help somehow, help get me back on track with your project.
> >
> > Brian Kraack wrote:
> >
> > > Well, here is where I am:
> > >
> > > I have a scale 'model' of a Tiger I tank that I plan on using to get my
> > > dimensions off of.  In case anyone cares, it's the Tiger tank from the
> model
> > > quality WW2 toy line they sell at toys-r-us - and it is really nice.
> > >
> > > So, I will be ready to start framing up the tank itself very soon.  More
> > > pics of the inside of the tanks would be nice, and/or more info about
> the
> > > framing, etc.  Also, more detailed shots of the cannon system would be
> > > helpful.
> > >
> > > any tricks or traps you know of (besides what's on the page already)?
> What
> > > thickness sheeting did you use, and how did it stand up to paint hits
> ...
> > > What kind of batteries are you using?
> > >
> > > Basically anything more you have would be great to see (from an
> > > inspirational point of view).
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > /brian
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Frank Pittelli <frank-at-navius.com>
> > > To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 1:05 PM
> > > Subject: Re: hello again?
> > >
> > > > In Reply To Brian Kraack Who Wrote On  8 May:
> > > >
> > > > > So, is anyone besides the two on the website actually building
> tanks?
> > > > > anyone near dayton, oh?  I'm getting ready to start on my Tiger I,
> so
> > > > > more (and more detailed) pictures on the site would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > We've heard reports of numerous tanks being "started" around the
> > > > country, but we haven't seen any photos of works in progress yet.
> > > >
> > > > I've got some additional photos of the existing three tanks and we can
> > > > always take custom shots for those who are interested.  What would you
> > > > like to see?
> > > >
> > > > As far as the email traffic on this mailing list, I think it will
> > > > increase as people start building things and there are more
> > > > questions/comments to be made.  Since the beginning, it has always
> been
> > > > a quiet list ... but perhaps that will change ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Frank P.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >