Re: Uber power

[Frank Pittelli <frank-at-rctankcombat.com>]

Aahz. wrote:
>  
> 
>>Another problem is:
>>
>>Rule II.4a:
>>      All vehicles may be powered only by batteries or solar cells, no
>>      internal combustion engines of any kind are allowed.
> 
> Why is solar power even an option? I doubt you could get any
> reasonable power that way.
> 

It sounded like the "politically correct" thing to do ;-)

Anyone who successfully drives a tank around the battlefield for an hour 
using solar cells will definitely earn themselves a place in the R/C 
Tank Combat history book.  In addition to the power output/consumption 
problem, the designer will have to worry about other tanks spraying 
paint on the solar cells to slow it down!!

        Frank "Sunny Day Battler" Pittelli