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  1. R/C? Cool. R/C with guns? Cooler. by Kadin2048 · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Unpiloted Passenger Jet Tests

    but somehow I didn't expect they'd put guns on them. Silly me.

    Obviously you hang out with a different kind of R/C geeks than I do.

    I've seen a lot of planes that are built with an extra servo for use as a bomb release (also good for clicking the shutter of a camera). And I know some guys that tried to put CO2-powered BB cannons on R/C aircraft, but they ended up just being too hard to use and too heavy to be practical. The gas systems required limit them to rather large aircraft and helis, the vibration causes them to jam a lot, and the obvious safety issues keep you from flying them in most places. Plus unless you have full-auto guns (they do exist) you can't do a whole lot with them, even in ground attack or against targets.

    However, they're pretty cool when mounted on balsa-wood ships...

  2. what happens after they sink? by nocent · · Score: 3, Informative · on RC Battleship Combat
    very very cool. after looking over the photos and reading about some of the battles, my first question was "What happens to the sunken ships?" Of course, this is answered in their faq:

    How do you recover a sunken vessel ?

    Each vessel carries a float which is attached to the vessel's hull by a long line. When the vessel sinks, the float will (normally) pop to the surface, bringing one end of the line with it. As the other end is securely attached to the hull, pulling in the line will retrieve the vessel from the depths. Sometimes the float does not fully deploy or the line is too short and the vessel has to be dragged for. No vessel in the AusBG has ever been permanently lost and vessels have sunk in water more than 20 feet deep.

  3. Found! by HappyPhunBall · · Score: 1 · on RC Battleship Combat

    For anyone who has only heard of it's legendary power, you may find an actual blink tag on the site. I thought those were gone for good!

  4. And for those outside Australia by Jouster · · Score: 1, Informative · on RC Battleship Combat

    Check out your local "Big Gun" groups.

    Jouster

  5. I work on a real one of these ships... by Akardam · · Score: 2 · on RC Battleship Combat

    I work as a volunteer aboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a liberty like this one. The site from the story, and the things the people do, is just cool. Too bad they couldn't arm the civilian ships. There are a few documented cases of Liberties and Victories giving as good as they got during WWII.

    - Akky

    P.S. Please for the love of Hod forgive us for our webmaster. He's a nasty old man who thinks he's All That.

  6. Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant · on RC Battleship Combat
    Oh no!

    The HMS Invincible is going down!