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RC Battleship Combat

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the if-battlebots-had-fewer-limitations dept.

Tuna_Shooter writes "For you war buffs... These people have a LOT of free time on their collective hands...." I thought Slashdot had done a story on this hobby, but I don't see it in the archives. The RCWarships site is probably the best place to start.

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  1. rc boats by Raven42rac · · Score: 1, Interesting

    rc boats are cool, especially when their frequency interferes with that of an rc plane, im sure that the results are predictable. true story

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  2. when... by skydude_20 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    are we going to have these boats running linux, with a 802.11 connection, then you play Battleship on the computer and watch it happen in real life

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  3. How do they reload? by GrendelT · · Score: 2, Interesting

    are they one shot only cannons? or how do the cannons reload?

  4. Interesting Hobby by ender81b · · Score: 4, Interesting
    An interesting hobby, and one that must indeed take alot of time. I was curious so I looked at the rules, and I found out a number of interesting things:
    • Only ships constructed between 1900-1946 may be used
    • Must be constructed exactly like originals
    • basically the ships armor must conform in size and purportion, with the original (model) ships
    • 1. No means of delaying, or slowing down the sinking of any ship is allowed.
    • only electronics may be protected by watertight compartments
    THe last two rules in particular are very interesting. Most battleships where constructed as to be divided into multiple watertight comparments (much like the titantic.. only better =)) and were almost impossible to sink. Take the battleship Yamato, the pride of WWII japanese Fleet, when it went on its suicide mission against the US fleet at Okinawa it took, IIRC, somewhere around 12 torpedo hit plus a large number of bombs before she finally went down. Personally, if they are going to all the detail of building the ships why not use watertight compartments like the real ships? Sure, it would take longer to go down but at least it would give a more fair battleship vs. battleship game. The battles would likely last alot longer, yes, but at least it would be far more realistic.

    Otherwise, this entire exercise is fascinating, including model aircraft carrirs that can launch aircraft (!), torpedos, and the like, although it appears as though submarines have not yet been sanctioned.
  5. Hey i do that.. by linuxbert · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sort of.. i dont sink my ships. RC Boats re a very geek friendly hobby. i am part of a club in Ottawa, and a majority of our members are in (or retired from) Hi Tech Proffessions.

    Check out www.ziobrowski.net or Rideau Nautical Modelers

    A few Neat things you will see - a 10ft 1/72 scale aircraft carrer - with taxing airplanes, underwater submarine photos, constrction photos and a 1/4 scale 2 person tub boat.

  6. Watertight compartments by Ian+Peon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was thinking the same thing looking at this shot of the interior of a hull. When I was stationed on a ship, we were trained that the ONLY thing that kept a ship afloat in combat was watertight compartments.

    The ship I was on (DDG-56) even had cross-flooding zones so if a compartment on the port was compromised, a compartment (non COMBAT essential) on the starboard would cross-flood to keep the ship level (important for guns a missle launchers).

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