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    Now this is a sport I could get behind

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Water Closet
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    • NicN
      Nic
      last edited by

      a. wouldn't that kill your own drone?
      b. after the first time they'd just add EMP shielding

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Nic
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        @Nic said:

        a. wouldn't that kill your own drone?
        b. after the first time they'd just add EMP shielding

        Hence the cage thing that I mentioned 🙂

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403
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          For some reason I don't thinks Nuclear explosions would make it onto the list of "allowed weaponry" for the sport..... lol

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
            last edited by

            @DustinB3403 said:

            For some reason I don't thinks Nuclear explosions would make it onto the list of "allowed weaponry" for the sport..... lol

            Do you really think they've listed it as not allowed?

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
              last edited by

              Not until they see the operator walk in with a radiation suit..... then they'll say "WTF is going on here? No you can't have a nuclear bomb go off."

              Plus you'd have to shield the audience from the EMP, folks with pacemakers, hearing aids etc.

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              • gjacobseG
                gjacobse
                last edited by

                I'm in - but ... I 'd need some advanced fusion battery... when I was into RC cars years ago, I knew one speed... full on.

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                • hobbit666H
                  hobbit666
                  last edited by

                  I need a hobby ..... just found it!!!!

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller @gjacobse
                    last edited by

                    @gjacobse said:

                    I'm in - but ... I 'd need some advanced fusion battery... when I was into RC cars years ago, I knew one speed... full on.

                    I'm going to... how to say.... rapidly disassemble a l-ion battery this weekend

                    They're scary man

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                    • travisdh1T
                      travisdh1
                      last edited by

                      I'll have a 450mm base frame one together in the next day or two. Only 1045 props for it currently, I really need 1240 or 1250 props for it. Eventually it'll have a GoPro or equivalent on board as well, it's the big, stable (read slow) platform to do video from.

                      Last week I ordered parts for a 150mm frame, 4000KV motor, 3x3 prop, FPV model. Should be the fastest thing around, assuming I am able to keep it in one piece 😄

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                      • travisdh1T
                        travisdh1 @MattSpeller
                        last edited by

                        @MattSpeller said:

                        @gjacobse said:

                        I'm in - but ... I 'd need some advanced fusion battery... when I was into RC cars years ago, I knew one speed... full on.

                        I'm going to... how to say.... rapidly disassemble a l-ion battery this weekend

                        They're scary man

                        Yes, yes they are. Will you post a video?

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                        • MattSpellerM
                          MattSpeller @travisdh1
                          last edited by

                          @travisdh1 That's the goal at least heheh

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse @gjacobse
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                            @gjacobse said:

                            I'm in - but ... I 'd need some advanced fusion battery... when I was into RC cars years ago, I knew one speed... full on.

                            Oh yea - forgot to mention...

                            Where do you mount the Estes Rocket motors... or the more advanced ones ....

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                            • gjacobseG
                              gjacobse @gjacobse
                              last edited by

                              @gjacobse said:

                              @gjacobse said:

                              I'm in - but ... I 'd need some advanced fusion battery... when I was into RC cars years ago, I knew one speed... full on.

                              Oh yea - forgot to mention...

                              Where do you mount the Estes Rocket motors... or the more advanced ones ....

                              Whoops.. lost another car:

                              tomahawk-missile-raytheon-explosion-3.jpg

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                              • MattSpellerM
                                MattSpeller @gjacobse
                                last edited by MattSpeller

                                @gjacobse lol you joke but wait until you see what a 6 year old cell out of the explosion / fire prone MacBook Pro's can do. Maybe an 18650 for giggles.

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                                • travisdh1T
                                  travisdh1 @MattSpeller
                                  last edited by

                                  @MattSpeller said:

                                  @gjacobse lol you joke but wait until you see what a 6 year old cell out of the explosion / fire prone MacBook Pro's can do. Maybe an 18650 for giggles.

                                  I'm a little scarred of my 3cell 6000mah I have for the large quad. Got em all stored, and charge in those LiPo "fireproof" bags.

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @MattSpeller
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                                    @MattSpeller
                                    Ever launched a D motor out of a 10 foot copper pipe with no nose cone, fins or anything else?

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                                    • MattSpellerM
                                      MattSpeller @gjacobse
                                      last edited by MattSpeller

                                      @gjacobse said:

                                      @MattSpeller
                                      Ever launched a D motor out of a 10 foot copper pipe with no nose cone, fins or anything else?

                                      giggles

                                      That's a good one 🙂

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                                      • travisdh1T
                                        travisdh1 @gjacobse
                                        last edited by

                                        @gjacobse said:

                                        @MattSpeller
                                        Ever launched a D motor out of a 10 foot copper pipe with no nose cone, fins or anything else?

                                        I had a Mosquito. It got launched once, it ended up in the jetstream. Wasn't much more than an empty tube with fins and a nose cone glued on.

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                                        • gjacobseG
                                          gjacobse @travisdh1
                                          last edited by

                                          @travisdh1 OMG - the Mosquito...

                                          with a nail-cone

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            We had some Estes rockets when I was little. I remember one of ours kept exploding. I did the math and figured out it was the sound barrier where it was blowing up.

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