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    Now this is a sport I could get behind

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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      @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
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        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
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          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
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            I need a hobby ..... just found it!!!!

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            • MattSpellerM
              MattSpeller @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.

              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
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                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
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                  @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
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                    @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
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                        @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
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                          @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
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                            @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
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                                @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
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                                  @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
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                                    @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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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        My dad had the best stories ever, though. He used to machine his own rockets and make his own fuel. A lot like in "October Sky." He once set the barn on fire when he was a kid trying to launch a new rocket in a rain storm from inside the barn.

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                                        • art_of_shredA
                                          art_of_shred @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @Nic said:

                                          They do have an alternate sport that is like battlebots where the drones fly in a cage and the last one flying wins. I don't know if they allow projectile weapons though, or just disabling through contact.

                                          Make a faraday cage and deploy a tiny nuclear device to get a huge EM pulse. Instant kill.

                                          You can generate an EMP quite cheaply, without the need for a nuke...

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                                          • art_of_shredA
                                            art_of_shred @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            My dad had the best stories ever, though. He used to machine his own rockets and make his own fuel. A lot like in "October Sky." He once set the barn on fire when he was a kid trying to launch a new rocket in a rain storm from inside the barn.

                                            He has told me that story. Hilarious.

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