Fast Gun Fletcher

Yep, in traditional wood or fiberglass hulls this is true. With this plastic hull, the weight savings are put back into the keel area in the form of ballast.
Now, mount a stern gun at deck level and you will have no issue.

 

Here is a photo for depth reference.

 

Thanks for posting, great comparison shot. I personally can't wait for the gearing to be completed. A fantastic "grab and go" boat.

 

Have have one of the stingers that steve mentioned. Have not battled it but it fires great. Thanks steve for making this version of the cannons.

 

They still tip over. John was running side by side with my Bismarck, my bow wave went over his forward deck, and it sucked him right over towards my Bismarck. It rolled right over, then he tried to say I rammed him, I can see issues with these little boats, I was running straight ahead, never touched him.

 

Why the broad generalization? The weight is the same as the z-boat (for the gearing), do we see lots of tipping with them as well? Or could it be they have a bow gun that puts too much weight high up?

 

I thought the Fletcher was a good idea for a loaner boat to get someone started in the hobby, but not as a first line battle boat.
It seems that only our best builders build small boats. The battle reports for Fletchers show mixed success.

 

2 builders so far that have battled, we need a few more to build and battle before we can start any statistics.

 

Yeh thats what they all say at the insurance investigation, "never touched him" the most frequently stated comment.

 

With my Moo I could do a "drive by" kill on a NC or Biz with little or no effort.

 

You sending a cow into battle?

 

IJN Musashi

 

Pics of this Killer Musashi swamping other battleships, please : )

 

For the uninitiated, that's pronounced "Moooo-sashi"

 

if i get my Yamato finished this month i will have pictures of it swamping fletchers.

 

It may be the forward facing gun, they have it sitting pretty high up. They are much better than the first batch, they would ram you at a 90 deg angle into your side and roll over, every battle they were in I think they rolled over, got to be a issue, had to keep stopping the battle to push them in, plus they never sank.

 

I know about the moo shasi. I just thought it would be funny to paint it like a cow.

 

Just to be clear: the Moo is the IJN Musashi
the Mo is the USS Missouri
critical difference when battling

 

Just look for the captain hunched over with a slipped disk and you'll see a Mo or Moo driver.

 

Topside weight on a DD is very critical. On my Mog, I can adjust list be twisting the antenna left or right.