Has any one ever used a triple stern and 1 rotating canon in the secound bow turret on a Sharnhorst for fast gun?? Or even Dual sterns and 1 rotating canon in the bow with 100 bb's?? If that's even leagal? The reason is the increased angle posible in the secound turret would be nice on both sides I think?? Any pic's of how you mount your gun's? I'm thinking it's going to be hard to deck mount stern gun's?
I believe Rick King in the MWC has a Scharnhorst set up that way. I think I'd take a slightly different route though if I were to build a Scharny. What I'd do, is set up the two starboard (or port, doesnt matter) barrels in Cesar turret as dual sterns. Both of these guns would fire when I pull the stick back. The third barrel (port most) would also be armed, but would be hooked up with a quick disconnect, and would fire (when hooked up) when the stick was pulled to the left. Pulling the stick diagonally to the left will actuate all three aft cannons when the port cannon is hooked up. Up front, I'd have a fixed port sidemount in Anton turret. This gun would connect to the CO2 hose which powers the port aft cannon....so basically I get to choose between triple sterns or dual sterns and a fixed sidemount, simply by re-connecting a hose. Then, for my last gun, I'd run a rotate in Bruno turret. When the other fixed sidemount is "in use" I'd unplug the rotate servo so I can't "accidentally" rotate the gun. When triple sterns are "in use" I'd have the rotate servo plugged in so I can cover both side quadrants with it. The reason I'd set it up this way, is because it would give the versatility of being able to easily choose between sidemounts and stern guns depending on the tactics you want to use. It has the bonus advantage of enemy captains not knowing exactly how you are set up...since you can change, they'll have to wait until you fire the fixed side or swivel the rotate before they know how you're set up for that battle. Mike D
The trick of having extra guns, and tyring to catch them naping only works with those that don't pay attention to details- as all cannons not used (extra) must be pinned.
That's very true. But I'd bet quite a few people don't check other people's guns, and I KNOW some of those guys can't see at any kind of distance Mike D
Thanks every body I never thought of putting more than one lay out and reconfiguring at lakeside. I think maybe a sidemount on each side up front (fixed) and triple/double stern is a great idea! It's going to get crowded in the back. Maybe I should use smaller acumualators? I'm getting 2-6v 10amp battery's I have 2-20oz. co2 bottle's so I can just carry these and not worry about a big tank. I have another question where and how do you mount fast guns? In the hull or to the deck? I know there are many style's so I'd rather research than rebuild. hahaha. Thank's for your help Steve
Normaly bb type cannon are mounted to the deck. 2 10 amp-hour cells are OK for a Scharnorst, but you don't need, and probibly can't fit a 20 oz bottle into the ship. The guns will use 3-5 oz per sortie. (depeinding on what you do with the trigger stick) A 7 oz bottle would be fine, or maybe a 9 oz if you really want to be sure to have enough gas for two sorties. Having a larger tank for the CO2 is not a replacement for acumalators. The regulator can only supply gas so fast to the cannons. See this page for some good photos of the "guts" of a NC http://www.scrapcombatships.com/commodore/nctour.html A Scharnhorst should be quite close in setup- as it is about the same size, and has only one less gun.
