Hopes, Dreams, and Desires? *Feeler*

Let's say you were a god. Someone who with the lightest touch could get exactly what you want.
What would you want to hop up your ship? Multi-speed trannsmissions... easier to install cannon rotates
Is there anything you do during a battle that is too slow, gets in your way, or could be done better if a machine was doing it?
Would you want your ship to send you back any info? Motor temp, RPM, current etc...
Is there anything that you would like to have control over, but just simply can't? Constant RPM instead of fixed voltage speed controllers..

 

There would be two or three things

1) A book called RCWarship Combat for dummies. Explains (with plenty of diagrams) to build and maintain our warships. A book with all the collective knowledge within our hobby

2) Cannons that install with no fuss.

3) I would want an indicator on the transmitter that shows the ammo state for each cannon. Shows how many rounds remaining.

 

>I would want an indicator on the transmitter that shows the ammo state for each cannon. Shows how many rounds remaining.
That's an interesting idea... I was actually thinking about that this morning.

What else?

 

I'd love the idea of a "RCWarship Combat for Dummies" book, but it'd need updating every few years to keep up with advances in technology, boatbuilding technique, strategy, and tactics. I don't know about any other clubs, but the WWCC is evolving very quickly right now. Boats that were considered top-of-the-line just five years ago are now considered suicide boats because of how much more reliable and destructive our weapons/damage control/team tactics are. And that's assuming fiberglass construction. Wooden shipbuilding is also a forever-evolving art.

Personally, what I would like to see the most is a reliable supplier of high-quality Big Gun cannons of all shapes and sizes. Not that I'm hinting or anything, Strike Models...

Other than that, I would like:
9) an improved pump switch. Something that allows both manual and automatic control of pumps, with nifty features like failsafes, fail-to-prime detection, etc.
10) waterproof servos, radios, etc. rated for deep water (15 feet or more)
11) unlimited boatbuilding budget! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Greg, for your idea #5, I would suggest you investigate small electric air compressors. They're a little loud (the main reason they aren't more widespread in Big Gun) but they provide lots of air when you plug them into a 12v battery, and with an adjustable pressure cutoff switch, you can get whatever pressure you want out of it. And if one compressor isn't enough air, you can always use two! I remember hearing that one Big Gun Yamato, around 15 years ago or so, was a particularly deadly foe because it had four compressors in it.

 

If I were a god who could get whatever I wanted, I wouldn't be wasting my time on toy boats! Hello Jessica Alba!

 

w00t! go halo!

 

Ah, you've just touched on an idea that I'd very much like to try if I were to ever build something of significant size in 1/72. However, I'd then have to devise a better explanation to the significant other for buying a 5200psi air compressor other than "for those boats that shoot at each other."

 

Where would you battle, the cargo hold of the space shuttle? You'd have just a bit of trouble modeling Covenant energy shields and plasma torpedoes...

 

A book with accurate tech drawings of every warships ever designed already in 144 scale.

 

Actually, I wrote a book years ago (1980's) called the manual of R/C combat. It does need updating but parts of it are on the IRC site under http://www.ircwcc.org/links.htm . There are also how-to's from other authors there as well.

Marty

 

What about onboard telemetry? Anything you'd like to know about your boat while in a battle, or perhaps beforehand?