RC Battleship Combat

Tuna_Shooter writes "For you war buffs... These people have a LOT of free time on their collective hands...." I thought Slashdot had done a story on this hobby, but I don't see it in the archives. The RCWarships site is probably the best place to start.

get the ducks!

[nunogawa]

Forget sinking other RC boats, I wanna take on the ducks in the lake outside my office!

Cheating?

[jhunsake]

Would it be cheating if I bombed them from my RC plane?

Geez, these aren't real slashdot geeks!

[thelinuxking]

Where are the lego guys controlling the ships?

B7 Hit..

[Alec Varezz]

You sank my battleship!!

Bismark sunk by 8-year-old Timmy

[raehl]

In an unfortunate turn of events for Bismark captain Luke Simmons and crew, the german battleship was sunk in friendly waters just off the Bismark's home port, the dock extending 12 feet into the lake behind Capt. Simmons' summer cottage.

"He just refused to honor the rules of combat," Capt. Simmons lamented, referring to Timmy Levendowski's complete disregard for weapons conventions when forgoing mounting cannon on his own ship in favor of divine intervention from the sky in the form of airborne boulders measuring up to 3 inches across.

The Bismark was simply unable to withstand the continued barrage and sunk despite Capt. Simmons' best efforts, including a desperate call to Timmy's parents.

Timmy did not escape the encounter unscathed, however, as international condemnation from his parents after the sinking landed him trade sanctions which, among other things, withheld Timmy's weekly 6 AUD in international aid.

"It's not fair," whined Timmy, "I wanted to play and they wouldn't let me, and now I have to wait a whole 'nother week to get my new action figure. He wouldn't even let me try on his hat", referring to a replica German mariner's headpiece worn by Capt. Simmons whenever commanding his vessel.

Re:Cheating?

[Gerry Gleason]

Yeah, let's see you get a 1/144 scale airplain fly, much less drop any bombs.

Was that comment about aircraft carriers launching planes for real? Maybe you could catapult them off the deck, but to what end? Hardly realistic if they are just projectiles.

Re:Interesting Hobby

[Lord_Slepnir]

Most battleships where constructed as to be divided into multiple watertight comparments (much like the titantic..

and it worked soooo well on the titanic

I don't know what's more amazing...

[billbaggins]

I don't know what's more amazing, the amount of work & time they've put into these ships, or the fact that such a graphics-heavy page is still viewable after having been posted on /. for almost an hour...

You Sank My Battl^H^H^H^H^HWeb Host

[TWX_the_Linux_Zealot]

Damn Slashdot Effect...

Warships are interesting but ...

[mystery_boy_x]

Normally warships would make me drool but presently I'm watching Miss Teen USA on television so I've just about run out of saliva.

This should be on TV, not Boringbots

[spun]

Actual projectile weapons and the threat of sinking, woo-hoo! You wouldn't need hot chicks to keep that interesting. Not that hot chicks would make it less interesting. Hot chicks... water... Yeah, I see definite possibilities here.

Re:get the ducks!

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.rideaunautical.ca/photos/DSC00022-1.JPG