tank kill?

good idea but..i wouldn't use cardboard for the water reason. you dont want to change the carboard everytime you play. insted of carboard use sheet metel or something that wont decay.

tippya5extreme

i guess... you could just use a small hole netting. that way you my get paint slatered on you. or you could just build a tank and then on the back of it have a switch that makes you stop in a certin amount of sec.

idk i dont like the cardboard idea

tippya5extreme

Actually they do have kill switches, and they are in a hole the same diameter as a paintball. So unless you have exteme accuaracy, you just luck the sucker in there.

It seems to work great, becuase it is so rare that it happens. Plus all tanks are suseptable to missles, and there are always a few people that have one at a scenario.

Tanks are cool but they have to go walking speed and you have to prove you have something like $30.000 worth of ins. on it.

monk what is a PGP anyways?

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Squishey wrote:

i like the cardboard idea to get to a kill switch, the tanks at my local field just have a piece of paper taped, to the side of it and as soon as the papper is shot off the vehicle is dead, i think its stupid because the paper usually falls off before you get a chance to shoot it. but if the cardboard was secure and would fall off from the wind or the bouncing of the tank then i like it.

what? ah..oh. you box in a kill switch with cardboard. lol i thought you were doing somthing else. i like that idea

tippya5extreme

Its a little too much mebe but you could get some relatively cheap LDR's (otherwise known as Light Dependant Resistors), they basically work like LEDs in reverse. It wouldnt be too hard to setup a small network of them to a panel (like 10 or so spread out) with a plastic shield about half an inch above it, and just program a basic 8 pin chip to set off a peizo alarm/kill switch when light levels get too low (i.e. after being covered in paint).

I made something like this in 4th form electronics (I dunno wot that equates to in americania... I was 14 so thats grade something...). Only cost me like 10 bucks in parts, so if you have uber basic know how it can be done.

Thats a bit more of a permanant and effective way, but ghetto-cardboard works too

People who are organised are just to lazy to look for things.

an94 wrote:

Jawa_Nz wrote:

Its a little too much mebe but you could get some relatively cheap LDR's (otherwise known as Light Dependant Resistors), they basically work like LEDs in reverse. It wouldnt be too hard to setup a small network of them to a panel (like 10 or so spread out) with a plastic shield about half an inch above it, and just program a basic 8 pin chip to set off a peizo alarm/kill switch when light levels get too low (i.e. after being covered in paint).

I made something like this in 4th form electronics (I dunno wot that equates to in americania... I was 14 so thats grade something...). Only cost me like 10 bucks in parts, so if you have uber basic know how it can be done.

Thats a bit more of a permanant and effective way, but ghetto-cardboard works too

DO WHAT????????????????????????

Here in the states, we call them photoresistors.

But seriously, why would you need cardboard or even paper. A kill switch is just an electronic switch that shuts off the engine. Just stick it in a hole.

I get what he is saying. Light armor vehicles with replacable cardboard as armor. The armor would stand up to the first few shots in that area, then gradually weaken, then pierce it. When they pierce, it can hit a kill switch representing the engine, or take out the people inside. I actually think that's kinda nifty.

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It does sound like a good idea except you would have to change the cardboard alot.

barn_user wrote:

It does sound like a good idea except you would have to change the cardboard alot.

So what.. just go to your grocery store they give the stuff away.

at least here they do...

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