News for the H*E*A*T radio controlled armor club. http://heatarmor.com/joomla 2010-09-06T10:13:18+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla http://www.heatarmor.com/joomla/images/HeatLogo_trans.gif text/html 2009-11-11T00:08:54+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla Administrator http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=99999999 2009 "H*E*A*T Fall Open" Here are some photos of the R/C tank event in November, 2009 at the AAF Tank Museum in Danville. The biggest news out of this event was the large turnout of KV-1 heavy tanks! For the first time we were able to see an entire platoon of these Soviet monsters in battle. Below, Eric, Will, James and Marty face off against the rest of us: Will's tank, in the foreground, has a really nice camo job. And in the background, you can see the realistic sagging of the metal tracks look on Eric's pre-Tamiya KV-1: More photos... text/html 2009-10-03T23:40:09+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla Randall Frank http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=159&Itemid=99999999 Active Battlefield Obstacle: Landmine For some time now, we have been talking about augmenting the battlefield with some active "obstacles". Doug made some prototypes and finally I got around to making one myself. My first obstacle is the "landmine". Read on for more details and a video... text/html 2009-09-16T15:44:37+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla James StewartNewman http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=99999999 H*E*A*T Fall Open AAF Tank Museum Danville, VA 6-8 November, 2009 Click here to read the battleday rules and inspection procedures (index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=29) text/html 2009-09-16T15:44:37+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla Randall Frank http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=162&Itemid=99999999 H*E*A*T Spring Open AAF Tank Museum Danville, VA 12-14 March 2010 Click here to read the battleday rules and inspection procedures (index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=29) text/html 2009-07-04T14:32:41+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla James StewartNewman http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=99999999 Soviet KV-1 Build Not sure why they call the KV-1 Russian instead of Soviet but whatever. text/html 2009-07-03T22:57:29+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla Randall Frank http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=154&Itemid=99999999 Most of the time, we run traditional tank battles. But every once in a while, we get that hanker'n for something new. The folks in H*E*A*T and Doug Gasser have come up with a number of alternative play styles: Zombie Town, Team Deathmatch, Flag run, etc. The most radical new type of battle is Tank Football. I know, I know, "this is an abomination to both tanking and football", etc, etc. Sure. But if you want to have some fun and want to try something new, give this one a spin, it really is a lot of fun. text/html 2009-01-10T23:41:22+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla Dana Lowell http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=99999999 This is Doug's full-function T34/88, which debuted at the Winter H*E*A*T Fun Run. The 3rd Annual Winter H*E*A*T Fun Run was a success! Ten tankers from 4 states attended the January 2, 2009 event at the AAF Tank Museum in Danville, Virginia. We ran battle games for RC tankers that we usually don't run at the other competitive events. The weather in Danville favored us for the 3rd year running. We enjoyed some great tank chat at lunch and dinner. And as is tradition, we ended the long day with some "night battles". We ran several new battle scenarios at this Fun Run. Including Doug's "Around the World" battle in which we had to fight through one zone at a time to reach the finish. We also tried the "Capture the Flag" style battle that the DAK guys do out West. We ran it twice with DAK rules so that everyone got to be "runners" or "defenders". It worked well. As the objective in the Rock Quarry, we had Doug's new T34/88 SP gun. This was a good choice for the job since it had such high gun elevation. We ran these DAK heats with unlimited respawns to ensure that the runners would make it to the objective alive. So the final victors were determined by the clock. After these battles, we came up with a Danville variation to the DAK game. The plan was to have BOTH teams as aggressors in a side-by-side dash to the final objective! One team ran for "even" flags while the other team ran for "odd" flags...like in a game of pool. Doug's tank was added to a team, so the final objective was merely the "9" or "10" flag, depending on which team you were on. A sneaky tactic that developed on-the-fly for both teams was to "cripple" enemy tanks enough to slow them down, but not to kill them, (because they would just come back with full speed after respawning). The tricky endgame to this scenario was that your team lost the power to respawn once the enemy captured their last flag. So the ultimate victory was decided by a traditional shoot-out to the death. Everyone seemed to like running over the flags. So we hope to come up with a few new games for these "flags" before the next Fun Run. Thanks DAK, for the fun idea! We had the "Tank Olympics" scenario again this year. We ran an obstacle course and hit stationary tanks placed in tough spots. Doug, Scott and Dana brought home the gold for Team USA! Willy was there, of course. So of course we ran a few "Tank Recovery Battles". These are always some of the most from for us drivers, and fun for the visiting spectators to watch too! Whenever we got knocked out, we would yell for Willy or Jake to pick us up with a truck. It's cool to watch the little motorized ramps drop so you can drive your tank onto the back! Well, the 3rd Annual H*E*A*T Fun Run was a success. Everyone had a blast. Many thanks go out once again to Doug, Karen and the AAF Tank Museum staff for having us for this end-of-year party. Everybody else: please get your new tank projects ready for the 3-day competition battles at the "2nd Annual H*E*A*T Spring Open" on March 13, 14, 15, 2009. We already have replies from 20 tankers who plan to be there, so if you have been on the fence about coming to Danville...this is the one!!! Photos from the event can be seen here (index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=91&catid=35) . text/html 2009-01-10T23:41:22+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla Dana Lowell http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=99999999 January, 2010 Recap The "4th Annual Winter H*E*A*T Fun Run" was a success! Twelve tankers representing 5 clubs from three states attended the January 2, 2010 event at the AAF Tank Museum in Danville, Virginia. We ran unusual battle games for RC tankers that we usually don't run at the other competitive events. A dozen frozen, kindred spirits.Front row: Doug - AAF; Scott - H*E*A*T; Randy - H*E*A*T; Kim - NEAD; Bob - NEAD; Alan - VADBack Row: Michael - H*E*A*T; Dana - H*E*A*T; Bob - Tank Buffs; Chris - VAD; Mike - H*E*A*T; James - H*E*A*T A little video from the event: It was a cold day, but everyone had a blast. Many thanks go out once again to Doug, Karen and the AAF Tank Museum staff for having us at this end-of-year party. Photos from the event can be seen here . Everybody else: Please get your new tank projects ready for the 3-day competition battles at the "H*E*A*T Spring Open" on March 12, 13, 14, 2010. We already have replies from 20 tankers who plan to be there, so if you have been on the fence about coming to Danville...this is the one!!! text/html 2008-08-23T20:50:09+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla Randall Frank http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140&Itemid=99999999 H*E*A*T has been busy this summer, with two cookout fun runs open to all. We managed to dodge the worst of the NC summer weather, amazingly! One was held in July in Cary, NC and one in August in Greensboro, NC. At least we remembered to take pictures at the August one! They're posted in the image galleries here (index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=91&catid=4) .Here are the tankers from the August run:Good food and great fun! As always, our cookouts are open to all tankers, not just H*E*A*T members and we post them on our forums with a little advanced notice. A HEAT cookout always consists of a lot of driving, no inspections, some experimental battles and usually something grilled! If you are interested in attending one, let us know and we'll email you when we have the next one booked. text/html 2008-03-22T23:34:06+00:00 http://heatarmor.com/joomla James StewartNewman http://heatarmor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=136&Itemid=99999999 This will document my build of a Tamiya 1/16 Jagdpanther