July will be a very busy one for the Northwest Division Pacific Armor Corps (NORDPAC) which will conduct battles, demonstrations, and exhibitions on the following dates and at the locations specified. Non-members welcome, loaner tanks available, special protocols for air-soft combatants. Participating members who RSVP admitted free to hosting organization's event. See NORDPAC or sponsoring organizations' web sites for additional details. 7/11-13: at the Arlington Fly In, Arlington airfield, Arlington, WA. Outdoor battlefield within Camp Adams military exhibits area, limited camping space available with porta potties but no hook-ups. Set on 7/10, battles commence daily at 1000 begining on the 11th, take down on the 13th 1500. Volunteers welcome to help lay out the battlefield on 7/6 1100. 7/20: at "Wings Over Keizer" RC aircraft flight event hosted by the Keizer Radio Control Association (KRCA) at their airfield at 6763 Hwy 99E, Keizer, OR, on the Keizer Brigade outdoor battlefield. Set-up 0800, battles commence 1000, take down 1500. 7/25-27: at the 38th Annual Military Vehicle Preservation Association's International Convention at the Portland Expo Center, 2060 Marine Dr., Portland, OR. Indoor battlefield, full facilities, on the 27th concurrent with a gun show in adjacent exhibition hall. Set-up on 7/24 12 Noon, battles commence daily at 1000 starting on the 25th, take down on the 27th at 1500. Stu N NORDPAC XO KAC6A - Out
GPS: We'd like to see some RC tanker interest from So OR residents so that we could coordinate our club's effort with them/him/her. Difficult to convince many members to make a long road trip likely involving an overnight stay without an indication of an opportunity to make new acquaintances and expand our hobby. We'll be a little farther south in August (24 & 25) when NORDPAC will be at the Albany airport for the Air and Arts Festival there. Re: videos, search YouTube for NORDPAC. Both on-board and perimeter camera angles from multiple past battles through the past couple of years. In an introductory post to this forum I included pics of some of our tanks and a description of our club. Stu N NORDPAC XO
Thanks Stu. I found plenty of videos searching "NORDPAC" on YouTube. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L_kStknxmk[/youtube]
NORDPAC at "Wings Over Keizer" vid: http://youtu.be/V-Uqzyfg2lc Pics to follow. Stu N NORDPAC XO KAC6A - Out
A small, remote activated smoke generator was placed in that structure. I think it also may have had a motion detection function. Stu N NORDPAC XO KAC6A - Out
Military Vehicle Preservation Association International Convention vid: http://youtu.be/Ciathp_vpVU Stu N NORDPAC XO KAC6A - Out
Cool. Your tanks make some nice sounds...even Benny Hill. Were those amphibious vehicles privately owned?
The landing craft are owned by a member who scratch built and then RC'd them. We may have an actual water feature to float them next year at the Arlingon Air Show. Stu N NORDPAC XO
