Quote from: Kerndtc on March 13, 2018, 10:13:23 AMHey buddy! That's an even better idea! The OP is from Bob Kidd, but thanks for chiming in. That's a very good idea. I'm over here trying to come up with a LIPO battery and one of my led bars. Not sure if anyone has seen a lipo battery burst, but it's not exactly something you'd want placed on a target. It's always fun during a race to have to strip a person's rc car body off, disassemble the battery tray and remove a smolderig battery before it damages anything. Imagine if we were shooting at them lolKeep in mind, Cameron, that anything behind the faceplate for protection from direct hits... is subject to splatter when the pellet hits the paddle. I don't know about the LEDs themselves, but placing the batteries out of the way so they will not be punctured means that any wiring between battery and LED will be subject to schrapnel disruption, etc. You mention the fire hazard with LIPO batteries, and this is also something to consider. We do not allow smoking on our range due to fire hazard, so any battery erupting in fire will be just as bad, if not worse, positioned so close to dry leaf litter on the ground. I wouldn't want our range to burn down due to iffy battery technology, let alone pellet ricochets behind the faceplate. It's an interesting idea, but artificial lighting is probably a risk I can't justify at DFTC. Not to mention dealing with the added complication of battery maintenance with an inventory of 50-60 targets.
Hey buddy! That's an even better idea! The OP is from Bob Kidd, but thanks for chiming in. That's a very good idea. I'm over here trying to come up with a LIPO battery and one of my led bars. Not sure if anyone has seen a lipo battery burst, but it's not exactly something you'd want placed on a target. It's always fun during a race to have to strip a person's rc car body off, disassemble the battery tray and remove a smolderig battery before it damages anything. Imagine if we were shooting at them lol
Come days end ... those with better eyesight & optics that mitigate focus errors generally score more hits .... It just is the nature of our game that ones eye health, age and physical stamina have more to do with it than target cosmetics that change with every shot against them.
Quote from: Motorhead on March 13, 2018, 12:42:45 PMCome days end ... those with better eyesight & optics that mitigate focus errors generally score more hits .... It just is the nature of our game that ones eye health, age and physical stamina have more to do with it than target cosmetics that change with every shot against them.Oh, totally agreed and understood, Scott. My point is a bright faceplate color with a dark 3/8-inch KZ is visible for more squads during a contest. A black faceplate and bright KZ is only clear for two or three shooter squads. Then it is a black faceplate with a blackened paddle.Glad we could stimulate discussion.B
Jim C will be up at the house next saturday helping prep the clubs targets ... we have a few 3/8" or 1/2" we can play with. Will do a BRIGHT face plate and a black paddle for us to try it out.
...I have seen people miss the face plate completely when a black target is placed in the deep shadows.