Flip tank

[Dragonwarp]

I've been working on tanks lately, and I thought that, hey, what if you could flip a tank with another tank's cannon? 

Rules:

1. The tank that you are flipping needs to survive with no or minimal damage

2. Both vehicles need to have 6 (at a minimum) wheels

3. Both tanks must have a cannon weapon (not a high powered gun)

4. Weapons MUST be from BDArmory

5. The tank to be flipped MUST be upside down or on its side, not just a little hop.

 

Have fun and post the results in the comments!

Edited November 30, 2017 by Dragonwarp

[Dragonwarp]

Bonus: do it while the tank is shooting at you.

[SG Aero]

Why not a stock weapon?

[Jeb federation]

I wonder has anyone done a stock vs bda tank battle?

[Dimas152]

this should be easier to do with cannon recoil, so no stock weps

[Dragonwarp]

8 hours ago, Jeb federation said:

I wonder has anyone done a stock vs bda tank battle?

That seems intresting. . . Although I think the BDA tank would win.

[MiffedStarfish]

22 hours ago, Dragonwarp said:

That seems intresting. . . Although I think the BDA tank would win.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

I might try this, I’ve got quite a few tanks lying around.

[Dragonwarp]

2 hours ago, MiffedStarfish said:

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

I might try this, I’ve got quite a few tanks lying around.

Which one? The fliping or BDA VS stock?

[MiffedStarfish]

Both. 

[SG Aero]

I'll fight you in the stock v bad thing miffed.

[Dragonwarp]

On 12/1/2017 at 3:42 AM, MiffedStarfish said:

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

I might try this, I’ve got quite a few tanks lying around.

Waitasec, "Quite a few"? I get the feeling I'm not the only one who set kerbin on fire. . .

[MiffedStarfish]

<Hastily stuffs several armoured vehicles in small garage, presses the remote button, turns around as the door catches on a 120mm barrel and strained sounds erupt>

Nope! Not me! Never built a weapon in my life!

[SG Aero]

(Hastily turns in cloaking device on orbit to surface weapons platform)

(Covers Arctic nuclear base in snow)

yup. Nothing.

[Dragonwarp]

Well then. I have found people with more weaponry than I have. . . NOT FOR LONG!!!!!!!! Maybe, if I remember to stop setting up that comunications net. . .

and so messing with B9. . .

NO! B9 HAS HUGE PIECES, SO I'LL MAKE A HUGE INTERPLANETARY WARSHIP!!! MUAHAHAHAHAH!

Edited December 10, 2017 by Dragonwarp

[Jeb federation]

(Tries to closing door to the SPH to hide my massive tank army and squishes a kerbal in the process. kerbal paste everywhere and door refuses to shut.)    Well darn.

[SG Aero]

I already have a fleet in orbit. If the weapons can’t kill you the lag can. (Closes railgun silo)

[Samwise Potato]

So far, my efforts to complete this challenge have been stymied by the fact that I've built my tanks much too realistically to flip. Too wide, too low, too angular. Best I can do without causing a lot of damage is to make it slide sideways a little. Can I go a little more... unconventional with tank designs, @Dragonwarp?

Edited December 16, 2017 by Samwise Potato

[Dragonwarp]

23 hours ago, Samwise Potato said:

So far, my efforts to complete this challenge have been stymied by the fact that I've built my tanks much too realistically to flip. Too wide, too low, too angular. Best I can do without causing a lot of damage is to make it slide sideways a little. Can I go a little more... unconventional with tank designs, @Dragonwarp?

Yes. The tanks don't have to be realistic. For example: Tank with lots of space below it? sure. tank with 5 foot thick armor? why not?

also, you dont need to hit it straight on. you could have a tank with tons of armor on the bottom and hit the ground below it. 

[Samwise Potato]

Doesn't really matter where I shoot, I've just been building heavy bricks of armor in conventional shapes, and they don't flip well. I ask about unconventional designs because I've got an idea for a half-sphere that rolls onto its flat top without too much effort. Narrow wheel base, rounded angles, should hopefully flip nicely.

My other thought was to build a VTOL that could carry the tanks to the top of the VAB, and shoot one of them off the top. Maybe I should do both?

[Dragonwarp]

19 hours ago, Samwise Potato said:

Doesn't really matter where I shoot, I've just been building heavy bricks of armor in conventional shapes, and they don't flip well. I ask about unconventional designs because I've got an idea for a half-sphere that rolls onto its flat top without too much effort. Narrow wheel base, rounded angles, should hopefully flip nicely.

My other thought was to build a VTOL that could carry the tanks to the top of the VAB, and shoot one of them off the top. Maybe I should do both?

Sounds cool. Though both would be slightly insane awesome! Please post the results, 'cause that sounds awesome.

Edited December 18, 2017 by Dragonwarp