RC Olympics
08-09-2008, 09:54 AM
#17
Olympic Motto
Citius!, Altius!, Fortius! (Swifter, Higher, Stronger)
Olympic Creed
If you are human, you are an athlete.
Citius!, Altius!, Fortius! (Swifter, Higher, Stronger)
Olympic Creed
If you are human, you are an athlete.
08-09-2008, 10:23 AM
#18
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08-09-2008, 10:54 AM
#19
How about Olympic channel "surfing"?
08-09-2008, 11:44 AM
#20
Tennis, Basketball, Fencing, all require "swiftness" from the athletes to be a better than the competition.
Being a thumb jockey and changing channels or playing video games is not an athletic event.
Driving a race car with 150 temps in the cabin is would not be considered an athletic event no matter how phyisicaly exhausting driving a race car is. The driver is just a means to control the car not propell the car. If the cars were flintstone moblies, yes that could be an olympic sport,which is why cycling is an event.
The Olympics should introduce hand slap games or cupstacking so that any average joe can have a chance at gold.
08-09-2008, 01:01 PM
#21
Speed is not always a time race as you are saying "Running"
Tennis, Basketball, Fencing, all require "swiftness" from the athletes to be a better than the competition.
Being a thumb jockey and changing channels or playing video games is not an athletic event.
Driving a race car with 150 temps in the cabin is would not be considered an athletic event no matter how phyisicaly exhausting driving a race car is. The driver is just a means to control the car not propell the car. If the cars were flintstone moblies, yes that could be an olympic sport,which is why cycling is an event.
The Olympics should introduce hand slap games or cupstacking so that any average joe can have a chance at gold.
Tennis, Basketball, Fencing, all require "swiftness" from the athletes to be a better than the competition.
Being a thumb jockey and changing channels or playing video games is not an athletic event.
Driving a race car with 150 temps in the cabin is would not be considered an athletic event no matter how phyisicaly exhausting driving a race car is. The driver is just a means to control the car not propell the car. If the cars were flintstone moblies, yes that could be an olympic sport,which is why cycling is an event.
The Olympics should introduce hand slap games or cupstacking so that any average joe can have a chance at gold.
Don't they have sports that involve guns? Last time I checked the person doesn't propel the bullet, yet they do control where it goes.. Kinda sounds like r/c racing with a little more bang eh?
http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/pro...p?SportCode=SH
08-09-2008, 07:00 PM
#23
well there has to be one.,,,wise crack.
I guess the shooter has to approach the line and be precise and that is enough of a physical feat to be athletic.
I used to shoot competition rifle and just the pratice sucked. No caffinee or your eyes would bug out by the 100th shot. All the events are timed so a shooter had to deal with fatigue while wearing jacket, pulse pads and heavy barreled rifle.
3 years ago I did an army match. Part of the competition was sprinting 100meters in full battle rattle(kevlar helment and vest) to the firing line. If you didn't make your time, the pop up targets would be long gone before your first clip was loaded.
I guess the shooter has to approach the line and be precise and that is enough of a physical feat to be athletic.
I used to shoot competition rifle and just the pratice sucked. No caffinee or your eyes would bug out by the 100th shot. All the events are timed so a shooter had to deal with fatigue while wearing jacket, pulse pads and heavy barreled rifle.
3 years ago I did an army match. Part of the competition was sprinting 100meters in full battle rattle(kevlar helment and vest) to the firing line. If you didn't make your time, the pop up targets would be long gone before your first clip was loaded.
08-09-2008, 08:02 PM
#24
well there has to be one.,,,wise crack.
I guess the shooter has to approach the line and be precise and that is enough of a physical feat to be athletic.
I used to shoot competition rifle and just the pratice sucked. No caffinee or your eyes would bug out by the 100th shot. All the events are timed so a shooter had to deal with fatigue while wearing jacket, pulse pads and heavy barreled rifle.
3 years ago I did an army match. Part of the competition was sprinting 100meters in full battle rattle(kevlar helment and vest) to the firing line. If you didn't make your time, the pop up targets would be long gone before your first clip was loaded.
I guess the shooter has to approach the line and be precise and that is enough of a physical feat to be athletic.
I used to shoot competition rifle and just the pratice sucked. No caffinee or your eyes would bug out by the 100th shot. All the events are timed so a shooter had to deal with fatigue while wearing jacket, pulse pads and heavy barreled rifle.
3 years ago I did an army match. Part of the competition was sprinting 100meters in full battle rattle(kevlar helment and vest) to the firing line. If you didn't make your time, the pop up targets would be long gone before your first clip was loaded.
08-09-2008, 08:07 PM
#25
I thought the IIC in Vegas was the olympic race of RC! 
08-10-2008, 05:55 AM
#26
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08-10-2008, 06:12 AM
#27
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Touring car speed building event!
08-10-2008, 09:22 AM
#29
Not to mention activities that really DO take strength, speed & extreme skill, like competitive Drum Corps(but at least they already have their own World Championships, which coincidentally are going on right now), but they'll likely never get the attention they deserve, so you can bet RC will fare no better....
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