It's a Battle of the Boroughs as the Bronx Bravest
(New York Firefighters) take on the Brooklyn Benders (artists) in an all
out war. Their task is to build a vehicle that can carry all four teammembers
and fire paintball pellets at the opposing teams tank. There are three
rounds, all on a playing field littered with junked cars & railroad
ties. The object is to hit a target mounted on the other teams' tank which
gets smaller with each progressive round. Should any teammember take a
direct hit (not merely splattered) then the game is stopped, that person
leaves the tank and playing field and the game resumes. It's a best two-out-of-three
for a spot in the semifinals.
The Bronx Bravest are looking for big. They will
take a van and mount a compressor onto the engine which will be used to
fill a tank with compressed air. The compressed air will shoot out the
paint pellets from guns that they will build. It's a simple enough idea
but will they be able to find all of the parts required? They're gonna
need a working van, a compressor that works, tubing and quick release valves
for their guns. It's a shopping list that requires a lot of components
that all have to hold up.
The Brooklyn Benders are going to use a golf cart
for their tank. The small size will give them plenty of agility and their
guns will use carbon-dioxide fire extinguishers to propel the pellets.
The problem will lie in the cart. Golf carts are battery powered and we
all know by now how difficult fidning one good battery is...a golf cart
will require atleast 3 car batteries. Also, it will be slower and if a
leak should raise it's head....they're sitting ducks with no weaponry.
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