Ghost Fleet of the Pacific...

[red headed stranger]

oh we wouldn't shoot him with real guns. nerf guns. lots of nerf guns. 

Absolutely

[seeker_two]

Nobody points guns at Fisty! Respect the guy enough to let him shoot himself. What? He's a scapegoat? I don't care. You don't shoot APS members in the back!
 

I would NEVER shoot fistful in the back.....I'd aim much lower.... 


(....and the whole "APS everybody-shoots-each-other" thing is a joke....even if G98 wants to make it a requirement for membership....)

[BlueStarLizzard]

I CALL DIBS ON THE MACHINE GUN!!!!!

[sumpnz]

I can haz belt-fed?

[RevDisk]

I CALL DIBS ON THE MACHINE GUN!!!!!

I have one.  Christmas gift from my boss last year. 

It's not bad.  Good distance, good rate of fire, fairly solid construction for Made In China.  One fairly major problem.  Belt feeding issues.  Of the three units we tested, one had near complete belt feeding stoppage, mine gets it intermittently, and one works flawlessly. It's the mechanized star spoke thingie that advances the belt that gets jammed up.  My guess (I haven't dissected one yet) is the internal gears slipped or are not engaging.

So, they are fun, but they have QC problems.

[Parker Dean]

Common sense says that these idle ships will be the ones that are in the worst material condition, and offering the poorest fuel economy/most emissions of the ships owned by their respective companies in that area. It seems to me that the odds are that they will never sail commercially again due to the glut of new ships coming down the ways.

Cash4Clunkerships anyone?

[erictank]

I can haz belt-fed?

For a mere $30-35 at Toys 'R Us, as a matter of fact. 

I highly recommend it.  It is MOST satisfying .

RevDisk, my family's Vulcan also has intermittent jamming issues.  Wonder what'd be involved in a rebuild with more durable parts...

[Boomhauer]

Common sense says that these idle ships will be the ones that are in the worst material condition, and offering the poorest fuel economy/most emissions of the ships owned by their respective companies in that area. It seems to me that the odds are that they will never sail commercially again due to the glut of new ships coming down the ways.

Cash4Clunkerships anyone?

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised that if the next stop many of those ships make will be to the beachfront breakers.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

For a mere $30-35 at Toys 'R Us, as a matter of fact. 

I highly recommend it.  It is MOST satisfying .

RevDisk, my family's Vulcan also has intermittent jamming issues.  Wonder what'd be involved in a rebuild with more durable parts...

Man.  If you can't count on a $30 plastic machine gun to be reliable, what can you count on?

 

[Viking]

Gif nerf gun!

[AZRedhawk44]

Common sense says that these idle ships will be the ones that are in the worst material condition, and offering the poorest fuel economy/most emissions of the ships owned by their respective companies in that area. It seems to me that the odds are that they will never sail commercially again due to the glut of new ships coming down the ways.

Cash4Clunkerships anyone?

Interesting thought.

I wonder if it's worth more to the ship owners to babysit these idle ships and then scrap/salvage them, or just take 'em over to the Mariana Trench and deep-six 'em now and avoid the maintenance and crew costs while forgoing the value of scrap...

[charby]

Interesting thought.

I wonder if it's worth more to the ship owners to babysit these idle ships and then scrap/salvage them, or just take 'em over to the Mariana Trench and deep-six 'em now and avoid the maintenance and crew costs while forgoing the value of scrap...

They could probably get more selling them as operable ships to some small shipping firm.

[Hawkmoon]

So, they are fun, but they have QC problems.

So Taurus has a factory in China now?

[Scout26]

Interesting thought.

I wonder if it's worth more to the ship owners to babysit these idle ships and then scrap/salvage them, or just take 'em over to the Mariana Trench and deep-six 'em now and avoid the maintenance and crew costs while forgoing the value of scrap...

Nah, they drive them onto the beach at Bangladesh and have 'em scraped.