A two-day, family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
A two-day, family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
B.A.T. demonstrates radio-controlled robot tanks modeled after 1/16th scale WW II Allied and German vehicles. The scratch-built, modified, or stock tanks engage each other using infra-red gaming computers for graduated damage effects. Battles are fought in a scale diorama representing 1944 Italy. This year we will be able to allow attendees to become tank crewman alongside club members who will pilot the tank while volunteers operate the guns so no harm is done to tanks due to inexperience.
The B.A.T. club was founded in 1992 by Rich Upton for enthusiasts of 1/16th scale R/C tanks. We have held events since 2002 in Portola Valley at the Pony Tracks Ranch and have been headquartered there since 2005. Our main field there is adjacent to the grounds of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation.
