Flutterby™! : RC ship battles

Yesterday, Metafilter had a link to the Australia Battle Group, guys (no, don't see any women involved, Dave Barry has some possible reasons) who build 1/144^th scale WW2 era radio control battleships with 1/4" CO₂ cannons, go out to a lake, and sink each other. This, of course, got me interested in watching such carnage, so some searching found me the Big Gun Club down in San Jose, the South Coast Battle Group down in SoCal, and more background material at RCWarships.com. Apparently there are groups all over the country who do this, some with larger 1/72^nd scale ships. The rules change slightly from place to place, and safety and a desire for a sese of recreating real tactics keep this from turning into a arms race. Looks like a lot of fun, it'd be worth slapping on some goggles to go see.