Derfel Cardarn, on Dec 13 2009, 06:32 AM, said:
Thats a really cool moc you have there, i do like the flying ship, very neat. Is this one of the redcoat's secret weapons?

Captain Blackmoor, on Dec 14 2009, 08:30 AM, said:
If it was their new weapon, I'd like to see what happens if you shoot 1 bullet through the balloon.
I like this creation, the balloon/boat is quite nice. I also like all the action.
Nice job!
I thank you both for your kind compliments. The
High Ground was going to be
a weapon of the redcoat fleet, but not really a secret one. It's hard to keep even a 12-foot flying boat secret when you float it out abover you enemies and start shooting them from it.
As for your concerns and/or hopes about shooting 1 bullet through it, it's designed to fly well above the range of a musket shot straight up. To get that sort of height you'd have to bring a cannon out on deck and shoot straight up, and even then you might miss, and you would certainly have a hole in your deck from the recoil. The redcoats thought this all out, you see.