i was under the impression that it was against the rules to drop weapons in online play. i looked for a throw weapon key and could not find one in ut3. at 2:50 sumitomo in the raptor picks up the redeemer and boots and takes them over to the flag carrier (princess) tosses the deemer,gets princess' attention and then blows himself up in order to give princess boots. 
http://ut3demos.dfbgaming.com/queue/VCTF-Megastructure_SE-2010_09_04-01_34_21.demo