Joined the LA gang again!

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  • salmon
    Treasurer
    • Jul 2011
    • 2340

    #1

    Joined the LA gang again!

    Last Saturday, the fam and I went to LA to the informal run at Yorba Linda Regional Park.
    It was a cool day with a little overcast. The sun would peek out and give a nice warmth to the body. It was lightly breezy in the beginning, but calmed down to a glass like surface on the water.
    Brian ran his ROV and was getting familiar with running it. Unfortunately, with the rain that has been happening the water was cloudier than normal. Maybe next time it will be better.
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    It is a cool setup by Gladius.
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    Brian brought his Neptune, but there were issues. He got this sub from Layalhanna Dockyard and it hasn't been working. We all encouraged him to keep working on it. It is a fun sub once it is running.
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    Ralph ran his Skipjack. It was a pleasure to watch.
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    Mike brought his Engel Type VII. It is a beast, but runs well.
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    I brought my Walrus. I had limited space in the car since the entire family came down and we stayed overnight, so we had luggage to account for. The walrus is a super relaxing submarine to run (something I needed with end of school year upon me).
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    This is the Walrus hovering. I made a video clip just showing it sitting there (not rising or sinking). It is such a joy to me to get it to that state. Apparently there was just the perfect size bubble trapped in the sail. When a Type VII lightly bumped me, the bubble was released and the Walrus slowly descended.
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    Such a fun day. I cannot thank the men enough for their friendship and help freely given.
    Last edited by salmon; 05-21-2019, 12:15 PM.
    If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.
  • ccontrol
    SubCommittee Member
    • Mar 2012
    • 186

    #2
    re: Brian's Neptune. Mine ran poorly. Long story short, I replaced the transmitter with a VEX and it runs perfectly now. Just poor quality I guess as customer service tested the original and found "no trouble" with it.

    Nice report, wish I had a group in Seattle to run with.

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    • salmon
      Treasurer
      • Jul 2011
      • 2340

      #3
      Well come down and run with us! Yeah, I know it is not a short drive! Consider the San Francisco Fun Run in the fall (Sept).
      It is not the radio that he is having an issue with. There was a modification, not sure who did it, that is causing the issue. The bag does not fully inflate and looks like a water cooled system was tied into the pump for the ESC. The prop was also changed from what I remember Big Dave sharing with me.
      If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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