Any thoughts on this?

[u-33]

I wonder if it's possible to convert this plastic kit to r/c, even if it's only for surface running?

I can't work out how big it is, but I'm guessing around...12" oal?

Rich






(just found a website covering this kit... http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/tanoue/f...?Code=FNMFS-02 )
Its not all that big...34.0 x 19.0 x 4.3. Might just be a bit of a squeeze...

[Guest]

If you thought Steve's 212

If you thought Steve's 212 was tight for linkages then you'll be having a ball with that one!

Knitting fog might be simpler.

[u-33]

The linkages appear to be

The linkages appear to be external Andy...I think.

Rich

[redboat219]

this might help
http://forum.sub-driver.com/showthread.php?t=257

this might help

http://forum.sub-driver.com/showthread.php?t=257

[Guest]

No, I'm sure they're internal.

Here's

No, I'm sure they're internal.

Here's a link to some pictures of a fullsize version-

http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/ ... /index.htm

[u-33]

Excellent, thank you both...much there

Excellent, thank you both...much there to study.

Rich

[u-33]

So what do we think

So what do we think then, boys and girls...is this going to be feasible to convert to r/c? Maybe only surface running, that way I'd only have the rudder to hook up in that tiny stern section.

Any more ideas/comments?

Rich

[Guest]

There's equipment available small enough

There's equipment available small enough to R/C it, but it really is a very narrow hull to work in. If you want a baby submarine, there are better subjects for conversion....

[u-33]

There's equipment available small enough

There's equipment available small enough to R/C it, but it really is a very narrow hull to work in. If you want a baby submarine, there are better subjects for conversion....

Hmm...the price attracted me, less than £20 inclusive of postage. Perhaps I'll build it as a static model then.

Rich

[raalst]

just for inspiration :

http://www.micmo.de/uboot/index.htm

it

just for inspiration :

http://www.micmo.de/uboot/index.htm

it can be done ! just start.

[hakkikt]

At the Neulengbach meeting a

At the Neulengbach meeting a few years ago, I saw a guy with a 1/144 Revell Type 209, and it was a static diver! The models are roughly the same size (I have both), so a conversion of the Kaiten is certainly doable.

One trick that he applied was using cables to transfer server movement to the control surfaces.

[u-33]

just for inspiration ]http://www.micmo.de/uboot/index.htm

it can

just for inspiration ]http://www.micmo.de/uboot/index.htm[/url]

it can be done ! just start.

Ronald, you are indeed a source of inspiration to me, those little fellas are really..well, little!!

Hakkikt...you as well sir, many thanks for the help. Watch this space...

Rich

[u-33]

OK, so presuming there's room

OK, so presuming there's room to install mini r/c equipment, any ideas as to how to install and waterproof it? I guess a WTC is out of the question? Or is it...?


Questions, questions...


Rich

[hakkikt]

The guy with the 1/144

The guy with the 1/144 Type 209 did not use a WTC - he cut the hull somewhere ~2/3 from the bow, where it was still cylindical (not a cone) and waterproofed the connection with an o-ring (perhaps with a bayonet-type connection, but I am not sure - probably it was just one part moved against & above the other and fixed against turning with a screw).
The motor was in the back part, and everything else was in the front part, very nicely to be seen after the forward part of the hull was removed.